Our Work: Gates, Openers and Repairs

Photos from our gate jobs, grouped by the type of work: new gates, openers, keypad entry and repairs. Most show finished gates; a few show the parts that go into the work, from gear rack to rollers, because much of what keeps a gate running is hidden once it is fitted.

Gate Installation

New gates take their shape from the opening. Where there is a straight run beside the drive, a sliding gate saves the room a swing gate would need; where there is room behind the posts, a pair of swing leaves keeps each one light.

These include a long sliding gate with dark composite panels, black metal swing gates with a matching walk-through gate, and wood-grain swing gates hung on brick piers.

Long black sliding gate with dark composite panels across a gravel driveway, its opener at the end of the track — New sliding gate with opener

Black metal double swing gates with an arched top and a matching walk-through gate beside a garden path — Metal swing gates and walk-through gate

Wood-grain double swing gates with an arched railing top, hung on brick piers with operator arms on the inside — Wood-grain swing gates with operator arms

Gate Openers

An opener is fitted to suit the gate it moves. Sliding gates are driven by a motor beside the opening and a gear rack fixed along the gate; swing gates take arms on the inside of the leaves.

Here: a sliding gate operator with its drive gear, and lengths of nylon gear rack laid out before fitting.

White sliding gate operator with its drive gear showing, set on a truck bed beside lengths of gear rack — Sliding gate operator

Black nylon gear rack sections for a sliding gate opener laid out on a gravel drive — Gear rack ready to fit

Access Control

A keypad on the driveway post lets regular visitors in with a code while the gate stays closed to everyone else. It is wired to the opener and set where a driver can reach it from the car.

The same post can hold an intercom for visitors who do not have a code, and a sensor on the inside opens the gate for cars leaving the property.

Dark double swing gates with two operator arms and a keypad mounted on the right-hand post — Swing gates with keypad entry

Gate Repair

On a sliding gate, worn rollers make the gate jerk, stall and strain the opener. Replacing them is one of the more common repairs: the old rollers here are rusted through, set beside the new galvanized ones that replace them.

Hinges on swing gates wear the same way. A gate that has started to drag or stall usually needs its hinges or rollers looked at before anyone blames the opener.

Two worn, rusted sliding gate rollers beside two new galvanized rollers and their bolts on a plywood bench — Worn rollers and their replacements

The Work Behind the Photos

Every job starts the same way: a call about the gate, a visit to look it over and measure it, and the work agreed before a date is set. Before a job is called finished, the gate is cycled repeatedly and its swing, latch and safety stop are checked.

Photos of your own gate are welcome by email at caleb.f@squantumdoorsgates.com, or call (857) 371-3783.

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