Gate motors for Craighall Park's heavy street gates and older pillars
Craighall Park is about 4 km south-west of Sandton City. Craighall Park houses usually open on to the street through a heavy steel or timber gate between older brick pillars, often hung decades ago and automated later. Over the years gates drop on their hinges or wheels, tracks shift and racks wear, and leaves from the big trees collect in the track, so a motor that suited the gate when it was new is now pushing against it.
We start by making the gate run freely by hand: new wheels or rollers, a rack set to the right depth, the track cleaned and straightened, hinges adjusted on swing gates. Only then do we decide whether the existing motor can stay or needs replacing, with anti-theft brackets, safety beams and a battery that will carry the gate through a power cut.
Households here usually have remotes spread across family, staff and the garden service, plus a few nobody can account for. We clear the receiver and program only the remotes you want to keep, and if you have just bought the house we do that before you move in, because every remote the previous owners handed out still opens your gate.
Everything we install and repair, and how a job runs from first call to handover, is on our gate automation page.
Questions from Craighall Park
Our swing gates close unevenly. Can that be fixed?
Usually. We adjust the hinges, the motor arms and the limits so both leaves close together, and check that the gate posts have not moved.
Will the gate open in a power cut?
While the backup battery has charge, yes. We check the battery and charger on every visit and fit a larger battery where outages are long, and we show you how to release the motor and open the gate by hand.
Every Craighall Park property is different, so we look before we quote. Send us a photo or call, and we will arrange a visit and a written quote for your gate motor work.