The gate’s main function is to basically open and close also controlling access to a property, you can get double gates and single gates some automated and some worked manually. The automated ones use a motor and most of them slide on reels. The double gates either close inwards and open outwards or even visor versa depending on the Landscape situation.
Gates can also be made according to client specifications in terms of the material used, which could be iron, steel, hardwood, oak, copper, bronze and so on. The client can be specific on the pattern as well for instance zig zag, ying yang, chess board or even a carving of an eagle for example. Gate heights are normally equal to that one of the wall or the fence of that particular property in order to have some form of uniformity.
Gates play a huge part in South Africa as our country has a high house robbery and home invasion rate. When people upgrade their security they also heighten their walls as well as their gates. The electric fence is also installed on the gate not just the wall or fence. Some companies have gone as far using religious patterns on the gates claiming it only enhances your protection as we all know this can only mean that they are trying to tap into the market which has those clients who are more religiously inclined.
Today gates are so advanced that some of them can be set to open fast and shut themselves in a very fast pace, this is obviously to protect against anyone following you into your property or home and to prevent high jacking. They also have sensors to protect your car and the cars that visit your property so that the gate doesn’t close on them creating a huge cost in which you as the property owner will be held liable. There are some houses that do not have fences therefore they do not have gates but they have a gate right at the door which basically burglar proof, these are also available in various deigns to suit the look of the property or the house.
