We’ve had some uninvited visitors, and now we need something across the driveway. We have a chain, but it’s a pain. I can come up with the gate part, but need some pointers or pointoers on easy ways to get in and out.
Mother-in-law has a tough time getting to and from car, she’s a sweetie, so rolling her down the hill isn’t an option just yet…
UPS, FedEx deliveries come to mind, along with out of town guests who might get here while I’m still stuck in the liquor store(Luka, you’re stopping by, right)…
So, swinger? Railroad? Parking garage with no-pay spikes? Solar? Battery?
This is just a deterrent gateing, we’ll be out of here before the ravaging liberal allowed hoards can catch a bus this far out of town 🙂
It’s okay, I can fix it!
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I'll post you a pic tomorrow of a job I start that has a remote gate, if I get in. I can tell you there's an electric motorized box with an "arm" sort of opener. The gate is alum so it doesn't take much to open it. I believe there's a garage opener in the car and up at the house that signals it. I'll try to pick up any name on the works.
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Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
Billy, Calvin has the right idea. This is what I have on my own house - two pillars, with two gates of alum, two hinges each, with two operator arms. GTO/Pro is the kind I have, a company based out of Jacksonville, if I recall. This replaced a single gate, with a frame of 2" angle iron w/ wooden pickets. This gate had sagged, repeatedly, when we bought the house, and had cables added w/ turnbuckles. Rusting, heavy, damaging the asphalt drive, I ordered two new hydraulic arms, and swapped the old arm for some of the labor and mechanicals, had two alum gates made up of 1" square pipe, and have been happy with it since. If you'd like to save some $ have only one gate made up, needing only one hydraulic arm, but install at least three hinges to offset the weight, and don't forget diagonal bracing. This can be designed into the alum welding. Mine is in the shape of an eye, with the pupil made of plate alum, to fasten the arms to. We have three remotes, one for each of us and a spare, with (now) two keypads wall mounted inside the house. We went the next step up from there, and have cameras and an intercom system now. I'll look for the literature and post a website, if I can find it.
"If left is wrong, then right is the only thing left, right?"
Here you go billy. I noticed no natl. label on the gate or operator, I'll look again tomorrow morning. There is a local installer (garage door co.) that is listed. If you need it, i'll get that number. If you notice on the right, it is an aluminum post mounted to a 6x6 post set in the ground. The wood post has become dislodged from the rest of the fence and has listed to starboard. The aluminum post has no sleeve or washer where it is fastened to the wood post. The connection hole has become oval and so the post lists even further. Instead of fixing the wood post, or the alumapost they installed aircraft cable and a turnbuckle. This is about out of tensioning and would have to be redone or maybe the proper way, fix the posts. I mention this stuff so you have a handle on all the torque that this gate gives and so on your project, you'll take it into consideration. Best of luck.
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Remodeling Contractor just outside the Glass City.
http://www.quittintime.com/
We installed a couple of sets of Patriot openers for clients in the last three years. Oodles of options for access including remotes & keypads.
These are high quality openers with metal gearing rather than plastic gearing as alot of the economy units have.
Website has complete installation guide.
http://www.usautomatic.com/expindex.htm
US Automatic - Makers of Patriot gate Openers
118 Hillside
Lewisville, Texas 75057
888-204-0174
I'm not sure where you're located. But if snow is an issue, I've had better luck with sliders. If snow piles up in front of a swinging gate it can get stuck. I use a cantilever style sliding gate with no leading edge wheel. Wind can also hinder a swing gates operation.
As for in and out: Remote transmitter, Keypad, card reader etc. for access
Egress: Same as above or you could put a free exit loop in to open the gate when you drive up. If you set the gate up to close automatically. You need to install two safety loops in the road to prevent the gate from closing on a vehicle while its in the opening.
You will need power down to your gate. All of the controls run on low voltage and depending on the brand of operator you use, there is a transformer in the control housing to power these. The rest is just dry contact closure to signal the motor to start.
Hope this helps.
Cole
Cole Dean
Dean Contracting
I've got a similar situation (JW's, salesmen, drunks at night...), and have been considering using a standard garage door opener to tighten or loosen a cable or chain strung across the driveway. This should avoid most the issues of trying to support and swing a heavy gate. It won't be pretty, but it won't be as ugly as an aluminum farm gate. It should also be pretty cheap.Given the length of my project list, it may be years before I get to try it.
Dave
The answer is in your first post, Billy. A landscape design guy should only charge you a couple thousand dollars to re-design the driveway to look like Luka's place, you know - nearly straight uphill, trees leaning precariously over the drive from both sides, an uprooted aspen or two lying right across the road, a bear lurking menacingly nearby, and a rabid dog named Rufus straing you in the eye.
Many, many loads of rough #4 rock, and enough water and mud to make it all interesting.
The UPS guy just slows down and kicks the packages out. No more worries about unwanted visitors, no sir.
Hey, Luka himself would probably consult on this particular job, for a small fee ! !
: ) Greg.
http://www.gtoinc.com
Yea, I got sick of getting out of the truck opening the gate, driving through, getting out again, closing the gate, etc.
For a rural homeowner, there's nothing more luxurious than to just push a button from inside the truck, and having the gate swing open.
I have the remote keypad for visitors, and buried sensor to automatically open the gate on the way out, and the solenoid lock for extra security.
Keeps insurance salepeople, the dog catcher, and other undesirables out.