Stage 1: Site Survey
The old wooden gate has been well used and endured many years of service. The owner wanted an upgrade to something more unique and modern.
Stage 2: Design
Keeping it to the same size as the original gate, with the ability to retrofit a motor in at a later stage. The proposed design combined the use of steel and wooden planks, arranged in such pattern shown in the graphical render below:
Stage 3: Production
The gate was made up of two steel frames, fabricated using box sections, cut and welded together. Each wooden section were composed of many wooden planks which were measured, cut to sizes, flattened to the right thickness, before sub assembled into large sections for ease of install.
Our little one even enjoyed watching the making and helped out with the inspection and quality control.
Stage 4: Installation
The old gate was removed, side posts were concreted into the ground.
Then the two halves were mounted to the posts. All went well even with some drizzle to keep things cool. The final system was fitted with a drop catch desgined to be accessible from outside.
