We’re thinking of installing a motorised sliding gate. What has this to do with cars? It so happens that our car has wireless Homelink control capability built in. Has anyone here installed a gate like this? It looks like you choose your gate and then the motor system separately? It’s for the convenience of not having to wrestle with our existing and rather knackered heavy wooden hinged gate and a gravel driveway since we adopted a dog (before, it wasn’t a problem for the gate to be left open).
The frquencies used are pretty universal so it should work with most wireless systems. Normally 433Mhz. Of course check before you buy.
https://www.faacwebshop.eu/eng/catalogus/show2.php?catid=5&catnaam=Transmitters%20FAAC%20remote
We bought our electric opening gates from a metal worker, who also arranged for the right motors (Beninca) to be supplied and fitted by a subcontractor. Our only payment was to the metal worker.
Needed to be gates made to order as we have a sloping drive.
That’s interesting, but does sound rather expensive! Our gate is on the level but the driveway is gravel, so the current very heavy swinging (hinged) gate drags on the gravel. It would be a major job to re-hang the existing gate and the wood is past its best. So a sliding gate is probably the way forward.
We’re hoping a budget of €2,000 will be enough!
Its hot on my list for replacing the current gates with a sliding one as well, my budget is a lot smaller so will be making a lot of mine myself.
The challenge with our gates was three-fold. First to ensure they fitted in the gap between the existing posts, second to have the hinges designed so that they lifted the gates as they opened and third to ensure that the cantelever arm on the motor could deal with the change of height during opening.
I would think that with a sliding gate, none of these are an issue. Saving money! Suspect all of the engineering has to go into making the track both level and substantial to accomodate vehicles crossing it.
Has anyone installed solar powered gates?
I expect to, obviously there is a battery inside
So your gate is a hinged one? My sister in the UK has an electrically powered hinged gate too and recently had hers replaced as the gate was falling to bits. She says it was very expensive although much of the budget went on the very traditional wooden gate. Our old painted wooden gate looks nice but’s too heavy for its hinges and is high maintenance, (we painted it last year and this year it looks like it needs repainting again). It’s a struggle to open and close as it has to be lifted to clear the gravel - and that’s just me - my wife can’t lift it.
Worth fitting a wheel to the opening side (s) of the gate?