Electric Gate Designs

Name: Electric Gate Repair London
Address: Castle Hill House, 12 Castle Hill, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1PD
Telephone: 0800 195 1470

Electric gate designs can be modern or classic. Driveway gates can be wooden or iron. They can be any colour you want or natural wood. Electric gates come in such a wide range of shapes, sizes, colours, designs and finishes. This often makes picking the right gates for you difficult as there is so much choice.

To help you start the process, we’ve brought a range of electric gate designs together here.

Have a browse through the following galleries of swing gate designs, sliding gate designs and pedestrian gate designs.

Maybe something close to the perfect gates for your home is in one of these galleries.

If you have any questions, call us on 0800 195 1470 and we’ll help you through the process.

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Swing Gate Designs

Swing Gates For Driveways

If you have the space for gates to swing open into your driveway without hitting anything, maybe swing gates are for you. Swing gate designs usually include two, equal-sized gates that meet in the middle when closed. They then swing open into the driveway to a minimum of 90 degrees.

But not always.

Alternative swing gate designs include bi-fold swing gates and single swing gates. You can also have gates that open to a wider angle than 90 degrees.

Swing gates can be wooden or iron. For greater longevity, aluminium gates look like wooden gates but don’t rot.

Swing gates can be designed to have lots of gaps (open boarded) or can have no gaps at all (close boarded).

An obvious part of gate designs is the top of gate. Some are curved, some slope and some are flat and horizontal.

Then, there’s the colour. If you go for wooden gates or aluminium gates that look like wood, you have another design choice. Do you go for a more traditional gate designs and keep the wood grain finish? Or, do you try something more modern and have a solid colour applied to your swing gates?

The following gallery includes a variety of swing gate designs.

If you have any questions, call us on 0800 195 1470 and we’ll help you through the process.

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Flat Top Iron and Steel Swing Gates

Delicate swing gate designs — In this example of a pair of driveway swing gates, horizontal bars are used to make the driveway look wider. A subtle upright in the centre of each gate leaf finishes this gate design perfectly.

Flat top swing gate design — Iron and steel swing gate designs often uses a vertical pattern of bars but these eschew this convention. Instead, a modicum of privacy is afforded thanks to the stylish mesh design used for the body of the gates.

Low swing gates — Swing gates at the entrance to driveways are often tall enough to deter undesirables from clambering over them. The design of these swing gates is more frequently found in suburban streets. The gates come to only just above waist height and are made from thin steel with large gaps. The purpose of the design is definitely not to prevent unwanted views of the driveway and house. However, with automation, they still present enough of a barrier to deter casual intrusion.

Delicate iron gates — While the design of these swing gates is more ornate than previous examples, the bars are thinner so the details of the design aren’t overwhelming. Despite being the fussiest design, it is also the most delicate.

More industrial swing gate design — This represents a swing gate design often seem in more commercial installations. The uprights extend above and below the top and bottom horizontal bars of the open boarded swing gates.

Driveway gate designs — The design of these iron swing gates is a very simple open boarded layout with vertical railings. The top row with rings in squares nicely finishes this design without making it fussy or complicated.

Simple design for swing gates — Like the previous gate design, these iron swing gates use a simple layout that frames vertical bars in a surrounding frame. This time, the vertical elements of the design are contained within the outer frame rather than overlapping to extend above and below the top and bottom horizontal bars.

Ornate flat top swing gate design — Traditional iron swing gate design with subtle curves added at the bottom of the uprights. Note the design of the top of the gates which is quite different to the design elements lower down. Finally, note the design of the gate posts which introduces another style for the complete swing gates.

Curved Top Gate Designs For Iron and Steel Swing Gates

Entrance Gates With Intercom — As with flat top swing gate designs, some curved top gate designs are more popular than others. This example shows the traditional vertical uprights and spiked finials on top. Here, there is also a feature design (circles in squares) used perpendicularly to the uprights.

Ornate iron gates with underground motors — In these swing gates, the traditional look of the first gates has been developed to include a second horizontal row of circles along the bottom. Additional features have also been decorated in gold to stand out from the otherwise black gate design.

Sturdy swing gates — Although iron and steel commercial swing gate designs often use verticals that extend above and below the top and bottom horizontals, residential gates often use this feature. These driveway gates have a thicker frame and feature centre uprights that compliment the thinner uprights.

Curved top iron swing gates — Gate design for iron and steel gates is often intricate as the metals allow details to be incorporated throughout. Here, the gates feature a simple curved top and a lower horizontal bar for gate motor mounting. But there are no twisted uprights, finials on top or gold highlights.

Swing gates at driveway entrance — Curved gate tops used in designing swing gates don’t have to be convex. These iron swing gates have a concave curved top while retaining many traditional gate design features.

iron gate designs with inverse curved tops — One of the great things about iron and steel gates is their strength. Lighter, more flexible materials may need to be braced to allow gate automation motors to be attached to the gates. But iron and steel gates can often be designed as desired and adding gate automation doesn’t have to affect the chosen look.

Metal Driveway gates — While some prefer traditional gate designs with more details, others prefer something simpler. These take the traditional gate design of the bell curved top and remove most features. This leaves a simple design for swing gates at the entrance to a driveway.

Wooden Swing Gate Styles

Modern metal framed wooden gate designs — These wooden driveway gates are made up of simple horizontal slats in a steel frame. The frame gives strength and adds a nice design style.

Traditional wooden gates with a steel frames that adds circles and spikes to the design. Wooden driveway gates can be strong enough without an external frame but may look less interesting.

Bi-fold swing gates allow homeowners to have automatic electric gates where space is limited. These wooden gates fold together as they swing open so they need just over half the space the equivalent single swing gate would open into.

Gates installed with automation — High contrast between the wooden infill panels and the black frame adds another design touch to these traditional bell curved top wooden gates.

Traditional wooden gates — Wooden drive gates can look good with diagonal bracing. This may not be necessary for strength but it breaks up a row of horizontal or (in this case) vertical lines.

Wooden gates with gaps — Wooden electric gates can be quite heavy. One way to reduce weight is to have an open boarded design. Here, the gate has gaps between each vertical wooden slat. This also makes these wooden gates look less imposing.

Traditional wooden swing gate designs — Flat top wooden gates in a very traditional design show off the the wood rather than emphasising a design feature that distracts from the wood's natural beauty.

Wooden gates with part open boarded design — Part boarded wooden gates feature an open boarded design element at the top. These can be flat top or curved top swing gates.

Driveway gates - final service checks — Wooden gates can be full height through a driveway entrance with a roof. These steel framed wooden gates add a high degree of privacy and increased security.

Traditional wooden swing gates — New wooden gates looks great but they can suffer from weathering and rot over time if not maintained carefully. It is, however, possible to introduce an aged, antique or even distressed look to new wooden gates that adds more character to the gate design.

Sliding Gate Designs

How Do Sliding Gates Work?

Sliding gates are designed to slide along a track across the driveway entrance. They slide off to one side until they clear the driveway completely.

As such, sliding gate designs usually include just one gate. But you can have double sliding gates that open in the middle and slide off to each side of your driveway.

Variations of sliding gate designs include a sliding gate that looks like twin swing gates. You can have sliding gates made of two, three or more panels that concertina as they open and slide against each other. These telescopic sliding gates are designed for use where space is limited.

If you have any questions, call us on 0800 195 1470 and we’ll help you pick the right sliding gate designs for you.

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Metal Sliding Gates

Large sliding gate — This is a simple sliding gate design with thin gaps between thin horizontal boards. However, the choice of light grey is an interesting colour option. It makes the electric gate design stand out against other mostly black sliding gates.

Telescopic sliding gates — This is a concertina sliding gate design. It is often chosen where there is less space for the gate to slide into at the side of the driveway. However, this electric gate is designed in three pieces and needs three tracks as well as linking cables.

Sliding gate designed to look like two swing gates — Here is a sliding gate design that has copied the design style of swing gates. It almost looks like a pair of bell curved swing gates that have been joined in the middle to make a single sliding gate.

Modern aluminium sliding gate — Here's a design that suits sliding gates well. The uprights break up the horizontal bars but it is these that run in the same direction as the gate as it slides open and closed.

Black open boarded sliding gate — Here's another sliding gate design that has design cues from a pair of flat top, open boarded swing gates.

Wrought iron driveway gate — Many sliding gate designs feature a flat top but this sliding gate has a bell curved design. It's a little unusual but it definitely gives the look of a pair of swing gates before it starts to slide open in one piece.

Simple sliding gate design — This is a simple sliding gate design that has a very uniform look. Only the thickness of the frame compared to the thinner uprights gives any variation.

Sliding gate automation — Here's a view of the previous sliding gate showing it from the inside. You can clearly see the gate motor on the right at the foot of the gate pillar and the rack running along the base of the sliding gate.

Sliding gate in open position — Here's a good illustration of something only gate owners usually notice. This sliding gate is fully open and has completely moved to one side of the driveway entrance. It illustrates something for homeowners to be aware of with sliding gate design. This gate has gaps in it that anyone can reach through to the garden behind. But if the gate moves, there is a safety issue to be aware of. So, safety features to prevent injury must be included in this electric gate design.

Safety photocells — This sliding electric gate is designed to provide privacy without looking intimidating or excessive. The narrow gaps and light colour help it blend in with the white windows on the house and the white gate posts.

Sliding Wooden Gates

Wood and aluminium sliding gate — Sliding wooden gate designs can incorporate other materials. Here, horizontal wood boards on one side of the sliding gate are complimented by vertical metal bars on the other side.

Wooden gate with pedestrian gate — Wooden gates do benefit from the addition of an metal frame to add rigidity and strength plus a degree of protection for the ends of wood boards exposed to the elements.

Wooden sliding gate designed to look like twin swing gates — Just like metal sliding gates, wooden sliding gate designs can take the look of two swing gates to make one single sliding gate.

Sligin gate seen from inside the property — If bracing is required for additional strength, the gate design can hide this from the outside by mounting the supporting frame entirely on the inside of the gate.

Solid sliding gate — With an almost medieval gate design, this sliding gate makes a big statement. But that may have been the point as the gate itself isn't very wide.

Solid wooden sliding gate — Some wooden sliding gates are quite imposing and suited to particular types of properties and driveway entrances. While perfect for this impressive, long drive, this wooden gate design woodn't have worked so well on a smaller property with a short driveway.

Sliding gate closer — Wooden gates are often more traditional and this gate design perfectly illustrates the traditional aspects of gate design.

Electric sliding driveway gate — This sliding gate has a wooden section at the bottom to add colour and a solid barrier while the top section is an open design with metal uprights allowing full visibility of the house.

Traditional electric gates — This gate is designed to work perfectly with the wall it sits in. In this case, consideration has been given to the choice of gate design that compliments the boundary rather than the property itself.

Wooden driveway gate installation — Sliding gates can be long and work well on wide driveway entrances. The design of this wooden gate breaks up the width with a central bar that mimics swing gates.

Driveway electric gate — Most wooden sliding gates have the boards mounted vertically so it's interesting to see the design of this slider gate use horizontal wooden boards. The wood is also quite light in colour giving quite a modern look despite the use of traditional materials.

Designs for Pedestrian Gates

Do I Need A Pedestrian Gate?

Pedestrian gate designs usually compliment electric driveway gates.

Pedestrian gates are manual or electric and they’re much smaller than driveway gates.

They are only wide enough for you to get through on foot. Including a pedestrian gate in the design of your driveway gate designs gives you the ability to leave or enter on foot without having to open your electric gates.

If you have any questions, call us on 0800 195 1470 and we’ll help you pick the right pedestrian gate design for you.

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