Hope you are sitting down when you get the quote for it fitted.
We were quoted £25k for a cantilever gate 4.5mtr opening.
Needless to say, will do the fabrication of the gate and groundwork ourselves. Then get the automation / safety beams etc fitted afterwards, as there is no way on gods earth it comes anywhere near that kind of money.
All power etc is there already!
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Try weaving machinery they are selling themNeed to put in electric gates on farm drive, what systems or suppliers has anyone used ? Wiltshire area
Make sure you use a Gate Safe registered installer when you get it installed.
Generally you’ll get what you pay for. Bespoke will always cost more than the self installed mass produced varieties. £25k sounds outrageously expensive for that opening though. Most of the cheaper ones try to cut corners on things like galvanising or thinner sectioned steel.
As the other commenters have said, there’s plenty of cowboys out there. They get the hardware okay but bodge the electrics. People who’ve asked the parents for a quote, then gone elsewhere and come back a couple of years later for a replacement.
How much? We had ours installed 3? years ago, 8m cantiliver sliding gate, 1.5 m tall, gsm intercom etc etc £10k installed. Only thing we did was dig hole and concrete foundation. Had 3 quotes and all were similar, have they really gone up that much?
Dads company do everything themselves (apart from digging and pouring cement for the base pads which are left to customers but they are provided exact drawings to work to). Found out too many times that if you subcontract out the installation or electrics, it’s done substandard and then no one is happy.The big boys are just as much cowboys I found. Charge a big whack based on reputation.....then sub the work out to a man on his own to make it happen.
Dads company do everything themselves (apart from digging and pouring cement for the base pads which are left to customers but they are provided exact drawings to work to). Found out too many times that if you subcontract out the installation or electrics, it’s done substandard and then no one is happy.
The company isn’t a “big boy” (dad plus two men in the workshop who’ve been with us for 15-20yrs) or “cowboys”, they’ve just been doing it successfully for 20yrs, which speaks a lot.
Customer of mine was quoted 50 odd k for automating 2 existing 24’ gates. Can pay blokes to get out and open gates for years for that!!