Frequently asked questions

A full install (gates plus automation) typically runs £2,500 to £6,000; automating existing sound gates starts around £1,200 to £2,500 for swing kits and £1,500 to £3,000 for sliding. Bi-folding gates run £3,500 to £8,000.

Usually not: dead control boards, blown fuses, waterlogged motors and failed limit switches are the common faults and most are fixed in one visit for £90 to £300 including diagnosis.

A dead or waterlogged control board, typically £90 to £300 with diagnosis, parts and labour. Storm-related surges and failed limit switches are the next most common.

Usually, yes, if they swing or slide freely by hand and the posts are sound. A gate that drags on its track or binds on its hinges is corrected first: forcing a motor onto a stiff gate is how failures and safety problems start.

Fast, and the quote itself is free. The more detail you give in the form (gate type, leaf size, what is wrong or what you want, photos), the more accurate it will be.

Yes. You tell us about the gates, it gets priced properly, and you decide in your own time. No charge and no pressure.

All of Yorkshire and the surrounding area, Harrogate, York, Wetherby, Selby, Pontefract, Wakefield, plus everywhere nearby, YO, HG, LS, WF and DN.

For a survey, no: a description and photos are often enough for a written quote. Someone should be in for the installation day and the handover.

The quote network covers Yorkshire and everywhere within roughly 25 miles. If you are outside that, the form will tell you.

Automating existing sound gates is usually a single-day job. A full supply-and-fit with new fabricated gates typically runs two to three weeks from order to handover.

Yes: one planned visit a year keeps hinges and tracks moving freely and re-tests gate forces. An unserviced gate drifts out of its safety limits over time. Plans run £120 to £250 a year.

When installed and maintained properly, yes. Safety edges, photocells and force limits to BS EN 12453 stop and reverse the gate on contact. Any quote worth accepting states exactly which of these is fitted.