The Good Points of Sliding Gates on Fences

 There are several good points to installing sliding gates on the perimeter fencing around your property versus installing the traditional ones that swung to and fro on hinges. Most of the times when you are talking about fences you need to consider the purpose of the fence in order to determine the style you should install and the materials you should use to do this. The sliding gates on these items are more useful for the people with certain types of fences than they are for other people.

Sliding gates on simple yard fences that are no higher than four feet are unnecessary and they would look very strange. These type of enclosures are designed more to establish the perimeters of a piece of property than they are to keep anything from getting onto the property. They do deter children and the neighborhood dogs from running on your grass and through your flowers beds, and they keep your children and pet in your yard, but they are basically there for the looks.

Sliding gates on fences that are enclosing commercial properties like auto repair shops make better sense than the old swinging style do. You can secure the sliding gates better than the ones that were mounted on hinges and therefore you can make the property more difficult for thieves to get onto.

When you have sliding gates you do not lose a large portion of your property to the area where the gate swings. The panels on hinges swing open and closed like the doors on your house do and you have to keep the area in front of them free of obstacles that might hinder them. In commercial areas where space is often limited this amount of space can cause difficulties.

These types of closures are less likely to have problems and need repairs. The old versions that swung on hinges can become warped and then they do not close well. The holes where the hinges are attached to the post can become enlarged and then they do not close well because the gate begins to sag. The sliding gates do not have these sagging problems. The biggest problem with them is that the ground beneath them needs to be relatively level for them to operate correctly auto sliding gate bd.

 

You will be able to install automatic closures if you have the type of panel that slides from side to side. You can also install these panels on steel fencing that is part of an electric fence, or a high security fence. The panels are sturdy in design and it generally takes a power tool to cut through them, where the old style gate can be easily taken down from its hinges and then put back when the criminal is through.

You can easily install these pieces yourself or if you prefer you can have them professionally installed. Maintenance is very easy on them but you will want to oil the wheels on occasion and check them for debris.