Sliding gate motors
Supply and installation on new and existing sliding gates, with the rack aligned and the limits set so the gate stops where it should instead of grinding into the post.
- new installs
- rack & pinion
- limit setting
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Gates that openevery time.
The gate works harder than anything else on the property, and it is the first thing to fail. We fit and repair sliding, swing and garage motors — with the safety beams, the remotes and the manual override that actually works when the power is off.
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Sliding& swing motors
Beamssafety on every gate
Overridemanual, tested
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ch03 · watch stackGate & garage motors
A gate motor lives outside, moves a few hundred kilograms several times a day and gets hit by rain, dust and the occasional bumper. Fitting one is mostly about the things that are not the motor: the rack, the levels, the beams and the wiring.
Swing gate motors
Single and double swing gates, with arms sized to the leaf weight and the pillar. Set up so both leaves land together and neither drops over time.
- single & double
- arm sizing
- level set
Garage door motors
Roller and sectional door motors, courtesy light and the emergency release cord shown to you at handover — so a power failure never leaves the car locked in.
- roller
- sectional
- emergency release
Safety beams & sensors
Infrared beams across the opening so the gate stops for a child, a pet or a car boot. This is not an optional extra on our quotes; it is part of the install.
- ir beams
- anti-crush
- tested
Remotes & receivers
Remotes coded and handed over working, extra units added later, and a receiver that can be cleared if a remote goes missing rather than re-coding the whole street.
- coding
- extra remotes
- clear & recode
Repairs & servicing
Gate stopping halfway, running slowly, not responding to the remote, or fighting itself on the rack. We fault-find first and tell you honestly whether it is a repair or a replacement.
- fault finding
- worn racks
- battery & board
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ch04 · watch stackBoom gates
Where a gate controls a home, a boom controls traffic. Complexes, office parks, yards and farms need a lane that moves quickly for the people who belong there and slowly for everyone else.
Traffic booms
Boom barriers sized to the lane width, mounted on a proper base, with arm lengths and cycle speed chosen for how much traffic actually goes through.
- lane width
- duty cycle
- mounting base
Loop detection
Ground loops so the boom knows a vehicle is under it and will not come down on a bonnet, plus free-exit loops so residents are not fumbling for a tag on the way out.
- safety loop
- free exit
- vehicle sensing
Tag & keypad entry
Residents on tags, staff on codes, contractors on a temporary code. Tied into the same access control so one system runs the whole entrance.
- tags
- codes
- per-user
Visitor lane & intercom
A separate visitor lane with an intercom back to the house or the guard, so residents are not queueing behind a delivery driver looking for unit 14.
- visitor lane
- intercom
- guard station
Cameras on the lane
A camera on the entrance that captures the vehicle as it comes through, recorded alongside the access log so an entry has both a tag and a picture.
- entrance camera
- tag + image
- recorded
Power & backup
Booms on backup power so the entrance keeps working through load-shedding, and a manual release so the lane can be opened by hand if it has to be.
- battery backup
- manual release
- isolator
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helps · not requiredWhat we need to know
Send a photo of the gate and its motor if there is one. That answers half of these on its own.
- Sliding, swing or garageAnd roughly how wide and how heavy the gate is.
- New install or repairIf it is a repair: what it does, and when it started doing it.
- Make of the existing motorUsually printed on the cover. Helps us bring the right spares.
- Is there power at the gate?And whether it is on the house supply or its own run.
- How many remotes you needPlus who else needs access — tags, codes or intercom.
- Traffic through the entranceFor a boom: how many vehicles a day, and whether visitors need their own lane.
Do not have all of that? Message us anyway. The survey exists precisely so that you do not have to work any of this out yourself — it is free, and there is no obligation at the end of it.
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Questions
Often fixed. A gate stopping halfway is usually the limits, an obstruction on the rack, a worn rack or pinion, a tired battery or a board that is drawing too much current. We fault-find first. If the motor is genuinely at the end of its life we will tell you, but we do not start there.
Most gate motors carry a battery that keeps them running for a number of cycles through an outage — how many depends on the motor and the age of the battery. Every install we do also has a manual override, and we show you how to use it at handover.
Usually yes, as long as the gate itself runs freely and is on a straight, level track. If the gate is dragging or the track is bent, that gets fixed first — a motor will not fix a bad gate, it will just break sooner.
Yes, with the right receiver or intercom. It is worth deciding at quote stage, because it changes what gets fitted at the gate.
Yes. A gate closing on a child, a pet or a car is the failure that matters. Beams are part of every installation we quote, not a line item you can save on.
Yes — boom gates, visitor lanes, tag systems and the cameras on the entrance. Tell us how many units or vehicles use the entrance and we will size it for that.
That is up to you — tell us how many you need and it goes on the quote. Extra remotes can be coded later, and a receiver can be cleared and recoded if one goes missing.
Something not covered here? Ask us directly — or see the general questions.
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