Custom Aluminium Gates & Fencing Sydney

Gate size is decided by two things: what the gate fixes to, and how the gate itself is built. The supporting structure comes first — a structural wall, or a post strong enough for the job (ideally concreted into the ground). As a rule a single gate shouldn’t be more than 1.2 metres wide, with heights typically between 1.1 and 2.2 metres. The bigger the gate, the more chance it can sag — especially lighter designs with a top rail, bottom rail and slats through the centre — so we build every gate structurally to suit your opening size and the way it will be fixed.

As much or as little as you need. We can make just the gate panel and you supply your own componentry, or we can supply everything ready to hang. The right hardware depends on where the gate lives: a side gate securing your home needs a quality keyed lock, while a garden gate that just keeps pets in may only need a standard flip latch. Hinges range from spring-loaded self-closing types up to multi-point fixing hinges, and locks run from a simple flip latch to fully electronic locks — hardware alone can range from around $60 up to $2,000. Every gate is worked out individually: the exact measurement of your opening comes first, then the right size, hinges and lock for how the gate will be used.

In most cases you need a solid post on each side of the opening — one to carry the hinges so the gate swings correctly, and one on the other side for the lock to close against. Whatever the gate fixes to must be completely solid, with no ability to move or shift out of position — a gate is only as good as what it hangs from. How we design yours is worked out from the weight of the gate and the type of hinges and lock being used.

Every gate is custom made, so allow two to three weeks on average, depending on the time of year. The process runs: we work out the design with you, the gate is made in our Sydney workshop, it goes to the powder coater for its finish, and then it’s ready for delivery or pickup.

You don’t have to — that’s part of the service. What we need from you is the tight measurement: the exact distance between the left and right sides of the opening, measured at both the top and the bottom (if your wall or posts aren’t perfectly plumb, those two numbers will differ, and we design for it). If the gate is going into an opening with a height restriction, we need the same tight measurement top to bottom. From those figures we calculate everything else — the gaps for hinges and locks — and size the gate to suit.