Browse Forums Building A New House 1 May 17, 2011 7:50 pm Hi there, I am being bullied by the fencing guy to install a sliding driveway gate. This means it will slide over my front entrance gate. He reckons for safety, the front entrance gate will have to open out into the street, not into the yard. How f****** stupid and it's going to look crap when it opens Yes, I have a slight slope, nothing drastic though.Can't he raise the bottom of the gates so it doesn't clip the slope when opening out. The gates will be wrought iron spears and the opening is 4.8m wide Re: Automatic sliding gate will look stupid 2May 17, 2011 10:56 pm McKinnon Hi there, I am being bullied by the fencing guy to install a sliding driveway gate. This means it will slide over my front entrance gate. He reckons for safety, the front entrance gate will have to open out into the street, not into the yard. How f****** stupid and it's going to look crap when it opens Yes, I have a slight slope, nothing drastic though.Can't he raise the bottom of the gates so it doesn't clip the slope when opening out. The gates will be wrought iron spears and the opening is 4.8m wide Not necessary. If your driveway is sloped you can offset the bottom hinge so that the gate opens inclined. Ed "ECOECO" At 'EcoEco', we design windows, we design the best windows, we do it for you, so that when you’re happy we are happy. Tel. 1800 326 326 I should have followed up on this thread. So, the pier foundation wasn't large enough on the side it was leaning towards, and the NBN cable went through the pier, just… 8 12127 Get some long brass machine screws and bolt right through the gate and put brass acorn nuts and washers on the other side. It will never come off 1 9074 Hi everyone! This is my first time posting here, and I'm looking for some advice regarding my house construction project in North Kellyville. I… 0 6695 |