Are Electric Gates Worth It?
Having good quality front gates or doors is crucial to ensuring the safety of your home or business.
This is why many people decide to have electric gates installed.
Often, this is the case for businesses, with commercial electric gates acting as a great choice for organisations that have large amounts of traffic coming in and out of the premises.
If you’re considering electric gates for driveways at your home or business, it’s important to know whether they’re worth it or not. After all, they’re often more of an investment than other types of doors, shutters or gates.
At SAA Industrial & Garage Door Specialists, we have more than 20 years of experience supplying and installing quality electric gates to domestic and commercial customers across Brentwood, Waltham Abbey and across Essex.
In this article, our team will take a look at the benefits of electric gates, and if they’re worth investing in.
How do electric gates work?
Before we explore the advantages that electric gates provide to a property, let’s take a closer look at how they actually work.
Unsurprisingly, electric gates require a power source to work, and this can come from either your electricity mains or external batteries or solar panels. Whatever the case, the gates will include a control system that can be triggered by input devices. Input devices can take many forms, such as keys, fobs, keypads, mobile phone applications and more.
When the signal from these input devices reaches the control system, the gate will begin to open using a motor that drives the mechanical mechanism. They will often also incorporate safety features. For instance, they’ll have motion sensors in place that will be able to detect obstructions (like people or vehicles) and will stop opening accordingly.
Benefits of electric gates
Automatic gates have a whole host of great benefits.
These include the following:
Enhanced security
Security is always a priority, no matter what kind of building you’re looking to protect. Electric gates are regularly installed for security purposes. Firstly, they’re often taller than typical gates, which makes them harder for intruders to scale.
In addition to this, they’re made from robust materials which makes them harder to break through or penetrate, and they give the user greater autonomy over who has access. As they can’t be manually opened, only people with keyfobs or who know the gate code will be able to open and close the gates. The gates can also be controlled from within the property, meaning you can check who wants access before deciding whether to allow them in or not.
Easy to use
Ease of use is another reason why people may decide to opt for electric gates. Instead of having to get out of your vehicle to manually open the gates, they can be operated at just a click of a button, making the whole process more seamless and convenient.
This is particularly the case in the cold, winter months when you want to stay warm.
Aesthetics
Electric gates are available in a variety of materials and designs, all of which offer a stunning aesthetic to your property. Whether it’s timeless wood or contemporary metal design, electric gates always offer a sense of luxury and style to a home or business.
And the seamless way they operate simply boosts this further.
At SAA Industrial & Garage Door Specialists, we’ll help you decide whether electric gates are the right choice for your property. We supply and install electric gates that are of the highest quality and have something suitable for every type of property.
We also offer electric gate repairs to ensure your product remains in the very best condition. To find out more about what we do, contact our team today.
