subject: Safety, Convenience Electric Gates For Every Home [print this page] Electric gates are no longer the province of the seriously rich. Back in the 80s, electric gates were the ultimate domestic status symbol: they gave a kind of upper class feel to a property, as though visitors were driving up to a gated mansion, asking to be let in on the intercom, waiting while the unmanned gates swung jerkily back to reveal herringbone-patterned brick driveways and tasteless mock-Tudor homes.
These days, electric gates are everywhereand theyve lost that corny, faux-movie star feel they used to have. Theyre quieter and smoother, too: add electric gates to a property now and you can expect them to open and close seamlessly, without any of that jerking and grinding.The major advantage of electric gates is that they are nominally locked until a button is pressed to make them open: in other words, electric gates cant be opened by hand. This means that unauthorised visitors to a property cant just stroll up, open the gate and start snooping around.The mechanism on electric gates holds them shut, quite firmly, until a command is sent that makes them open.
That means that a homeowner can secure his or her property at the touch of a button. Electric gates, if they are the only means of entry or exit to a property, circumvent the need to worry about keys and manual locking mechanisms: they tend to shut automatically after a certain period has elapsed since they were opened, which means you dont even need to remember to close them when you leave. You go, and shortly afterward the electric gates swing shut: presto, the property is sealed and protected.
Electric gates dont have to be the huge, monolithic things they used to be, either. A gate of any size can be motorised and automated: even gates that werent built as electric can be turned into electric gates by adding mechanical arms and a button system to them. That means that electric gates can be added to any property without ones choice of style being trammelled by whats available as a pre-made electric barrierfrom simple ironwork to 15th century original oak, a propertys original gates can be turned into electric gates for minimal cost and effort.
Electric gates offer peace of mind; they give the ability to seal a property effectively when it is vacant, or sleeping; and they allow homeowners to vet visitors with a pre-entry intercom system. Modern gate technology means electric gates can be as simple or heavy-duty as a property owner pleases, and that the original gates can be automated with no visible tampering. For a 21st century home, thats a winning combination.
