Swing gates with a wicket are a common trend, designed to make it easier for people on foot to enter and exit. In private properties, the practice of installing swing gates with a built-in wicket is widespread. Installing a gate is fraught with some difficulties: it requires separate posts, fastenings, locking and bolting mechanisms.
Forged version in the country
Installing a gate with a wicket in the structure itself is almost more difficult than installing separate columns and placing the wicket separately. This choice all depends on personal preference.
What materials are best to make it from?
Wooden gates
Natural wood can easily fit into any style - from traditional to modern. The texture goes well with the environment, buildings made of wood or brick. True, only sliding or swing doors are made from wood.
Pros:
- Environmental friendliness. 100% natural renewable resource.
- Economical. Construction from boards is the most budget option.
- Easy to assemble. Self-manufacturing of gates is available.
- Possibility of repair. If one board is damaged, it is easy to replace.
Minuses:
- Difficulty of preparation. To extend the life of wood, it is impregnated with protective compounds against fire, water, and pests.
- Fragility. Even despite careful preparation, wood's life expectancy and safety margin are less than those of metal.
But thanks to the large selection of paints, the decoration of wooden gates can be made original by painting it with a gradient, applying patterns or an inscription.
Advice! If you like the appearance of wood, but want something more practical, choose an artificial analogue: a polymer composite. Modern, stylish and reliable WPC doors will delight you with their beauty for many years.
Metal gates
Input types
Looking at the photos of swing gates, you can easily choose the option that suits you. A variety of types of gates will satisfy the taste of the most fastidious person. The following types of passages are installed on personal plots:
- single-leaf;
- bivalve;
- folding like an accordion.
What do you need to know about gates with a wicket?
The first thing to decide for a gate with a wicket door is whether the parts will interact. That is, there will be a built-in gate or a separate one.
Integrating the entrance into the gate seems more convenient, more economical, and simpler in the end. But let's look at it from the other side:
- The presence of a threshold. For example, a door in a sliding gate will definitely have a lower threshold that you will have to step over every time.
- Possibility of breakdown. Accidentally opening the gate with the wicket open will cause damage.
- Reduced security. The intersection of the paths of a pedestrian and a driver will create constant problems for both those entering and those entering.
Professionals advise making a gate for a private house separately - to the right or left of the entrance. This will allow you to properly separate the pedestrian and roadway areas and protect the gate mechanism from damage. To make the structure look solid, it is necessary to correctly make the gate and gate leaves from the same material, in the same style.
Wooden doors
The doors made of wood look elegant. However, they are susceptible to sunlight and moisture.
Without painting, varnishing or impregnation with antiseptics, a favorable environment will be created for the development of fungi and decay processes.
What to consider when choosing a design?
In order for the exterior of the house to look harmonious, everything must be combined with each other: the decoration of the facade of the house and other buildings, the material of the fence and doors, the style of execution. Let's look at the main modern trends.
High tech
Choose a minimalist design, modern materials: plastic, metal, WPC. It is better to make the doors blind, and always automatic.
Loft
Rough, industrial materials are suitable: welded metal, brick or concrete supports, burnt wood.
Classic
Timeless black forging with silver or gold plated elements is just right. Perfect for brick or plastered houses.
Provence
The doors are made of wood or forged, preferably with metal elements (hinges, locks, awnings). The pillars are made of stone (sandstone, limestone); as a compromise, choose white-painted brick.
Country
Let the facades, fences and gates consist of 99% wood: choose thick, natural beams, unedged boards. An excellent option for country fencing.
Modern
The main condition is that the gates should not be blind. Preference is given to welded metal structures with abstract geometric or floral patterns.
Decor
In ancient merchant houses, carved inserts decorated not only the lintels and porches, but also the front doors and entrance doors. Today they are trying to abandon wood; this material breaks easily, is susceptible to rotting and deterioration.
- At this point, they've been trying to build road entry structures for centuries. Paint is applied to prevent rust.
- Using paint, you can change the color of the gates and gates every year - today they are white, and next year they can be, for example, blue.
Wrought iron gates and gates come in open and closed types. With the first type, the entire view of the construction site is visible at once, and in the fencing, the metal elements are attached to the steel sheet.
Using special technology, a blacksmith can create not only a family coat of arms, but also various motifs, monograms, and designs.
How can you decorate a gate?
Since decor is a purely individual matter, there are no exact instructions in this matter. Recommendations only. Suitable decorations:
Forged elements
Welded to a metal base. There is already ready-made metal decor on sale - assemble a composition from it, or order it from a specialist for an individual project.
Thread
An alternative to forging for wooden bases. The elements are cut out on gates or separate boards, attached to the doors.
The photo shows a beautiful applied carving
Drawings
3D airbrushing looks especially impressive: it is used to hide nondescript corrugated sheets and blend the gate into the surrounding landscape.
Plants
If you put shoots of creeping ivy or, for example, maiden grapes along the doors, the view will be beautiful, but the gate will not open. So as an alternative, choose small hanging planters with petunias or other flowers.
Important! Flowerpots are hung only on swing gates.
Superstructure
This is no longer about decorating the doors, but rather about the design. Install a beautiful arch on top of an ordinary gate to completely transform the appearance of the entrance group.
The photo shows a wooden superstructure
Peculiarities
Comfortable entry to the site is best provided by swinging passages. This type of gate to the dacha has a number of advantages:
- convenient installation system;
- durability;
- ensuring wide and convenient access to the territory;
- versatility.
The reliability of a design is evidenced not only by years, but by centuries of operation. Over the course of its use, craftsmen have added many features to the gate design.
Improving the appearance of a portal remains one of the most important areas of work for modern designers.
Beautiful examples for inspiration
Everyone has their own criteria for beauty: some like rich decoration, others see aesthetics in minimalism. If you want to make the gate primarily a decoration, so to speak, the “face” of your home, choose complex designs: use forging or welding of metal, as well as artistic wood carving.
For example, in the first example, the gate depicts a stone bridge with lanterns and railings, as well as a fisherman in a boat. On the second there is a beautiful gate with an amazing ornament around the edge and a complex plot.
For something simpler, but no less visually attractive, imitation forging is suitable: as in the example below. Wood-look corrugated sheets, metal frames and decorative hinges give the structure a special charm.
If the gate must be primarily functional, and design is a secondary matter, choose universal modern solutions. Gate shutters should be minimalist with geometric inserts: these will not go out of style for many years.
For example, on the left are WPC doors in a stylish graphite shade. Through holes in the center serve as both decoration and allow the hosts to see the guests, and the guests to see the hosts.
The example on the right is as simple as possible, but in line with modern trends. Owners and designers are gradually abandoning 3-meter blind fences in favor of neat fences - these do not block the view or spoil the landscape. It is especially important if the house is located in a picturesque area.
When choosing a gate design, remember: you need something functional, comfortable and beautiful! See photos of gates for a private house in the gallery and choose the most suitable ones.
Stages of work production
Regardless of the type of structure, all steps for their manufacture are divided into several stages.
- Selecting a project. This refers not only to design features, but also to overall dimensions. At the same time, you should accurately determine the location - the gate must have free space for opening/closing. Different types of gates have their differences; some require a lot of free space to function, others do not have such problems. The width of the passage should be selected taking into account the type and size of road transport.
Based on the measurements of the opening, a detailed drawing of the gate is drawn up - Purchase of manufacturing materials, fittings and decorative elements. If the gate has a complex structure, then it is necessary to purchase electrical equipment, control and security systems. The issue of power supply sources is being addressed separately. It is recommended to purchase materials with a small reserve, since during manufacturing there may be a need for minor design adjustments. Sliding gate fittings
- Manufacturing of gate elements. According to the chosen type, it is necessary to prepare all structural elements and check their compliance with the planned dimensions. At the final stage, the surfaces are painted with durable paints for exterior use.
Frame welded from corners - On-site installation. Depending on the type of gate, installation activities may consist of several stages. The first is excavation and construction work. This refers to the construction of brick pillars or pouring concrete foundations under metal vertical posts. Additionally, special elements can be concreted. The second is installation work. The individual elements are assembled into a single structure, and the functionality of each of them is checked. If necessary, adjustments are made and detected problems are corrected.
Gate frame installation
As can be seen from the list, the volume of work is quite large and requires serious practical skills of the performers.
conclusions
After carefully studying the drawings, as well as step-by-step instructions, you can do all the work yourself. It is necessary to pay attention to the selection of necessary materials and get into the flow of work.
It is best to carry out work together with a person who has experience in this area. Then the quality and duration of work will pleasantly surprise you.
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Required dimensions
Beautiful design of the entrance is, of course, important, but no less important is convenient passage and access to the site. Carefully read the drawing options for swing gates and choose the version that suits you.
For a passenger car, the minimum passage width is 2 meters and 80 centimeters. When the approach angle does not allow a truck to enter the site, the width should be increased by one and a half times.
The maximum width of the plowing passage should not exceed six meters. In this case, it is necessary to maximize the thickness of the valves (approximately twice as much).
If such gates are planned to open automatically, the mechanism must have the appropriate power.
A significant gap should be left between the ground and the edge of the sash (at least 8-10 cm). Only in this case the gate will not get stuck while moving.
Free passage of passenger cars is ensured by a structure height of two meters.
Hydraulics
The most expensive operator for swing gates. Compared to other mechanisms, it has a number of advantages:
- controlled from a distance of up to 30 meters;
- opens the gate after a maximum of 15 seconds;
- durability;
- connects to standard electrical wiring.
It is installed on massive, heavy gates, which are also often used.
Lever mechanism
Such a system can be hidden underground, but it should be placed in a case to protect it from moisture and protect it from freezing.
Powered by an electric motor. Smoothly opens the gate leaves.
Passage structures
The advantages of such gates include the simplicity of construction. You don’t need to have any special skills to make swing gates with your own hands.
They do not require a foundation or additional parts in the form of wheels and guides. To install the structure you need:
- support pillars;
- loops;
- clamps;
- reliable locks and massive bolts.
Opening and locking a simple gate forces the car owner to get out of the car twice. And in bad weather it is quite unpleasant. A way out of this situation could be to supply the gates with automation.
