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Installing your new wooden driveway gates should be fairly straightforward with the right tools, tips and know-how. Our average 7-foot-wide gate leaf weighs 350 pounds, which makes our wooden gates very heavy. Because Custom Gate & Access doesn’t compromise on materials and gate thickness, the weight of our driveway entrance gates makes for impressive appearance, strength and durability. Custom Gate & Access embeds a steel frame into wood gates that are specified at over 4' thick. This additional manufacturing step results in less stress on the driveway gate, producing a more stable product that is far less susceptible to cracking.

To sustain the weight of your redwood gates, we recommend using flange ball bearing hinges. As illustrated in the image above, typical fabrication includes a ¾" cold rolled steel pin which is attached to the concealed internal steel frame at both top and bottom. This steel pin extends through the gate up to 3 inches to allow for the connection of the flange bearing. The flange bearing is then bolted to a “T” strap (which can be provided upon request). The “T” strap is either embedded into a masonry column or welded to a steel post.