Gates6 min read
What are aluminium slat gates?
An aluminium slat gate is a welded aluminium frame filled with spaced slats. Everything else — how private it is, how it looks, how it opens — comes down to choices made before it is built.
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Most of the decisions that determine whether you are happy with a gate get made before it is built — slat spacing, opening type, colour, how it is fixed. These guides explain those choices honestly, including where the answer genuinely depends on your site.
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Gates
Gates5 min read
Louvre gates explained
Angled blades instead of flat slats. Louvre gets you close to solid-gate privacy while letting air straight through — but only along the sightline the blades are set against.
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Gates5 min read
Gate automation considerations
Automation is not an accessory you bolt on afterwards. It changes how the gate is built, where the posts go and what services need to reach the opening.
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Driveway gates
A driveway gate is the largest, heaviest and most visible thing we build. Getting it right is mostly about decisions made before manufacture.
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Pedestrian and side-access gates
The gate you use most often. Small decisions — which way it swings, which side it hinges — matter more here than on any other gate.
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Fencing
Fencing5 min read
What is aluminium slat fencing?
Posts, rails and spaced slats in powder-coated aluminium — built either as repeating panels or made to measure for a run that will not repeat.
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Fencing5 min read
Fencing on sloping ground
There are two ways to deal with a slope, they look completely different, and choosing the wrong one is the most common reason a fence looks wrong.
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Vertical picket gates and fencing
The traditional picket look without the repainting. Open by design — which is the point, and also the limitation.
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Fencing5 min read
Privacy fencing options compared
There are three levers — spacing, profile and height — and each one costs you something. Here is how to pick.
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Choosing & Buying
Choosing & Buying5 min read
Horizontal vs vertical slats
Same profile, different direction. The choice is about proportion and how your ground sits, not about privacy — that comes from spacing either way.
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Single, double or sliding?
This is decided by your site, not your taste. Measure the swing arc and the run-back space before you decide anything else.
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Choosing & Buying5 min read
How to measure for a gate
Five minutes with a tape and your phone will get you a far more accurate quote — and, for supply-only orders, a gate that actually fits.
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Choosing & Buying5 min read
Choosing slat spacing
Slat spacing is the single decision that most changes how your gate or fence performs. It is not just about privacy.
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Care & Materials
Care & Materials4 min read
Powder coating and colour
Powder coating is the finish, not a coat of paint over one. Choosing the colour well is the cheapest way to make a gate look expensive.
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Aluminium vs steel vs timber
Each material genuinely wins at something. Here is what each is actually good at, including where aluminium is not the right answer.
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Care & Materials3 min read
Care and maintenance
There is very little to do, but the little there is makes a real difference — especially near the coast.
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