The gates of a private house or cottage are the first to welcome guests. They should look nice and harmonize with the whole design of the site.
According to the design, gates for summer cottages can be swing, retractable, automatic and manually operated. As a rule, they are made of sandwich panels, corrugated board or wood. The most popular swing designs. This is a product of two wings, consisting of a supporting frame and its cladding. Such structures open both inwards and outwards.
Advantages that swing gates have for summer cottages:
- simple, strong and reliable construction;
- installation of the drive allows you to remotely control the opening and closing of the wings;
- when choosing a solid lining and after painting, they have a respectable appearance;
- ease of use.
Disadvantage: require a lot of space when opening.
Retractable gates for summer cottages are becoming more and more widespread. A guide is mounted in a special foundation along the fence, along which the panel moves on rollers. Their main advantage is space saving. There is no contact with the ground, which does not cause difficulties when opening themin any weather, even in heavy snowfall. Facing is selected for the design of the fence and the facade of the house. Usually such devices operate in automatic mode, but sometimes the progress of the car is controlled by a built-in photocell.
The disadvantage of such designs is the higher cost associated with a large number of components.
Most often gates are made for summer cottages from corrugated board - a metal building material with high strength and service life. To increase resistance to adverse external factors, its surface is coated with a polymer coating of different colors, which also increases mechanical strength.
The use of corrugated board gives the gate practicality in operation, ease of processing. Products look modern and beautiful. They can easily be made by the owner of the site. Such gates for giving can be both retractable and swinging, and rotary-lifting.
Benefits:
- relatively light weight, which makes it possible to simplify the delivery and installation of the structure, and when installing the drive, you can buy it less powerful, and therefore cheaper;
- durability. The correct manufacturing technology of the material allows a service life of up to 25 years. Low maintenance, weather resistant design;
- beautiful appearance. They fit perfectly into any site design. Well combined with natural stone, facing brick,ceramic tiles or metal.
- relatively low price allows them to be widely used.
For the convenience of getting to your site, gates are made for giving with a gate, which can be mounted in a sectional frame or stand separately. The second option is more complicated. In this case, it is additionally necessary to perform the entire range of works on its installation.
Advantages of gates with integrated wicket:
- no need to install it separately;
- at the entrance, exit is not required to open the gate;
- cheaper gate installation.
Flaws:
- weakening of the gate structure;
- the threshold creates some inconvenience, you can not drive a bike or carry a wheelbarrow.
