Swing, sliding and pedestrian gates in Colorbond, timber, aluminium and steel — with automation, remotes, keypads and intercoms — for homes across Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula.
Yes — we install and automate fencing gates across Geelong and the Bellarine. We build swing, sliding and pedestrian gates in Colorbond, timber, aluminium and steel, and add automation such as motors, remotes, keypads, intercoms and safety sensors. We can also automate a suitable existing gate, and we match every new gate to your fencing.
A gate is the one part of a fence that moves every day, so it's the part that fails first if it's built lazy. A sagging gate that drags on the latch is almost always a hinge post that was never footed deep enough. We over-build the posts, hang the gate square, and set the drop bolts and latches so it shuts the same in February heat as it does on a wet July morning — whether it's a manual side gate or an automated driveway entrance.
Request a QuoteGates that hang true and latch every time, automated and built for the coast.
A solid gate keeps the kids and the dog in and the door-knockers out. Add a motor and you've got a controlled entry point that latches behind every car — opened from the driver's seat or your phone, never left swinging in the wind.
Press a remote, tap a keypad code, or buzz someone in over the intercom. No climbing out into the rain to drag a gate open with an armful of shopping. It's the upgrade people tell us they wish they'd done years earlier.
A gate should read as part of the fence, not a patch bolted onto it. We build in Colorbond, timber, aluminium and steel and match the profile and colour to your existing line, so the entrance disappears into the boundary the way it should.
Every open-and-shut loads the hinge post and the hardware. We use welded or heavily braced frames, marine-grade hinges and track gear, and footings dug deeper than a standard fence post — because a gate post carries weight a line post never has to.
Mains power is the usual setup, but where trenching a cable across a long rural driveway makes no sense, a solar panel and battery runs the motor instead. Either way there's a battery backup, so a blackout doesn't trap you behind your own gate.
Photocell beams across the opening and an auto-reverse on the motor mean the gate stops dead and backs off the moment a kid, a pet or a car gets in the way. On a busy family driveway that's not optional — we fit and test it on every automated install.
There's a big spread between a manual side gate and an automated sliding entrance with an intercom, which is why we won't pin a number on it until we've seen the opening. You get a free on-site quote, not a flat rate. Roughly: a manual gate is the cheap end. Add a motor to a single swing gate and you're in the middle; a wide sliding gate with an intercom and a few remotes is the top of it.
Factors that affect your gate and automation cost include:
Four steps from the first measure to a gate that opens off your remote.
We measure the opening, read the driveway slope, and work out whether the block has room to swing or whether it has to slide. Then we find where the power's coming from.
Gate, frame, automation kit, footings, hardware, clean-up — itemised on one quote with a timeframe we'll stand by. No surprises on the invoice.
Posts go into wet-poured concrete, sized up for the load a gate puts on them, and we hang it square so it doesn't drop or scrape once the footings cure.
Motor, remotes, keypad or intercom and the safety sensors all go in, then we run the gate through its cycle, trip the auto-reverse to prove it works, and walk you through it before we leave.
A plain-English guide to choosing the right gate, deciding between manual and automated, and matching the finish to your fencing.
Most gates come down to three types, and the block usually picks for you. A flat driveway with room to spare wants a swing gate; a narrow or sloping one wants a slider. We sort out which on the site visit.
A manual gate is the cheapest answer — you open and latch it by hand, done. Add a motor and it does that itself. We'll fit automation to a new gate, or retrofit a kit to one you already have, as long as the frame's sound and the gate isn't too heavy or too wide for the motor we'd match to it. An old, rusted-out gate isn't worth automating; we'll tell you that rather than take your money.
We build Colorbond gates that match your boundary panels and colour, timber gates that match your palings, and aluminium or steel-framed gates where you want the entrance to stand apart. Here's the trade tip: for anything spanning a driveway, we put a welded steel frame under the cladding. Timber and Colorbond alone will twist and sag across a wide opening; the steel carries the span while the cladding keeps it looking like the rest of your fence.
Permits & council: standard residential gates often don't need a permit, but height, proximity to the street or footpath, corner blocks and heritage overlays can change that — and automated gates must meet safety requirements. The binding rules sit with your local council, so confirm with them before you build a driveway gate.
