Whether swinging, sliding, wooden, aluminum, iron, the gate represents the final touch of a house. It must fit perfectly into the style of your home but it is also there to protect your home from intrusions. The choice and installation of a gate should therefore not be taken lightly. A gate must also be resistant and above all practical. This is why sales of already motorized gates are on the rise today. But solutions also exist for those who have a manual gate and wish to make it more practical by motorizing it themselves.
Motorizing your gate makes your life easier. It is indeed very comfortable to be able to go home without having to get out of your car to open your entrance gate. With a motorized gate, you have the possibility with a simple remote control, a badge or a key, to operate your gate easily from a distance without the need for manual intervention.
It is also a guarantee of security since a motorized gate allows from inside your home to authorize or not the access to your house to a person who rings at your entrance. An even more effective advantage if your motorized gate is coupled with an intercom system equipped with a video camera.
If you do not want to change your classic gate to replace it with an automatic gate, there are solutions that are very easy to set up thanks in particular to specific kits available on the market.
You have the option of choosing the most suitable gate motorization for your existing equipment, whether swinging or sliding. Each of these types of gate requires specific systems and accessories to control your entrance and activate it. Two types of motorization exist to equip a classic gate:motorization with jacks and motorization with arms.
To choose the best motorization system for your swing gate, certain elements must be taken into account.
First, the composition of your portal. If it is heavy, made up of a solid structure and 2 leaves, it is rather advisable to opt for a motorization with cylinders that is much more solid and above all more powerful, even if it is a little slower than a system of arm gate motorization. Motorization systems with jacks, however, have the advantage of being more visually discreet and are therefore more aesthetic.
For a perforated swing gate, therefore lighter, and built in a lighter material such as aluminum for example, an arm motorization is perfectly suitable.
The frequency of use of your gate, the speed at which you want it to open, the type of remote control best suited to your needs, and of course the aesthetic side of this mechanism once installed on your gate, are also components to consider for motorizing your swing gate.
An existing sliding gate meets the same requirements as a swing gate to choose the best motorization. However, this type of portal has a specific characteristic that should not be forgotten. It actually works with the help of rails. The shape of the latter (round, triangular or square), in particular, will define the best type of motorization to adopt.
On the other hand, motorizations for sliding gates have the advantage in principle of adapting to all gate materials, whether they are particularly heavy or light.
