Electric gate kits can make installation look like a manageable weekend project. Fit the motor. Connect the controls. Add a pair of sensors. Job done. Unfortunately, a powered gate is far more complicated than that. It combines a heavy moving structure, electrical equipment, automation controls and safety devices. Every part must work together correctly. The Health and Safety Executive describes powered gates as machines that must be properly designed, manufactured, installed

The gate design is only one part of an electric gate installation. Before fabrication begins, you need to know whether the gate can move safely, whether the driveway has enough space, where the electricity will come from and how residents, visitors and delivery drivers will enter. London properties often make these decisions more complicated. A narrow driveway in Chelsea may not have room for conventional swing gates. A sloping entrance in Hampstead may require a sliding or b