Security Gates for Driveway

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Driveway Gates Keep Families and Pets Secure

Keeping your home and family safe is a number one security for households, which is why installing security gates for driveway access is becoming increasingly important for homeowners’ peace of mind. These gates control who enters, enhance privacy, and reduce the chances of criminal incidents. By keeping your property secure, residential driveway gates protect your home, by providing a first line of defence.

1st Choice Security Systems is a long-established provider of electric security gates for driveway access in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, and Buckinghamshire. The gates we design, and install are tailored to your security requirements and are precision fitted to make them an effective deterrent to intruders, trespassers, and unwanted visitors. Read on to find out how 1st Choice gate installers can protect your home.


Security Gates Are a Defence Against Residential Threats

Police advice to households wanting to reduce the risk of crime always includes the installation of driveway gates. Their presence sends a clear message regarding the proactive stance of the householder towards security. 1st Choice ensures that your gates are an effective deterrent by carrying out a free security audit on your property. This alerts us to any vulnerabilities, and we make recommendations based on our findings.

Driveway security gates defend households from a range of threats, including:

What Style of Security Gate is Right for Your Property?

It would be great if every driveway was a standard width and depth, but that’s certainly not the case. So, we tailor the shape and operating mechanism of our electric gates to fit your driveway:

  • Swing Gates. If you have a driveway deep and level enough to allow for the arc of a swing gate, this is a popular, durable choice.
  • Sliding Gates. Where your driveway presents an incline, or is not deep enough to accommodate a swing gate, sliding gates are the ideal solution.
  • Folding Gates. Where the driveway lacks width and depth, 1st Choice can install folding gates for driveways, utilising an elegant bi fold mechanism.

How Do You Want Your Security Gate to Look?How Do You Want Your Security Gate to Look?

For many 1st Choice clients, how their security gates look is as important as the protection they provide. We create bespoke gates designed to the specific requirements of a property. Automatic gates for driveways tend to be made out of wood, or metal, and they can be customised to incorporate personal design and a finish that matches your home’s exterior.

1. Wooden Security Gates

Wooden electric gates add distinction and elegance to your property. No matter whether your home is period or modern, the charm and versatility of wood is undeniable. 1st Choice security gates for driveway installation are made from either soft or hard woods:

  • Hardwoods such as Meranti, European Oak, or Idigbo are strong and durable. Hardwood tends to be popular because of its appearance; it has less knots which allows the distinctive beauty of the grain to show through.
  • Softwoods, offer an attractive alternative to hardwoods. Western Red Cedar or Accoya (a treated Pine) are the most durable of the softwoods, as well as being good-looking, making either one a great option for driveway gates.

Wooden gates are more susceptible to the weather and will need staining or painting every 2 to 3 years.

2. Metal Security Gates

The elegant minimalism of metal gates offers a contemporary look to your driveway. Metal is strong, durable and requires very little maintenance:

  • Steel Driveway Gates. There are numerous automated steel gate designs now available, and they can be finished to match with the external décor of your property. The natural strength and corrosion-resistance of steel, makes it a durable choice for your gates.
  • Aluminium Driveway Gates. An aluminium automated gate won’t crack, discolour, warp or corrode. This strong, lightweight material which will last for decades. Our aluminium driveway gates can be powder coated for the colour finish you require.

What is the most Secure Gate?

The answer to this question is less to do with the materials you choose for your security gates, and more to do with the expertise of the installation. An established, professional company understands how to secure your home, and will custom build your driveway gates to ensure that all vulnerabilities are closed to opportunistic intruders.

1st Choice Security Systems offers every client a free security audit prior to designing and installing automatic gates. Our experienced security engineers assess the current vulnerabilities on your premises and offer a range of recommendations for lowering the risk of criminal activity. The audit allows us to determine the optimum design of your security gates for driveway access.


Working With 1st Choice Security Systems

The team at 1st Choice Security Systems knows how important it is for our residential clients to be able trust installers working in or near the home. For this reason, all our engineers are DBS checked, SafeContractor approved, SSAIB approved, and the business is a DHF member. We work to the ISO2001-2015 standard.


Are you thinking of installing security gates for driveway access? Call 1st Choice Security Systems to speak to one of our designers today on 0800 1182414.

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