Sliding Gate Powered (Video)

The Sliding gate gives an attractive and tidy finish to a front fence. The Style is called "Lawson" which incorporates the spear and ring double top rail pattern.

This type of driveway gate has a number of benefits.

 a. Space saving - A car can be parked in the driveway close to the gate which can still be closed unlike a standard inward opening double gate.
b. No sagging posts - The weight of the gates on a standard double gate eventually cause the gate posts to lean inwards causing the gate to not close properly.
 c. Easy to close- Manually closing sliding gates only require feather touch to close (if tracks are clean)The motor will never burn out as there is almost no pressure required to close gate.

This gate is a manual opening  sliding gate built in Metroll Metline style Colorbond fencing.

METROLL Metline® Colourbond® Lattice panel

Another variation of a Colourbond Metroll Metline® fence. The addition of the Top Frieze lattice gives the fence a softer more pleasing appearance when the fence is a dominant part of the landscape. This fence pictured is 2.25 metres tall including the 200mm timber plinth insert.

The fence is improved by the dark (Grey ridge) and light (Merino) colourbond colours combination. If the fence needs to blend in with the landscape and not detract from a view then plain colour should be used. But where the fence is the dominant feature or backdrop to a garden view, then the fence should become a work of art. If it isn't then effort needs to be made to hide the fence.

Steel posted Timber fence

Modern Timber fences have a fatal flaw. The posts are susceptible to rot under the ground. The red-gum posts of the distant past lasted well, up to 45 years. Too many times I have seen fences with years of life left in them falling over due to the posts losing footing. This option is a good one.

Here is a fence that will outlast other timber fences. This fence incorporates 65mmx65mm galvanised tube posts as the supporting structure with welded on brackets to hold the rails.
The other option (below) is Aussie Galvanised steel posts, an option with similar pricing to a timber posted fence but using concrete means the fence will be a lot more stable and stay upright a lot longer.