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Commercial Gates & Automation

From a single residential driveway gate to a 30-foot cantilever on a storage yard — we fabricate the gate, set the foundations, run the power and program the operator. One crew, one point of contact, one warranty.

Gate Types

What we build

Cantilever Slide Gates

10 to 30 foot clear openings. Welded steel frame, galvanised or powder-coated, with no track across the driveway to fill with snow or gravel.

Swing Gates

Single or double leaf on heavy hinge posts set deep enough that they never sag. Steel frame with cedar, composite or steel infill.

Ornamental Iron Gates

Custom scrollwork, finials and panel designs for entries where the gate is the first thing anyone sees.

Vertical Pivot & Bi-Parting

For sites where a standard slide or swing won't fit the available space or the traffic pattern.

Security & Yard Gates

Chain link and welded steel for contractor yards, storage facilities and industrial properties that need containment more than curb appeal.

Barrier Arms

Where you're controlling traffic flow rather than securing a perimeter — parking areas and controlled entries.

Operators

Two tiers, honestly compared

We install both ends of the market. Which one is right depends on gate weight, how many cycles a day it runs, and how much downtime you can tolerate.

Commercial · Highest Duty

LiftMaster INSL24UL

Industrial slide gate operator

What we recommend when the gate runs all day and downtime costs money — storage facilities, contractor yards, apartment entries. Higher upfront cost, dramatically lower cost of ownership.

  • Gate capacity: up to 2,200 lbs
  • Motor: industrial brushless DC, continuous duty
  • Power: 120/240V single phase
  • Speed: variable, 0.5–1 ft per second
  • Enclosure: NEMA 3R weatherproof steel cabinet
  • Radio: Security+ 2.0, up to 50 remotes
  • Safety: monitored photo eye and safety edge included
  • Warranty: 5-year manufacturer

Best for: high-cycle commercial, heavy steel gates, sites that can't afford a failure.

Residential · Budget Friendly

VEVOR AC1400

Sliding gate opener, 3,100 lb class

A solid choice for a single-family driveway cycling a handful of times a day. You give up the continuous-duty gearbox and the commercial safety package, but for a home gate it does the job for a fraction of the price.

  • Gate capacity: up to 3,100 lbs / 1,400 kg
  • Motor: 500W AC, copper wound
  • Power: 110V AC, 60Hz
  • Speed: 43 ft per minute
  • Max gate length: 39.4 ft
  • Included: 20 ft of chain, 2 remotes, hardware
  • Safety: obstruction stop/reverse, overload protection
  • Temp range: −4°F to 122°F

Best for: residential driveways, low daily cycle counts, budget-conscious builds.

Access & Safety

Getting in, and not getting hurt

Entry methods

Keypads, card and fob readers, remotes, telephone entry and smartphone control. Most sites end up with two or three methods — one for residents or staff, one for visitors, one as a backup.

Loop detectors

Wire loops cut into the driveway that sense a vehicle. They open the gate on exit and, more importantly, stop it closing on a car that's still in the opening.

Photo eyes and safety edges

A beam across the opening halts the gate when something crosses it; a pressure-sensitive edge reverses it on contact. Commercial installations need to meet UL 325 — these are not accessories.

Power and backup

We run the electrical as part of the job. Battery backup keeps the gate working through an outage, and solar makes sense on entries where trenching power in would cost more than the gate.

Common Questions

Gate and automation questions

How wide an opening can a cantilever gate cover?

We build cantilever slide gates for openings from about 10 feet up to 30 feet. The thing people forget is backdrop: a cantilever needs roughly one and a half times the opening width in clear space alongside the drive for the gate and its counterbalance tail to sit when open. If you don't have that room, a swing gate or a bi-parting design is the answer.

Why choose a cantilever over a rolling gate on a track?

A track gate needs a rail across the driveway, and in Colorado that rail fills with snow, ice and gravel. Then the gate binds, the operator strains, and eventually something breaks. A cantilever gate hangs from roller trucks on posts beside the drive with nothing crossing the ground at all. It costs more up front and it is the right call in this climate.

How do I know what size operator I need?

Gate weight and duty cycle. An undersized motor on a heavy gate is the single most common reason automated gates fail early — it runs hot, wears out and dies. Tell us the opening width, the gate material and roughly how many times a day it will cycle, and we'll spec it properly rather than guess.

Can a gate still open in a power cut?

Yes. Every operator we install has a manual release so the gate can be moved by hand. For sites where that isn't good enough — gated communities, commercial yards, anywhere access can't stop — we fit battery backup, and solar where running power is impractical.

What safety equipment does an automatic gate need?

An automatic gate is a heavy moving machine and it deserves respect. Photo eyes stop it when something breaks the beam, safety edges reverse it on contact, and loop detectors in the drive keep it from closing on a vehicle. Commercial installs also need to meet UL 325 requirements. We don't leave these off to save money.

Can you automate a gate I already have?

Often, yes. It depends on the gate's condition, weight and how square it still hangs. We'll come look. If the gate or its posts aren't up to being cycled hundreds of times, we'll say so — automating a tired gate just breaks it faster.

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Need a gate specified properly?

Tell us the opening width, the gate material and roughly how many times a day it'll run. That's enough for us to size it right the first time.