Electric Gates & Barriers in Surrey & Sussex

Electric gate and barrier installers in Surrey and Sussex

Automated gates and barriers control who drives onto your property, from a family driveway to a commercial yard or a residents' car park. Regency Security designs, installs and maintains them across Surrey, Sussex and London. We are a Gatesafe registered installer (#2187) and we install FAAC, CAME and BFT automation.

A powered gate is a machine that moves with real force, and a badly installed one can cause serious injury. Safety runs through everything we do, from the first survey to the paperwork you receive at handover.

Electric gates for homes

We automate existing gates that are in good condition, or install new ones. At the survey we look at the width and slope of the drive, the room the gates have to open, the ground and the posts, and how you want to use them. You can open your gates with a remote fob, a keypad, a video or GSM intercom or an app, and a ground loop or sensor can open the gates automatically as you drive out.

Commercial gates and barriers

For business parks, industrial units, schools, car parks and residential developments, we install heavy-duty sliding gates, bi-folding gates and rising-arm barriers. These can be linked to access control so staff and residents use a fob or card, to ANPR cameras that recognise approved number plates, or to an intercom for visitors. Induction loops cut into the road surface detect vehicles, so a barrier won't lower onto a car and gates can open automatically for traffic leaving the site.

Choosing the right gate

Sliding gates

Sliding gates move across the opening, either on a ground track or as a cantilever gate held clear of the ground. They need clear space alongside the opening, at least the width of the gate and more for a cantilever, but none in front or behind. That makes them a good choice for drives that slope up from the entrance, short drives and gates close to the road.

Swing gates

Swing gates suit most level drives with room for the leaves to open inwards. Operators can be above-ground rams, articulated arms or underground motors set into the ground beneath each leaf. Underground motors are popular on period homes where you'd rather not see the machinery.

Bi-folding gates

Bi-folding gates fold as they open, so they need far less swing space than standard gates and open quickly. They are a good fit for busy commercial entrances with limited room.

Rising-arm barriers

Barriers are the quickest way to manage vehicles in car parks, on private estates and at depots. They take up very little space, open in seconds and work with fobs, ANPR or an intercom.

Gate safety and compliance

Under the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008, which brought the Machinery Directive into UK law, whoever automates a gate is treated as the manufacturer of a machine. We install gates to comply with BS EN 12453, the standard for the safety in use of powered gates, and as a Gatesafe registered installer our work is built around it. Every installation includes:

• A risk assessment of the site and everyone who will use it, including pedestrians and children
• Safety edges and photocells, so the gate stops or reverses if it meets a person or vehicle
• Force testing with a calibrated force tester, to check the gate stays within the limits the standard sets
• A Declaration of Conformity, a technical file and CE or UKCA marking on the completed gate
• A handover covering safe use and the manual release

Repairs, servicing and upgrades to existing gates

Many older automated gates were fitted without safety edges, photocells or a force test, and some have been altered since. If you have gates like this, or gates that are slow, noisy or unreliable, we can inspect and force test them and tell you honestly what's needed. Often that means adding safety edges and photocells, replacing a worn control board or motor, or adjusting the gate so it can be brought up to current standards rather than replaced. We work on gates fitted by other companies as well as our own.

Regular servicing keeps gates safe and reliable. How often depends on how much the gate is used, and we'll recommend a schedule at handover.

Want cameras at the entrance too? See our CCTV installation service, or call Steve on 01293 862865 to book a free electric gate survey.