Driveway gates make an entrance and get used hard, so they have to be hung on posts that carry the weight without the gate ever dropping or dragging.
Ben makes and hangs timber and composite driveway gates across South Wales — single gates for a standard drive, double gates for a wide entrance, hung on substantial posts set deep and concreted to carry the span and the daily use. A driveway gate is a big lever, so the hanging posts go in deeper and stronger than anything else on the boundary; get that wrong and a heavy gate drops within a season.
The look can be traditional timber to suit the house, a cleaner contemporary design, or composite to skip the maintenance, and the gate can be built into stone pillars, brick piers or timber posts depending on what is there and what you want. Ben checks the opening, the ground fall, the swing arc and the latch side on the visit so the finished gate clears the drive and latches cleanly.
Whether it is a new entrance, replacing a tired pair that has dropped, or gating a fresh driveway, the aim is a gate that makes the entrance and then becomes the thing you never have to think about. Priced fixed on the free site visit.
As a rough UK guide, wooden driveway gates run from about £400–£700 for standard softwood up to £1,000+ for cedar and hardwood supplied and hung, with a fitted pair of doubles often landing around £1,000–£1,650. Because Ben sets the posts deep to stop the gate dropping, expect the mid-to-upper end. Exact price free on a site visit.
Yes — Ben can hang driveway gates off existing stone or brick pillars, fixing the hanging hardware securely into the masonry, provided the pillars are sound enough to carry the gate. He checks the pillars on the visit; where they are not up to it, he can set timber or steel posts instead.
Double gates suit a wide entrance and share the span so each leaf stays manageable; a single gate suits a standard-width drive with room to swing. The right choice depends on the opening width and the swing room. Ben advises on the visit based on the access and how you use the drive.
More on our common questions page.
Driveway gates, side gates and full boundary runs — hung true, swinging right first time.
Gates in Bridgend →Side gates, garden gates and access gates — made, hung and set to swing true and latch first time.
Garden gates →Made-to-measure timber gates — driveway, side and garden, built solid and hung to last.
Wooden gates →See all the areas we cover, or read our common questions.
No call-out fee, no obligation. Tell Ben what you are after and he will arrange a free site visit, then quote you a fixed price.