Driveway Double Gates in Hitchin (SG4)
We approach driveway double gates in Hitchin from the failure end backwards. Not levelling the closing point — one leaf drags on the drive within a year — that's the single most common thing we're called back to fix, and it's the first thing our spec addresses. Recent work on Tilehouse Street and Cambridge Road. We orient jobs off Hitchin station. Bancroft Conservation Area frontage. Painted softwood picket on oak posts to conservation guidance. Approved at street-level review.
We approach driveway double gates in Hitchin from the failure end backwards. Not levelling the closing point — one leaf drags on the drive within a year — that's the single most common thing we're called back to fix, and it's the first thing our spec addresses. Recent work on Tilehouse Street and Cambridge Road. We orient jobs off Hitchin station. Bancroft Conservation Area frontage. Painted softwood picket on oak posts to conservation guidance. Approved at street-level review.
Typical driveway double gates briefs in Hitchin
- → matched pedestrian gate alongside 3.6m double vehicle gates on a corner-plot driveway
- → 4.0m composite-faced double gates prepared for underground automation
Why this spec, for homes with off-street parking wanting matched double vehicle gates, manual or automated
- measured on site off the actual brick piers, not a builder's plan set
- prepared for future automation even when you're not fitting it yet — cabling ducts under the drive, hinges rated for it
- matched pedestrian gate carried in the same visit so alignment and finish are identical
How we build driveway double gates in Hitchin
44mm framed, tongue-and-groove or composite infill, hot-dip galvanised or stainless ironmongery, sized to the actual masonry opening not the drawing. On Hitchin jobs we adjust for hitchin's conservation areas mean the planning team checks anything visible from the street.
Property mix locally: market-town centre with Tudor and Georgian buildings, Victorian terraces on the Walsworth side, and 1930s semis to the west. Typical gardens: varied — small courtyards in the centre, deep rear gardens in Walsworth, sloping plots toward Walsworth Common. Postcodes we regularly service: SG4, SG5.
Where driveway double gates isn't the right answer
- — spans over 4m where a cantilever slider is a better answer than a two-leaf swing
- — sloping driveways where full-close geometry isn't achievable without a rising hinge system
Driveway Double Gates FAQs — Hitchin
What's the widest span before double gates need a wheel or cantilever?
On driveway double gates jobs in Hitchin (SG4), our default answer is: 44mm framed, tongue-and-groove or composite infill, hot-dip galvanised or stainless ironmongery, sized to the actual masonry opening not the drawing. The honest trade-off is not levelling the closing point — one leaf drags on the drive within a year — which is exactly what our default spec designs out.
How much clearance do you leave under a driveway gate?
Across Hitchin we spec around hitchin's conservation areas mean the planning team checks anything visible from the street, so on driveway double gates that usually means iroko hardwood on galvanised ironmongery. The honest trade-off is not levelling the closing point — one leaf drags on the drive within a year — which is exactly what our default spec designs out.
Can pedestrian and vehicle gates share the same finish and ironmongery?
North Hertfordshire District coverage means we can survey most SG4 addresses inside a week — homes with off-street parking wanting matched double vehicle gates, manual or automated. For context: prepared for future automation even when you're not fitting it yet — cabling ducts under the drive, hinges rated for it. Structural spans and post depths calculated, not guessed.
Do you fit into existing brick piers or install new?
Practically: 3.0m opening hardwood double gates on ball-race hinges with drop bolt and top slide bolt. That's the Hitchin version of this job, not a generic one. The honest trade-off is not levelling the closing point — one leaf drags on the drive within a year — which is exactly what our default spec designs out.
Can wooden driveway gates be automated later?
On driveway double gates jobs in Hitchin (SG4), our default answer is: 44mm framed, tongue-and-groove or composite infill, hot-dip galvanised or stainless ironmongery, sized to the actual masonry opening not the drawing. For context: prepared for future automation even when you're not fitting it yet — cabling ducts under the drive, hinges rated for it. Structural spans and post depths calculated, not guessed.
Recent driveway double gates work
Homes with off-street parking wanting matched double vehicle gates, manual or automated — that's who this page is for. In Hitchin and out to North Hertfordshire District, we run the driveway double gates spec that survives hitchin's conservation areas mean the planning team checks anything visible from the street. Recent work on Cambridge Road and Westmill Lane. We orient jobs off Priory Park. Westmill estate three-plot rear run. Matched closeboard, simultaneous quote across three plots. Saved each plot ~10% versus solo quote.
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