Recent Work
Finished gates and the hardware that makes them work, sorted by the kind of job. Each caption says what the photo shows.
Gate work photographs well when it is done right: a leaf that hangs level, hardware that lines up, an entry that works from the driver’s seat. The photos run from a side gate beside a house to a driveway gate between stone pillars.
Most of what matters on a gate is small. A welded tab, the nut on a barrel hinge, a reflector on a post for the safety beam: each decides whether the gate still swings true and stops when something is in its way.
Choose a kind of work.
Installations & Replacements
Heavy steel leaves need hardware to match. A welded tab and a bolted bracket tie a perforated-steel leaf to its post, and a barrel hinge carries the weight of a side gate while leaving room to adjust the hang as the ground settles.
Access Control
Getting through the gate is its own job. A keypad on a gooseneck post sits at driver-window height, so a code goes in without anyone leaving the car, and a keyed deadbolt and knob keep the walk-through gate as secure as the drive.
What a Finished Gate Should Do
Photos show the hardware; the real test is how the gate behaves. A finished swing gate closes to the same spot every time, with an even gap along the latch side and no scrape on the drive. A slide gate travels quietly from end to end without a jerk where the rollers meet the track.
On an automatic gate the safety side matters as much as the movement. The gate should stop and reverse when something is in its path, the photo eyes should face each other squarely, and the manual release should let one person move the gate with the power off. Keypad codes and remotes should all open it on the first try, from where a driver actually stops.
Denver’s freeze and thaw test every one of those points over a winter. A gate that still latches cleanly in March was set right in the first place.
A Gate Like One of These
If a photo here looks close to the gate you have or the one you want, say so in your request. Pictures of your own gate help just as much: email them to manager@speergatesdoors.com, and the first visit can start with the right parts on hand.