Gates for cottages: types of structures, advantages and disadvantages

The gates of a private house or dacha are the first to meet guests. They should look nice and harmonize with the entire design of the site.

By design, the gates for dachas can be swinging, rollback, automatic and with a manual drive. As a rule, they are made of sandwich panels, corrugated board or wood. The most popular are swing structures. This product consists of two flaps, consisting of a supporting frame and its facing. Such constructions are opened both inside and outside.

Advantages that have a swing gate for giving:

- Simple, robust and reliable construction;

- installation of the drive allows remote control of the opening and closing of the doors;

- when selecting a good lining and after painting, they have a respectable appearance;

- Convenience in operation.

Disadvantage: require a lot of space when opening.

More and more common are sliding gates for dachas. In the special foundation along the fence, a guide is mounted, along which the panel moves on the rollers. Their main advantage is space saving. There is no contact with the ground, which does not cause difficulties in opening them in any weather, even in heavy snow. Facing is selected for the design of the fence and the facade of the house. Usually such devices operate in automatic mode, but sometimes the promotion of the car is controlled by the built-in photocell.

The disadvantage of such designs is the higher cost associated with a large number of components.

Most often, gates are made for cottages made of corrugated board - a metal building material with high strength and service life. To increase the resistance to the effects of unfavorable external factors, its surface is covered with a different color by a polymer coating, which also increases the mechanical strength.

The use of corrugated board gives the gate practicality in operation, convenience in processing. Products look modern and beautiful. They can easily be done by the owner of the site. Such gates for cottages can be both rolled-back and swinging, and rotary-lifting.

Benefits:

- a relatively small weight, which allows you to simplify the delivery and installation of the structure, and when installing the drive it can buy a less powerful, and therefore cheaper;

- durability. The correct fabrication technology allows a service life of up to 25 years. No special care is needed, the construction tolerates unfavorable weather conditions;

- beautiful appearance. They perfectly fit into any design of the site. They are well combined with natural stone, facing brick, ceramic tile or metal.

- A relatively low price allows them to be widely used.

For convenience of hit on the site the gates for a summer residence with a gate which can be built in a sectional frame or stand separately are made. The second option is more complicated. In this case, in addition, it is necessary to perform the whole complex of works on its installation.

Advantages of a gate with a built-in wicket:

- do not need to install it separately;

- at the entrance, the exit does not need to open the gate;

- cheaper wicket installation.

Disadvantages:

- weakening the design of the gate;

- the threshold creates some inconvenience, you can not ride a bicycle or carry a wheelbarrow.