Hanging a gate to open up a hill.

[TimO]

Love that idea. It's basically a rotating railway gate!

Not sure how workable?

[TimO]

Some photos would be great.

If you didn't mind, I would really appreciate it.

TimO

[TheScullster]

A colleague of mine overcame this by having a hinge in the middle of each gate. This halved the distance up the slope that the furthest point reached. OK if you can live with 6-7" clearance under the gate in your case

Phil

[TimO]

Phil,

Clearance under the gate can be solved with some chicken wire or similar.

I'm not sure I understand what you mean though. How does putting a hinge in the middle help?

Cheers,

TimO

[TimO]

I like it. So it's basically 2 pairs of gates. Each pair hanging from a post with a hinge in the middle of them, like a concertina?

Off to measure up now, so I'll see if it is viable.

TimO

[PeteZahut]

A friend of mine has a drive sloping more than a foot and what he has done was cut along the bottom of the gate then re-attatched the cut bit with some hinges and a small wheel so it acts like an outward opening letterbox or cat flap. As he pushes the gate up the slope, the wheel touches the floor and starts to lift the bottom of the gate. When the gate is closed it hangs perfcetly as though it was just a whole gate. I think its a novel idea and now want a sloping drive :p

[TimO]

I like the sound of that too. Gives it a bit of uniqueness as well.

The more I look at it, the more I want to do something a bit different.

TimO

[Rob Morley]

Have the gate retract into the ground, or lift up in the air. :-)

[Adrian C]

Have no gate, but instead multiple visible red laser beams that magically incinerate anything that tries to get through. Must also have a low hum noise, and a "Danger of Death" sign for H & S compliance.

Failing that, Moat and drawbridge?

:-)

-- Adrian C

[Lobster]

In case it helps, I've seen a gate like that (somewhere??) so I'm sure it's workable!

David

[Owain]

How about hinging the gate along the bottom, so it can be lowered to lie flat on the ground and be driven over?

A V-shaped counterbalance at the end would mean the gate could be moved with little user effort.

Owain

[Harry Bloomfield]

OG brought next idea :

That cable idea still requires the off set to work - unless you were proposing that the cable should wind itself around the post, as the gate opened in order to shorten its length.

[Mark]

Dog leg hinge This is a worst case, with the driveway rising and the footpath falling away as well If your footpath is level then the bottom of the gate can be straight

A D said the gate will become heavy when part opened and self closing, there is another similar one with a balance device to counter this, but didn 't go past it today to photograph.

- Mark

[OG]

[OG]

Indeed, a cunning device is what I would have devised. Actually, I was wondering about something involving a counterbalance on the cable (beyond the gatepost) that would pull down on the cable, shortening it and supplying the tension to lift the free end of the gate.

[Charlie]

replying to TimO, Charlie wrote: Where the hinge meets the post make the hinge rod longer so that you can lift the gate UP the elongated rod then you can swing the gate inwards and lower it.if you send me your email address I I can draw it for you

[Adrian Caspersz]

In eleven years I rather hope he has figured it out!

Has homeownershub (spit) just added an archive of our postings to their database?

[harry]

The posts have to be at right angles to the road surface to give clearance tp the bottom of the gate. Or the hinge pins unequal distances from the posts, However this also means that the gate will have to be restrained in the open position with hooks, they will tend to self close.

OR you have to make the bottom of the gate to be parallel to the road in the open position. Which means there is a gap when they are closed.

[trev marty]

replying to Harry Bloomfield, trev marty wrote: I have the same problem a photo would be terrific please

[FMurtz]

Get the digger in.