Lothian Gates are an independently owned family business and have been established for over 15 years. Our automation experts can help you design, manufacture and install electric gates for your home or business in Scotland.
We work with many residential clients and have the resources to install any automated security entrance system. We hope you can find enough information on our website for you to feel confident in us to provide our proposals for any project you may have. If you know what you are looking for and are not ready for a site visit but need a budget cost for your project please feel free to use our electric gate Online Quote form and we will prepare a proposal for you.
Our completed projects can be seen in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Inverness & Scottish islands.
The Lothian Gates process, Based on a residential, electric double gate installation.
One of experienced surveyors will visit site at a time to suit you, discuss in detail all your electric gate needs and view our portfolio of completed projects.
Discuss best automation type and confirm access control requirements.
Take accurate dimensions and pictures.
Check ground levels and measure ground falls with laser level.
Carry out site safety risk assessment.
Find suitable cabling routes and check power source for suitability.
Create a on-site sketch of the planned gate installation showing ducting/ cabling and ground works.
When we have enough information from you and the site we will head back to the office and prepare for the next stage.
Within 7 x days from our site survey, Lothian Gates will provide a written proposal to you complete with costs and any options you may be interested in all usually sent via email. Included within the email will be all relevant images and product specifications.
Most of the time due to changes in specification by the client, we will revise our proposal twice or maybe three times before you are ready to order.
Once you are completely satisfied with your proposal, confirmed your order via email and you have paid an order deposit we will confirm the installation day/week with you.
Based on your installation a detailed fabrication drawing will be produced and a site layout drawing is filed ready for installation.
All materials for your project are ordered now from various suppliers including: Steel, wood, wrought iron components and hinges, automation equipment, containment, cabling, access control equipment, electrical components, building materials, and specialised wood finishing materials.
Most of our materials are sourced locally.
The wood we use is from sustainable forests and hand selected from the docks by our trusted supplier to ensure the very best materials are used in our projects, transported to the machine shop and profiled ready for sending to our workshops for trimming and preparation prior to finishing.
All steel is cut,degreased and prepared.
Assemble project.
Quality control: Senior fabricator fully checks the project for any defects.
When project has passed our stringent quality check procedure, fully dress off and stack ready for finishing complete with any posts and centre stops.
Our steel, wrought iron gates, fencing and posts are sent to Highland Colour Coaters based in Cumbernauld please visit www.higalv.co.uk for more information on the fantastic job they do. We only offer our gates as galvanised and powder coated any RAL colour with a supplier backed and certified 25 year maintenance free guarantee. When our project is ready it is delivered back to our workshop ready for cladding with wood infill or if wrought iron stored ready for installation.
If your project includes any type of wood mainly we use Iroko, Sapele, Scandinavian Redwood or Scottish home grown larch they will be treated with sadolin anti UV wood treatment in a wide range of finishes and colours or in the 3 x coat Dulux exterior weathershield system again in a wide range of finishes or any RAL colour.
On the first day of installation our team will usually arrive on site around 8:30am and carry out civil works and running cabling etc with gate posts usually being installed.
Second day usually consists of installing the gates and automation equipment.
Third day is handover day, completion of all works, testing/ fine tuning, site clean down, debris removal and finally when you are totally 100% satisfied with the installation the balance payment is made.
At this stage you will be handed all manual override keys, containment keys, documentation and completion certificate signed off by our head installation engineer.
We recommend a maintenance program for all our installations and depending on usage at least 1 x service visit each year.
Full telephone technical support and advice is free all year round for our installations.
We offer a huge range of aluminium gate styles with over 1000 colour and style combinations. The advantages of aluminium gates are:
No swelling, shrinking, warping, twisting or rotting. Completely maintenance free, high corrosion resistance and 10 year guarantee on the finish. Lead time from order 6-8 weeks.
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