Contemporary Aluminium Swing Gates in Solihull

Project at a glance

• Material: Aluminium, powder-coated mid grey
• Gate type: Pair of swing driveway gates + matching pedestrian gate
• Access: Keypad entry
• Style: Contemporary
• Automation: Fully automated / electric
• Location: Solihull, West Midlands
• Accreditation: Gate Safe accredited installer

A modern red-brick home in Solihull needed a driveway entrance that felt as considered as the house itself — clean, private, and effortless to use every day. This is a good example of a full entrance solution rather than “a gate”: a pair of driveway gates, a matching pedestrian gate, and keypad access, all designed as one piece and built under our own roof.

The brief

The driveway sits between substantial brick piers, so a pair of swing gates was the natural choice: each leaf hangs from its own pier and the two meet in the middle, keeping the full width usable. The owners wanted a contemporary, private frontage in a colour that would sit quietly against the brick, plus separate pedestrian access and a way in that didn’t rely on a fob left in the car.

The design

We designed the set in aluminium, powder-coated in a cool mid grey, a modern tone that sits calmly against the red brick and reads as part of the architecture rather than an add-on. The driveway gate uses a clean, close-boarded contemporary face for privacy from the street, and we matched it with a pedestrian gate in the same material and finish so the whole entrance is visibly one design. Aluminium earns its place here: it won’t rust, it’s light enough to automate reliably, and the powder-coat holds its finish for years with almost no upkeep.

Access is by keypad entry on the pedestrian side, so the household and expected visitors can let themselves in without a remote.

The build and install

Everything — the metalwork, the finish, the electronics — was made and prepared at our workshop near Droitwich. Designing, building and wiring in-house is exactly why the driveway gate, the pedestrian gate and the access control all match and work together rather than being assembled from separate suppliers.

On site, the gates were hung, set to open smoothly and automated for open-at-the-touch-of-a-button use, installed to Gate Safe standards with the safety features an automated gate needs around a family and vehicles.

The result

A Solihull entrance that looks designed-in rather than added-on: private, contemporary, and simple to live with day to day — with a finish built to still look right in a decade. It’s the kind of whole-entrance thinking — gate, pedestrian access and controls as one — that a made-to-measure maker can do and a catalogue supplier can’t.

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