358 Security Fence
358 Security Fence
Anti-Climb 358 Fence Panels with Matching Gates
The Gate Is Where the Run Fails
A gate is the only part of a 358 perimeter that moves and the only part used by hand. It is also the part that is ordered last and matched least carefully, which is why a run of sound panels and a sagging gate is a common sight.
Gate Posts Are Set Independently
Gate posts carry the leaf, its hinges and the force of it being pushed open, so they are specified and founded separately from the fence line.
A line post carries a panel and wind load. A gate post carries a moving leaf plus the same wind load, and it takes a shock every time the gate is used. Sharing a post between the last panel and the hinge puts that shock into the panel run.
Gate posts, hinges and latch are quoted against the leaf they carry, so the hardware and the gate arrive together.
Leaf Weight Decides the Hardware
Hinges, latch and any closer are specified against the weight of the leaf, not against the height of the fence.
A leaf that is heavier than its hardware drops on the latch side within months, and once it drops the gate no longer closes square. That failure is almost always visible at the latch before it is visible at the hinge.
Matching the Gate to the Panel
The gate leaf is built from the same panel and post system as the run, so the finished perimeter reads as one installation rather than a fence with a gate bolted on.
Single and double leaf in the same panel system as the run
Leaf height matched to the panel height
Hinges and latch packed against the leaf they belong to
Gate posts founded independently of the line posts
Swing, Sliding or Both
Where there is room to swing, a swing gate is the simpler and cheaper option. Where the run sits against a wall or a road, a sliding leaf avoids the swing arc entirely but needs a track or a cantilever foundation.
The choice is usually made by the site rather than by preference: the access route and the space either side of the opening decide it before any specification does.
What to Send
Send the width of each opening, single or double leaf, the panel height, the finish, the post fixing, and whether the gate is to be manual or automated.
Supply only outside China; installation is by the client's contractor against our setting-out drawings.
