8 Features And Benefits You Get with High-Quality Security GatesOctober 23rd, 2020

Not all security gates are made the same. Just like any other product, you can get the entry-level option.

But you can also get other options with features that enhance security, convenience, appearance, and more.

And security gates have the added benefits of dramatically dropping the cost of your homeowner’s insurance (talk to your insurance company before buying your gate), and increasing the sales value of your home.

You’ll have to decide what you need to have with your security gate and if it fits in your budget.

For now, here are some features to consider:

1) Gates That Simply Look Difficult to Bypass

As we’ve discussed on this blog before, the best defense a gate offers is its mere presence.

Crooks want to get in and out quick and easy. If it looks difficult to enter your property, there’s a high chance the would-be criminal simply moves on to someone else instead.

Security gates can be made of steel, aluminum, wrought iron, or wood. Any of these materials can provide you with the security you need, provided the gate itself is well-made. Make sure you ask your gate installer how they construct your gate for maximum security.

Also, ask how your gate prevents anyone from entering your property on foot. Can they crawl under? Through? Over? Use a bolt cutter to snip their way right through?

Consider all the possibilities and work with your gate installer to ensure your gate protects you from each one.

2) A Gate Operator with the Latest Safety and Security Features

Your gate’s operator can also come with a number of security features, including:

• • Fire department compliance, which allows the gate to open even if electricity is lost or the battery is depleted
• • Manual keyed disconnect, which allows you to open your gate manually if it malfunctions.
• • Anti-tailgate, which closes the gate swiftly behind your car so no one else can follow you in.
• • Anti-hacking technology, which encrypts digital signals so hackers can’t open your gate.
• • Reversing sensors, which protect kids and pets by reversing your gate’s direction if they, or anything else, gets in its path while closing.
• • Battery backup, which keeps your gate working during a power outage.
• • Surge protection, which protects the gate operator from high voltage caused by wire shorts or a blocked gate.
• • Telephone entry, which allows your landline phone to control your gate.
• • Wi-Fi entry, which does the same with your smartphone.

3) “Puppy Bars” to Protect Your Kids and Pets

Kids and pets add so much happiness and joy to your life, don’t they?

Well, why doesn’t anyone write a parenting guide that warns you about all the stress kids and pets can cause too?

If there’s a creative way to mess around with something new, both your kids and pets will find it!

Say you have a wrought iron or aluminum fence with vertical bars. Those bars have a gap between them.

It’s not large enough for an adult to go through. But kids and pets can certainly sneak through.

Well, puppy bars put an end to that.

These smaller bars fit between your gate’s larger bars so neither can fit through. So, you don’t have to worry about them getting caught or pinched and seriously hurt when your gate opens and closes.

4) Increase Your Curb Appeal

We mentioned it right at the beginning of this post for a reason...it’s true!

With security gates, you can get practically whatever you want, given you have the budget available.

Yes, you can go with a simple aluminum or wrought iron look.

But you can upgrade to as intricate of a design as you want. And usually, that means you get special modifications to wooden gates.

You can also get longer-term warranties too.

5) Control Your Gate from Farther Distances

A cheap remote doesn’t give you a long control range. In fact, it may turn your gate into more of a nuisance than anything else.

A higher-quality remote will let you control your gate from up to 100 feet.

Both situations are possible with security gates. So you have to work with your gate installer to make sure you get the convenient security gate you’re hoping for.

6) Custom Settings

Imagine coming home in a rush to your security gate. You had a long, stressful day at work. So, all you want to do is to get inside, take a hot shower, and relax with your family.

But then you get to your security gate...and it opens so slow you swear you could see a snail passing by!

Cheaper security gates come with pre-set functions, which means you can’t change those functions at all. And that includes your gate’s opening speed.

Higher-quality gates, however, have control boxes that allow you to adjust settings. So, you can increase your gate’s opening speed so you don’t have to wait around wondering why you even got a security gate in the first place!

7) Weatherproofing

Obviously, your security gate is outside. So, that means everything should be just fine being out in the weather, right?

...Nope!

Strange as it sounds, not all security gates come ready with protection from the elements.

No weatherproofing doesn’t mean your security gates will malfunction immediately. However, it greatly increases the chances something bad will happen in the future.

The best gates have 100% protection from moisture and give you absolutely nothing to worry about when it rains.

8) More Privacy

Your gates don’t have to be vertical bars with spaces in between only. You can have them made solid so absolutely no one can see through.

You can also have designs with solid panels that include a few strategically placed and aesthetically pleasing holes, which also allow you a limited ability to see through.

And do understand that such gates use more material, so they’ll cost a little more.

It’s all up to you and how important your privacy is to you.

Well, that was actually a lot more than 8 features and benefits!

But now you understand the possibilities and can make a choice that better suits your needs.

Which features and benefits did you find most important?