Wooden Garden Gates

A garden door is the focal point of your home, so it is important that you choose a style that enhances your property as well made as secure. Buy the right balance between the practical means, style and budget. Garden gates should be strong, solid design or they will not last - but you do not want to end up blowing your whole budget on a door!

The answer is to visit a large store home improvement, as we at Wickes DIY. Here you will find a wide range of wood and metal gates, in every style and size imaginable. Even the metal doors upscale, with the key-locks and fittings, not break the bank. It is possible to buy a heavy galvanized door double entry, complete with accessories, for less than £ 120.

For front gardens, the choice is enormous, simple rustic light kits and isolation, imposition of ornamental wrought iron gates for driveways. Check the door you have chosen comes with accessories. Otherwise, you will need to buy separately, adding to the price.

Alley gates increase privacy and security, and improve the appearance of any home. They can even be equipped with an automatic opening system. As dual-dependent metal designs, you can buy scale rustic doors, which are heavy, but very attractive.

If you have wood or metal? metal doors do not protect personal information, such as wood, but wood needs more maintenance. It has the advantage that it can be painted or stained any color, however. That said, many doors metal garden are available primed and ready to paint, giving you similar choices.

If you fear a metal gate may be too heavy, modern entry doors alloy and garden are available that have all the charm and detail of traditional wrought iron, but without the weight and corrosion. At the lower end of the market, they can seem a little flimsy and cheap. A heavy iron door or galvanized steel, such as those we sell to Wickes DIY, give your garden an "upscale" look, and will last much longer for little additional cost.

In general, the larger the house the higher the front door can be. A large building style mansion set in its own land will need a very different door on a small Victorian terrace, so take the overall style of your property into account when choosing your design. Whatever the size of your property, if you have pets and / or children of the door must be locked, mounted to the test and, ideally, 1500 mm high or greater.

To the rear garden, you must make sure the door is high enough to prevent intruders. Some people prefer the openness, the aesthetic quality of ornamental metal gates, while others prefer high, around wooden doors covered with privacy. If you have a walled garden, it can look really magical - especially if combined with an arc of brick or stone on top. In all cases, there's nothing like a little mystery to enhance the pleasure of entering a well-tended garden and keeps snoopers distance. We Wickes DIY lap times and beautiful cornice and-brace wooden garden gates, which are equally at home in a wire, the wooden cabinet or wall.