Entry systems

Gate access control

The right people in easily, and everyone else kept out. Our team fits intercoms, video entry, keypads, fobs, proximity readers and turnstiles, wired into your gate or barrier and set up so the people who need to get in actually can. On new installations and on systems that are already there.

We fit access control on any make of gate, and we look after it afterwards.

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A timber pedestrian gate with keypad entry in a brick surround

A timber pedestrian gate with keypad entry in a red-brick surround

A timber gate with a video intercom in a red-brick entrance

The access control we install

Intercoms and video entry

Audio or video panels at the entrance, answered from a handset inside, a screen, or your phone. The most common way visitors get in.

Keypads

A code at the gate. Simple, no hardware to hand out, and you can change the code when people leave.

Fobs and proximity readers

A fob or a card presented at a reader. Individual credentials can be cancelled, which a shared code can't.

App and remote control

Opening from your phone, from a handset in the car, or automatically on the way out.

Turnstiles and speed lanes

Controlled pedestrian entry where the gate handles vehicles and people need their own counted route.

Door entry for blocks

Panels and handsets for managed residential blocks, set up around leaseholders, visitors and the managing agent who has to run it.

Entry systems

Intercoms, keypads and locks

A magnetic lock and keypad access control unit fitted to a gate pier

A timber gate with a magnetic lock in a brick pier

Commercial

Getting the right people through the entrance

One credential across the whole entrance. Gates, barriers and bollards wired to the same system, so a contractor isn't carrying three fobs.
Managed residential blocks. Usually chosen by managing agents. Leaseholders, visitors, contractors and deliveries all need a route in, and someone needs to be able to manage it without an engineer visit.
Industrial and distribution sites. Where the entrance has to be controlled but mustn't become a queue.
Schools and public estates. Controlled pedestrian entry alongside vehicle access. Public sector and local authority.
Adding control to what's already there. Most of our jobs are retrofits onto an existing gate or barrier rather than new installations.

Where a site runs automatic number plate recognition or CCTV, we can wire the gate or barrier to work with it as one input among several. Neither is a service we lead with.

commercial and specifier enquiries

Answering the gate from inside the house

With a gate on the drive, an intercom saves you the walk down it. A panel goes on the pier or the post, and you answer it from a handset in the hall, a screen, or your phone if you'd rather. Most people pair it with a keypad, so the family or the cleaner have a code and everybody else rings.

We're happy to fit these to gates we installed and to gates somebody else installed. gates and repairs for your home

Access control we didn't install

Access equipment lives outside, gets rained on and gets used every day, so it wears. Receivers, readers, panels and their wiring are among the most common things we replace. We look after access control on any make, including systems we didn't install.

gate servicing and repairs

Wired properly

The part nobody sees

Access control fails at the joins far more often than at the panel: cable run in the wrong place, no spare cores left in the duct, a board with everything wired into one shared input, no surge protection on a long run. It usually works on the day and starts playing up a year later.

We wire it as though we'll be the ones coming back to it, because we usually are.

The makes we work with

Not tied to one manufacturer

We work with CAME, FAAC, BFT, Nice, Beninca, DEA, Roger Technology and Locinox among others, so we can help you choose what suits your site rather than what one brand allows.

the makes we work with

CAME
FAAC
BFT
Nice
Beninca
DEA
Roger Technology
Locinox

Common questions

Can I have an intercom on the gate and answer it from inside the house?

Yes, and that's what most people have. A panel goes at the entrance, and you answer it from a handset inside, a screen on the wall, or your phone. Video panels let you see who's there before you let them in. We can fit it to a gate we installed or to one that was already there.

Can access control be added to a gate we already have?

Yes, usually, and it's a large part of what we do. Most gate control boards accept an input from an intercom, keypad or reader, so the question is normally the cable route and the power rather than the gate. We check that at the survey.

Do you maintain access control systems as well as install them?

Yes, on any make. Panels, readers, receivers and their wiring are outdoors and in daily use, so they wear out. You don't need us to have installed the system, and you don't need a contract to get one thing fixed.

Gate servicing and repairs.

Where we fit them

Recent installs

Access control we have fitted

An open timber pedestrian gate in a brick surround on a brick-paved path

A timber pedestrian gate between stone piers on a paved path

A white metal pedestrian gate on a waterside walkway

Tell us who needs to get in

Residents, staff, contractors, deliveries and visitors all need a route through, and they're rarely the same route. We'll help you set it up so everyone gets in the right way.