Keypad, Intercom or App: Choosing Gate Access
Most people default to remotes and then discover the limits within a month. Here is what each option actually solves.
Remotes
Simple, reliable and cheap to add. The limits show up when you need to let somebody in who does not have one, which for most households is weekly.
Worth knowing you can delete a lost remote from the receiver rather than replacing the system.
Keypads
A code instead of a key. This is the one that changes daily life for households with gardeners, cleaners, dog walkers and regular deliveries.
Codes can be changed in seconds, which matters when somebody stops working for you.
Intercom
Speak to whoever is at the gate and release it from inside the house. Standard on multi-unit property and increasingly common on homes where deliveries are constant.
Video intercom costs more and answers the question people actually want answered, which is who is out there.
App control
Open the gate from anywhere, see whether it is closed, issue a temporary code to a visitor. Genuinely useful, and it depends on reliable power and wifi reaching the gate.
If your wifi does not reach the driveway, this becomes an expensive disappointment.
The one most people add later and wish they had first
An exit loop. A wire loop cut into the driveway that opens the gate automatically as you approach from inside, so you never touch anything on the way out.
It goes into the driveway surface, so fitting it during other work is far cheaper than as a standalone job.
Free written quotes. We come out, look at it properly and tell you what it needs.
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