Swing gates with a wicket are a common trend, designed to make it easier for people on foot to enter and exit. In private properties, the practice of installing swing gates with a built-in wicket is widespread. Installing a gate is fraught with some difficulties: it requires separate posts, fastenings, locking and bolting mechanisms.
Forged version in the country
Installing a gate with a wicket in the structure itself is almost more difficult than installing separate columns and placing the wicket separately. This choice all depends on personal preference.
What materials are best to make it from?
Wooden gates
Natural wood can easily fit into any style - from traditional to modern. The texture goes well with the environment, buildings made of wood or brick. True, only sliding or swing doors are made from wood.
Pros:
- Environmental friendliness. 100% natural renewable resource.
- Economical. Construction from boards is the most budget option.
- Easy to assemble. Self-manufacturing of gates is available.
- Possibility of repair. If one board is damaged, it is easy to replace.
Minuses:
- Difficulty of preparation. To extend the life of wood, it is impregnated with protective compounds against fire, water, and pests.
- Fragility. Even despite careful preparation, wood's life expectancy and safety margin are less than those of metal.
But thanks to the large selection of paints, the decoration of wooden gates can be made original by painting it with a gradient, applying patterns or an inscription.
Advice! If you like the appearance of wood, but want something more practical, choose an artificial analogue: a polymer composite. Modern, stylish and reliable WPC doors will delight you with their beauty for many years.
Metal gates
What do you need to know about gates with a wicket?
The first thing to decide for a gate with a wicket door is whether the parts will interact. That is, there will be a built-in gate or a separate one.
Integrating the entrance into the gate seems more convenient, more economical, and simpler in the end. But let's look at it from the other side:
- The presence of a threshold. For example, a door in a sliding gate will definitely have a lower threshold that you will have to step over every time.
- Possibility of breakdown. Accidentally opening the gate with the wicket open will cause damage.
- Reduced security. The intersection of the paths of a pedestrian and a driver will create constant problems for both those entering and those entering.
Professionals advise making a gate for a private house separately - to the right or left of the entrance. This will allow you to properly separate the pedestrian and roadway areas and protect the gate mechanism from damage. To make the structure look solid, it is necessary to correctly make the gate and gate leaves from the same material, in the same style.
Schemes and sketches
Naturally, the first thing others pay attention to when passing by a fence is its visual component, decor, decoration, colors, etc. If the overall design is made using artistic forging, this gives the area sophistication and sophistication.
There are various sketches and diagrams of metal fences that can be turned into reality. You can find them on the Internet or spy on your neighbor.
Variety of sketches
The best option would be to develop individual sketches of the future fence. In this case, the overall design becomes an individual and unique creation. This way you can create a hedge that perfectly matches the landscape.
When developing drawings, it is worth considering that the future fence should not only be aesthetically beautiful, but also as durable as possible. After all, this is its original and direct purpose.
When developing drawings, you also need to take into account the possibilities of technological manufacturing of the structure. That is, it is necessary to find out in advance whether the corresponding material is available on the modern market or not.
Sketch for a country house
It is also important to consider the following factors:
- metal thickness;
- hedge height;
- number of support pillars;
- type of fastening, etc.
It is worth noting that the existing variety of metal forms is endless.
Section sketches
In this case, the only limitation is the imagination of a particular person. If there are no problems with this, all that remains is to take a pencil, paper and start creating a drawing. You can also take several existing drawings as a basis, take the best from them and combine them into one.
Great option for a summer residence
To provide the fence with the necessary strength, it is best to fill the structure with vertical or horizontal lines. And leave pointed peaks on the tops, which will make it much more difficult for uninvited guests to enter the area.
Also in a future project, you can implement forged monograms that encircle the structure of the forged product. Naturally, it is necessary to add forged rods imitating a vine or other plant motifs.
Option for a private house
What to consider when choosing a design?
In order for the exterior of the house to look harmonious, everything must be combined with each other: the decoration of the facade of the house and other buildings, the material of the fence and doors, the style of execution. Let's look at the main modern trends.
High tech
Choose a minimalist design, modern materials: plastic, metal, WPC. It is better to make the doors blind, and always automatic.
Loft
Rough, industrial materials are suitable: welded metal, brick or concrete supports, burnt wood.
Classic
Timeless black forging with silver or gold plated elements is just right. Perfect for brick or plastered houses.
Provence
The doors are made of wood or forged, preferably with metal elements (hinges, locks, awnings). The pillars are made of stone (sandstone, limestone); as a compromise, choose white-painted brick.
Country
Let the facades, fences and gates consist of 99% wood: choose thick, natural beams, unedged boards. An excellent option for country fencing.
Modern
The main condition is that the gates should not be blind. Preference is given to welded metal structures with abstract geometric or floral patterns.
Photo gallery
We bring to your attention various options for gate design in 14 photos.
And some more great ideas in the video:
How can you decorate a gate?
Since decor is a purely individual matter, there are no exact instructions in this matter. Recommendations only. Suitable decorations:
Forged elements
Welded to a metal base. There is already ready-made metal decor on sale - assemble a composition from it, or order it from a specialist for an individual project.
Thread
An alternative to forging for wooden bases. The elements are cut out on gates or separate boards, attached to the doors.
The photo shows a beautiful applied carving
Drawings
3D airbrushing looks especially impressive: it is used to hide nondescript corrugated sheets and blend the gate into the surrounding landscape.
Plants
If you put shoots of creeping ivy or, for example, maiden grapes along the doors, the view will be beautiful, but the gate will not open. So as an alternative, choose small hanging planters with petunias or other flowers.
Important! Flowerpots are hung only on swing gates.
Superstructure
This is no longer about decorating the doors, but rather about the design. Install a beautiful arch on top of an ordinary gate to completely transform the appearance of the entrance group.
The photo shows a wooden superstructure
Ways to improve the performance characteristics of wood
To increase the performance characteristics, durability and resistance to external influences of wooden texture, there are many different means. But the most effective are the following measures.
Impregnation and painting of wooden structures
Impregnation and painting belong to a class of external treatments that protect the outer surface. But unlike painting, impregnation compounds can penetrate 2-3 millimeters into the wood structure, significantly strengthening it.
Let's consider methods of painting and impregnating wood with special compounds.
Painting
It is carried out after installation, but before installing additional elements such as a handle, bolts or lower polymer cuffs.
Various compositions with good adhesion properties are used as paint, but it is recommended to use acrylic compositions, since they are more resistant to water and fading in the sun than others.
First, a primer layer is applied, which dries from 12 to 36 hours depending on the drying conditions, and after the final finishing it is left alone for 48 hours.
Important!
It is advisable to choose clear, windless weather or enclose the structure with shields with plastic film. Otherwise, the final layer will be covered with dust or sand.
Impregnation
Special compounds, after contact with the surface of the tree, begin to penetrate its structure. To apply liquid impregnations, special spray guns are used that spray the composition with liquid mist under pressure. It evenly covers the surface and begins to act. Impregnation must act on the material for at least 36 hours. Instead of treating wood with impregnation yourself, you can purchase products that have been treated in a factory.
Important!
The specific composition of the impregnation is dangerous for humans, so all work must be done with polymer gloves and a filtering respirator.
Beautiful examples for inspiration
Everyone has their own criteria for beauty: some like rich decoration, others see aesthetics in minimalism. If you want to make the gate primarily a decoration, so to speak, the “face” of your home, choose complex designs: use forging or welding of metal, as well as artistic wood carving.
For example, in the first example, the gate depicts a stone bridge with lanterns and railings, as well as a fisherman in a boat. On the second there is a beautiful gate with an amazing ornament around the edge and a complex plot.
For something simpler, but no less visually attractive, imitation forging is suitable: as in the example below. Wood-look corrugated sheets, metal frames and decorative hinges give the structure a special charm.
If the gate must be primarily functional, and design is a secondary matter, choose universal modern solutions. Gate shutters should be minimalist with geometric inserts: these will not go out of style for many years.
For example, on the left are WPC doors in a stylish graphite shade. Through holes in the center serve as both decoration and allow the hosts to see the guests, and the guests to see the hosts.
The example on the right is as simple as possible, but in line with modern trends. Owners and designers are gradually abandoning 3-meter blind fences in favor of neat fences - these do not block the view or spoil the landscape. It is especially important if the house is located in a picturesque area.
When choosing a gate design, remember: you need something functional, comfortable and beautiful! See photos of gates for a private house in the gallery and choose the most suitable ones.
