Steel gates

I'm not trying to be alarmist......but: When Sal was injured by his falling gate, I considered it a bizarre incident.....not the sort of thing you'd think would happen.
In yesterday's Thai Rath newspaper, front page, there's a photo and short story of a 41 year-old Korat resident who died when his steel gate (not all that big judging from the photo) slipped off it's rail and crushed him.

I remember when we lived downtown in a rental, after a month or two of straining to open the gate because of bad rollers, the landlady had them replaced. We were used to heaving open the gate....but with the new rollers, the gate slid open with ease and crashed against its barrier panel. It never skipped off the rail, but now I'm wondering if maybe that's what's causing these gates to come crashing down.

Food for thought.

Yes, both me and the wife have been extremely careful, since Sal's accident, opening and closing our gate, which is about 7 feet high and probably weighs half a ton.
We push it open from the end and pull it close from the same end.

Buy an electric gate opener, we bought one for about 35,000 bht, our gate is 5M long and at it's highest 3M tall, made of tubular steel. The opener came with a rotating light as a opening/closing warning (which i have disconnected, bloody annoying at night) and 3 remote units. A couple of the local likely lads fitted it and I did the electrics so they're not too fancy to install

I agree, an electric gate is safest, if you're going to have a gate. My 4.5M sliding gate and opener cost 30,000 baht when I built the house last year. It came with 2 remotes and I bought an additional one for 850 baht. I think the opener part of the package was 12,000 baht. The beeper has also been disconnected, although the flashing light is cool. It also has a lock feature. It's a bit of a pain to open if the electric is off, but not a big deal.

The gate has only one set of rollers that prevent it from falling over when in any position other than closed. I just inspected the welds holding the brackets and the nuts holding the rollers to make sure they are in good condition.

if I was to install steel gates it would be the scissor type which closes by pulling them together and locking
it with a simple pad lock no need to worry about falling on you or electric down so you can not open or close and of course the cosmetic view is UGLY it makes you look like your living in a high crime drug infested area and I will NOT lock my self in or OUT they rob me I leave I will not live amongst thieves

Ron, I'm afraid you'll have to try a different planet.

Trust in God, but tie your camel.

U/E your post now requires me to go off topic LOL I lived in N.Y. were I never locked my car and I had
a scanner CB radio and blue revolving light as well as a radar detector and my key was in the ignition and my car was never rob or even attempted to be rob I was a Vol Firemen and I did not have time to search for keys when I was called so there is places on this planet you can escape thieves now back to the topic
I have nothing more to ad since I posted my opinion which is only my opinion

i have had electric gate installed with 3 remotes supplied no problems since price for supply and fitted 18000bht should any one want phone no of the guy that fitted it i will pass it on his name is mr king works at homart

Mr King is no longer employed at home mart