The homeowners contacted Automated Gates, and Doug Rich, one of their senior sales professionals, visited their home. Doug and his team at Automated Gates have designed and installed hundreds of automated driveway gate in the Woodinville, WA area and were well familiar with the area.

Initially, the husband and wife were interested in an arched gate design, but when Doug saw their impressive house, he immediately envisioned a custom gate design that incorporated one of the home’s main architectural details, adorning the upper section of the exterior. They loved the idea of a custom steel gate designed to perfectly match their home’s architectural details.

The plans they approved included two stone-faced pillars topped by matching entry lights. The installation of concrete supports and the pillars themselves was complicated somewhat by existing tree roots. Automated Gates encounters these challenges frequently and, with more than two decades of experience, routinely addresses them.

After carefully installing the pillars, they custom fabricated the double-swinging steel gate that matched the home’s exterior detail.

An electrically activated hydraulic system operates the new automated steel driveway gate (with battery backup that provides three days of operation in case of a power outage). The gate can be opened remotely by phone, by manually entering a passcode into the keyless gate entry controller, or by manually activating a switch from inside the home. The system has voice and video connectivity via the Internet.