I am very happy with my autogat contractor.

I got conned by someone, who supplied me a 16 fet swing gate tht is painted to look like wrought iron even though I said want galvansed. Thank God, not even 1 mth, the thing start to rust so I sent it back.

Then I got this guy to quote me. Then I ask to see what he has done, and after seeing his work sample, I had confidenc to engage him. With hot dip galvanise and powder coating, with the autogte motor, all in csot me RM4,800 for the 16 ft folding gate + RM1900 for the motor.

TOTAL COST = RM6,758.

Now my gate is the nicest on my street!!

This post has been edited by lizziewong: May 31 2011, 04:49 PM

16 feet, very easy to park 2 cars!!

I just googled it to get the pictures. But I think, the best way is to drive around the taman taman, and see which designs u like, snap a picture and ask the contractor to do it.

Mild steel gate is the cheapest, but can rust and hve to repaint to keep it good.

Wrought iron gates, must have hot dipped galvanised which is a process to coat the mild steel with a rust-proof material. After hotdip galvanise the metal must be powder coated to give a nice texture and color.

Stainless steel is the most expensive. But the steel can be very glaring under the hot sun. Stainless steel is generally maintenance free, but I think the looks are so so only. So far, I have not seen a nice s/s gate.

This is the picture of my gate. My children said I am so shameless when I said this is the nicest gate on our street. They said I have omitted to disclose that, most houses on my street are very old.... haha...

Anyway, just want to share the pictur. Note that the track and the roller are stainless steel, and the gates are fixed to the pillar by way of a 4 ft high panel (fixed to the pillar by a few wal plugs). The bottom part of the gate is not wood (cant remember if its aluminium or powder coated steel) because it would be lighter and maintenance free (vs the wood type). The flowers and the leaves are a little bit more special than those seen normally, look a bit 3D.

This guy service so far I think ok lah... I also got him to do my pergola, parameter fencing grille, grill for front door, and folding grille for my balcony door too. The flowers and leaves are not too bad, and the design look better than those I see in the pattern book (that grille guys carry).



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This post has been edited by lizziewong: Jun 16 2011, 12:48 PM

The gate (16' x 5') is RM4,768 and motor is RM1,880. The wrought iron comes with hot dipped galvanised and powdercoated.

Part of the cost of the gate... tell the contractor when u order. I saw some people, the bracket also s/s but all this will add up the cost.