Electronic gates on the house

Summer wind · 15-05-2015 10:23PM

I'm getting a huge set of **** off gates complete with intercom for my new gaff cos I'm a rich bitch:cool:

silverfeather · 15-05-2015 10:34PM

Summer wind wrote: »

I'm getting a huge set of **** off gates complete with intercom for my new gaff cos I'm a rich bitch:cool:

The sign bitch might be enough... :pac:

Summer wind · 15-05-2015 10:53PM

What can I say babe, Im territorial:)

silverfeather · 15-05-2015 10:54PM

Summer wind wrote: »

What can I say babe, Im territorial:)

I like possessive people at least they're loyal!

The Backwards Man · 16-05-2015 12:53AM

Hate electronic gates, watching them open is like watching an elephant on ice skates, and then they stop half way. Head off to the pub without the fob and you come back and kill yourself climbing the wall. Have an accident in the house and you have the wherewithal to ring 999 but not open the gates for the ambulance before you pass out.

Electronic gates, worse than Hitler.

silverfeather · 16-05-2015 04:11AM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Hate electronic gates, watching them open is like watching an elephant on ice skates, and then they stop half way. Head off to the pub without the fob and you come back and kill yourself climbing the wall. Have an accident in the house and you have the wherewithal to ring 999 but not open the gates for the ambulance before you pass out.

Electronic gates, worse than Hitler.

Tony Curtis moment?

Pinch Flat · 16-05-2015 07:46AM

I live in a bog standard semi-d and one of our neighbours house we call the 'chateau', well it's actually "chateau de xxxx" where xxxx is the generic sounding name of our estate.

Lady of the manor decided a wall and gate was needed - they're explicitly prohibited by the council around here for planning reasons. Anyway, they had great craic opening and closing it in the weeks before they got a letter from the council requesting it be removed as illegal development. That gave a few of us a chuckle.

mudstack · 16-05-2015 08:32AM

They're handier than opening and closing manual gates.

Also people with manual gates often tend to only close them when they are away from home for a relatively significant period of time (eg. a day or more). This can be useful to unscrupulous characters who might be looking out for unoccupied houses.

biko · 16-05-2015 08:51AM

I have a moat

homewardbound11 · 16-05-2015 09:02AM

hairyprincess wrote: »

Round these parts they are used to keep cattle out.

That was our reason . A lawn that cost almost twice the cost of the gates is financial reason enough . One animal could ruin a lawn and would cause a lot of conflict with neighbours .

Second reason it will help prevent opportunistic theft rather than organised
Burgurely.
Third .You do feel safer in your home.

Lastly the laziness of not having to close the gates in rain wind hail and snow . How many homes with gates are never closed . I guess you could ask why did they buy a gate in the first place .

Certainly didn't do it for show .

Oafley Jones · 16-05-2015 09:16AM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Head off to the pub without the fob and you come back and kill yourself climbing the wall.

Or you could just enter the code.

cloud493 · 16-05-2015 09:19AM

I don't need gates. I got my rifle and my sense of aim.

Aska · 16-05-2015 09:21AM

We have them here too. Granted the walls aren't too high (approx 4ft) but the main reason for the gates is to stop unwanted people driving in around the house when nobody is there, like some houses here in the country you can drive in around the back so from the road nobody can tell if there is anyone there or not. The gates cut out all that crap and salesmen, for Halloween etc. Just lock them open and all is fine again.

There is a little safety for the child too that she can be out kicking a ball or on the bike etc. in the knowledge that no one is going to come speeding up the driveway

Just yesterday I got the sim card thingy installed so now the gates have their own phone number which we can ring while coming up the road and they are opened when arrive. (Yes we are that lazy, that we can't sit and watch them open no longer!)

Frynge · 16-05-2015 09:35AM

We have the gate but they are broken since last Monday. 4 uninvited callers since then. Couple of years ago I disconnected the intercom because of airtricity specifically. If we knew he was in the estate we just wouldn't answer it but he would keep on ringing. The gates save he life the day I went out to clatter him without the fob.

Also I recently rigged up a raspberry pie to the gate and the garage with a camera so that I can still take in delivery's when not there.

16-05-2015 09:42AM

Frynge wrote: »

...,,,

Also I recently rigged up a raspberry pie to the gate and the garage with a camera so that I can still take in delivery's when not there.

You pie people who come up to your gate and record it? Admit it, you're flogging footage on to you've been framed and make a fortune!

kneemos · 16-05-2015 09:55AM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Hate electronic gates, watching them open is like watching an elephant on ice skates, and then they stop half way. Head off to the pub without the fob and you come back and kill yourself climbing the wall. Have an accident in the house and you have the wherewithal to ring 999 but not open the gates for the ambulance before you pass out.

Electronic gates, worse than Hitler.

Never thought of fire and ambulance.

The Masculinist · 16-05-2015 09:59AM

Round my parts, electric gates keep the tin smiths out.

Mesrine65 · 16-05-2015 10:40AM

I live in a shít-hole estate in Tallafornia & I have them.

Keeps the world out, keeps the dog in & discourages thieving bastards from having a go at my motorcycles.

I like the privacy & security they afford me.

P. Breathnach · 16-05-2015 11:59AM

biko wrote: »

I have a moat

I hope that you have registered for your water charges.

anncoates · 16-05-2015 12:20PM

There's a a guy on my street that got a porch put in recently. Insular, pretentious bourgeois twat. I can't stop thinking about it.

ScumLord · 16-05-2015 12:28PM

I hate electronic gates, they're as slow as an old person counting change in a supermarket. When they don't close properly it's the most infuriating thing in the world because they have to go all the way back to the start so they can try closing again. From a few weeks ago the electric gates I have to deal with on a daily basis became half electric gates, fukin things can't even take a kick. Now I have to wait for the gate to go through closing a gate it's not connected to before it tries moving the only gate it is connected to.

Frynge · 16-05-2015 01:15PM

The Masculinist wrote: »

Round my parts, electric gates keep the tin smiths out.

Those tin workers have been known to leave a property with the very gates ment to keep them out.

Cold War Kid · 16-05-2015 01:38PM

Two of my friends have them. They're a pain in the gicker for visitors anyway. Can't reach the thing you press to let them know you're there, have to get out of the car. They often don't hear the thing, have to ring them, their phone is down the back of the couch. Etc.
That was today's ultimate First World Problem. Tune in next time...

Seriously though, peace of mind I guess for those living in big houses in the country (as my friends do) but in just a standard suburban house, as would be my preference, no need.

They're in place at the apartment complex I live in, and regularly conk. Dangerous for kids too.

16-05-2015 03:42PM

They are brilliant, will be one of the first things I will put on my house when I get my own place. Have to laugh at some of the complaints people have about particularly those who think they are pretentious.

They are extremely handy, let's face it you will never keep getting in and out to close normal gates. They are far more secure and stop people getting in around your house when you are not there, they stop people calling who you don't want (you can give the code to friends/family etc).

They also keep animals out and kids etc in.

Electronic gates on the house

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