Electric Gates sales swing upwards

Sales of Electric Gates have been improving steadily for specialist automated gate supplier GateMotors.co.uk and they have recently seen a marked increase in demand for solutions specifically for automated swing gates.

Online suppliers for automated gates more often retail their systems in a kit form, GateMotors.co.uk who are one of the UK's leading online retailers in this niche market provide a large range of solutions for all types of electric gate systems. The kits consist of the gate motors or RAM's, a control panel, remote transmitters and safety cells. Retailing the system in a kit format with straight forward easy to follow installation instructions provides a simple solution and these are kits are proving ever popular to enhance home security and provide an automated, secure entry solution.

'We have seen an upward trend in demand during the early part of the year' says Lorenzo Jones, Managing Director of GateMotors.co.uk. 'The favourable weather along with the additional Bank Holidays have been a bonus to DIY enthusiasts. In the main we see customers favouring an automated swing gate solution but we have options for all formats of Electric Gates'.

Electric gate systems would normally fall into the categories of swing gates with either over ground or underground motors and sliding gates that are possibly cantilevered. The systems can be enhanced with additional products such as Intercom systems, safety edges, remote activators or loop detectors.
The provision of technical support plays an important part in this niche market both in pre sales and during the installation phase, with customers wanting to know that they are buying the right solution for their own particular requirement.

Many online retailers in this sector provide detailed information about the electric gate systems via instruction and installation guides being made available on their websites. There are a number of manufacturers of these types of products with the majority of gate automation being produced in Italy.
Home automation is growing sector within the UK and is something that is already accepted throughout Europe with a number of the larger continental supermarkets already stocking gate automation kits.