Driveway Gates and Operators
Access Control
Keypads, card readers, telephone entry, remotes and loops on a monitored operator. The part of the gate you touch every day.
Who buys this fence, and why
You want the gate to open before you reach it and close behind you, and you want a delivery driver to get in without you walking down the drive. A keypad on the post gives a code to the people you trust. Telephone entry rings your phone when someone presses the button and lets you buzz them in from anywhere. Remotes live in the car, and an app on your phone does what the remote does. Most owners take a keypad and remotes on the day and add the intercom later.
What your money buys
A pedestal or a post-mounted keypad on the driver's side, a card reader or telephone entry where the property wants it, remotes programmed to the operator, an exit loop cut into the drive so the gate opens on the way out, and a safety loop so it never closes on a car. All of it wired to an operator listed to UL 325 with two entrapment protections in each direction, and a manual release for the day the power goes out.
What to settle before the crew arrives
Settle who needs to get in and how: family, a housekeeper, deliveries, guests. Decide keypad, reader, telephone entry or all three, and whether the app matters to you. Tell us where the pedestal goes so a driver reaches it from the window without leaving the lane, and whether the operator gets a battery backup or a solar panel, which matters on a drive with no power near the gate.
What it asks of you once it is up
Change the code when someone leaves who had it. Keep the keypad face clean and the loops free of cracks in the drive. The operator's battery backup wants a check once a year, and the moving parts want lubricating twice. A monitored operator tells you when a sensor fails, so the gate drops to constant pressure rather than closing blind.
Why the Johnson build is the one to buy
Every operator we hang carries a UL 325 listing, with two entrapment protections in each direction of travel, because a gate that closes on a child is the one failure a fence company cannot make twice. A salesperson measures the opening, the slope and the swing room in your drive, the number covers the posts and the tear-out, and the crew that hangs it has hung thousands. One year of craftsmanship on the work, and not one callback on twenty thousand jobs last year.
Compare it against the rest
The driveway gates and operators page walks through every option side by side, with what each one costs to live with and how long owners keep them.
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