DuraPost Aluminium Gate Hardware Kit

The DuraPost Aluminium Gate Hardware Kit contains the hinges, lock components, corner joints and fixings required to turn the aluminium gate frame and infill into a functioning pedestrian gate. It is the mechanical part of the gate system, not an optional accessory pack. Who needs this kit? Anyone assembling the DuraPost Aluminium Pedestrian Gate should include the hardware kit unless the gate has been specifically engineered with an alternative approved hardware arrangement. What is included? Birkdale's current kit includes: 1 aluminium gate lock and hinge kit 1 DuraPost 6-pin Euro cylinder, 45 × 45mm, with keys 4 aluminium gate corner joints 4 black plastic end caps 8 × M8 × 16mm stainless cap-head Allen screws 4 × M8 × 40mm stainless cap-head Allen screws 6 × 3.5 × 16mm countersunk Power Pro screws 14 × 4 × 35mm countersunk wood screws 40 × 5.5 × 25mm hex-head self-drilling screws 12 stainless M8 washers 6 × 1mm stainless hinge packers instruction sheet and relevant Allen keys What else is required? DuraPost Aluminium Gate Frame DuraPost gate infill panels suitable DuraPost gate posts a third-hinge kit where the completed gate requires additional hinge support U-Channels where fence bays connect to the gate posts When is the third hinge required? The standard hardware kit provides the main gate hardware. Birkdale offers a separate third-hinge kit specifically to add support to a heavier infilled aluminium gate. Assess the completed gate size and infill weight before deciding whether the additional hinge is required. Install as a complete system Assemble and square the aluminium frame before final hinge adjustment, then fit the lock and gate hardware in the sequence shown in Birkdale's instructions. The post opening, frame width and hardware clearances should all be planned before the gate posts are permanently set. Installation manual Use the official DuraPost Aluminium Gate assembly instructions.Why use the complete hardware kit?It removes the guesswork from one of the most visible and mechanically demanding parts of the project. The hinges, lock components, joints and fixings are selected to work together so the finished gate feels engineered rather than assembled from unrelated hardware.