Berkley Double Gate

— Berkley Double Gate — The Entrance the House Was Always Missing. Round uprights, Melrose spears and two heavy leaves that close across the driveway — the arrival a period home deserves, and a boundary nobody wanders through. 01 An open driveway is the weak point in a good front boundary You can get the fence line right, the garden right and the front of the house exactly right, and still leave a car-width hole in the middle of it. That gap is where the dog gets out, where the kids' ball goes, where anyone can simply walk in off the footpath, and where the whole frontage stops reading as one thing. The Berkley Double Gate closes it properly — two matched leaves that swing across the opening and finish the boundary the way it was drawn. 02 It should feel heavy when you open it A gate tells you what it is in the first second you touch it. Light gates rattle, sag on their hinges and drift out of line until the leaves no longer meet in the middle. The Berkley is welded by hand from premium Australian galvanised steel, with square steel gate sides and full-width rails carrying the load rather than the fixings, so each leaf holds its shape, swings true and closes on the same line in ten years as it does on the day it goes up. 03 Melrose spears — the detail that dates it correctly The spear is what separates a heritage gate from a row of pipes. Every Berkley upright is finished with a Melrose spear, alternating tall and short across both leaves — the pointed detail that reads instantly as period, catches the light along the top of the opening, and gives the entrance a rhythm you notice from the street. It's also quietly practical: a spear top is not a comfortable thing to climb over. 04 Security you can still see the house through A solid gate hides the very thing you've spent years getting right, and turns the driveway into a blind spot. Fine round uprights, evenly spaced, do the opposite: the garden, the verandah and the front of the house stay part of the streetscape, while the opening is genuinely closed. You keep the view, the light and the sense of arrival — and still know where the boundary is. 05 Made to your opening, not to a catalogue size Driveways are never the width a standard gate expects, and a pair that's been packed out or trimmed to fit always looks like it. Every Berkley Double Gate is fabricated to the opening you give us, with the uprights and spear rhythm set out so both leaves are balanced and the pair meets cleanly in the centre. Run Berkley panels along the frontage and carry the same detail through the gates, and the whole property arrives at the street as one considered thing. — How the Berkley compares — What matters Berkley Double Gate Aluminium / Imported Gates Suits a period home Round uprights and Melrose spears — the language a Federation, Edwardian or Victorian frontage was drawn with. Flat slats or sheet infill that visibly date the entrance of a heritage house. Security & strength Fully welded steel gate sides and full-width rails — the leaves stay square and close on the same line for decades. Thin hollow sections that flex, sag on the hinge side and stop meeting in the middle. Detail along the top A Melrose spear on every upright, alternating tall and short — rhythm and light across the opening, and a top that isn't inviting to climb. A plain capping rail — nothing for the eye to catch, nothing the house recognises. Made to your opening Fabricated to your driveway width, with both leaves balanced and the spear rhythm set out to meet cleanly in the centre. Fixed stock sizes — packers, offcuts and an off-centre join where the opening doesn't match. Finish & longevity Four-Stage Bonded Powder Coat over galvanised steel in 26 premium colours, at no price premium on any colour. Fades and chalks; dented leaves can't be straightened and have to be replaced. Hardware & automation Matching posts, caps, hinges, locks, drop bolts and automation hardware all supplied from one place. Hardware sourced separately, in mismatched finishes and unproven combinations. Made & supported in Australia 100% Tamworth-made, with expert guidance on opening width, posts and setout — backed by our 10-Year Structural Warranty. Commonly imported, with limited reseller-based support after the sale. — The point — The gates are the part of a boundary people actually touch. They're the thing that swings open when visitors arrive, the thing that closes behind the car at night, and the first detail anyone reads from the footpath. That's why they should be the heaviest, best-made part of the whole run — not the lightest. The Berkley isn't the cheapest way to close a driveway, and it was never meant to be. A light imported gate is a purchase — replaced when it sags, dents or drifts out of line, and the second one costs what the first one did, plus the hardware and the labour again. A Berkley pair is hung once. Spread across the decades it will stand there, it is one of the least expensive things you will do to the front of your home. Not a gate that copies a period. A gate built the way the period built them. — Built to last — Engineering specifications Gate stiles 40 × 40 SHS Top & bottom rails 38 × 25 RHS Spear projection 170 & 215 mm above the top rail Uprights 16 mm round Upright spacing 88 mm Spear-top finials Melrose spears Material Premium Australian galvanised steel Construction Hand welded, made to your opening Finish Four-Stage Bonded Powder Coat Warranty 10 Years, Structural — Posts, hardware and a gate that hangs straight — Don't forget the posts A double gate is only ever as good as what it hangs on. For the Berkley Double Gate we recommend a minimum 65 × 65 mm post, concreted properly, and we supply a full range of matching posts, caps, hinges, locks, drop bolts and automation hardware so the whole entrance finishes in one colour and one finish rather than looking like it was assembled from two suppliers. Complementary post caps are included for the gate stiles. Not sure how to measure your opening, how much clearance to leave for the hinges, or whether you'll want the gates automated later? Send us the driveway width and we'll work it out with you before you order — including matching fence panels, if you want the whole boundary to read as one. — Made in Tamworth — Built once. Right. Every Berkley Double Gate is welded by hand in our Tamworth workshop from premium Australian galvanised steel and finished with our Four-Stage Bonded Powder Coat in your choice of 26 premium colours, with no price premium on any colour. Square leaves, even spacing, every spear in line. No flat-pack kits. No shortcuts. Nationwide delivery, a complete range of matching posts and fittings, and expert guidance from a real person — so the front of your home ends up exactly the way you've been picturing it. — Ready when you are — Talk to us before you order Every Berkley Double Gate is welded and made to your opening — never a flat-pack kit — supplied with complementary post caps and finished in your choice of 26 premium powder-coat colours. Backed by our 10-Year Structural Warranty. Browse our matching post, hardware and fence panel range while you're here, and give us a call if you'd like a hand measuring the driveway. Call our team on (02) 6762 5249 · Mon–Fri 8am–4pm AEST