Berkley Single Gate

— Berkley Single Gate — The Gate Everyone Actually Touches. Round uprights, Melrose spears and a heritage line at the front path — the one part of the boundary your visitors put their hand on. 01 The smallest gate gets used the most The pedestrian gate is opened every day — by you, the kids, visitors, deliveries. It's the part of the boundary people put their hand on, and the detail they see from a metre away rather than from the car. A flimsy gate announces itself immediately: it rattles, it drags, it swings back on its own. The Berkley closes with weight behind it, and reads as part of the house rather than something clipped on afterwards. 02 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 the gate — the pointed detail that reads instantly as period, catches the light at the front path, and carries the same rhythm as the fence line either side of it. It's also quietly practical: a spear top is not a comfortable thing to climb over. 03 It stays square, so it keeps latching Most gate problems are the same problem: the frame has racked out of square, so the latch no longer lines up and the gate catches on the ground. The Berkley is welded from premium Australian galvanised steel with substantial gate sides and full-width rails, so the frame carries the load rather than the fixings. It hangs true, latches first time, and does the same thing in ten years as it does on the day it goes up. 04 Closed to the street, open to the garden A solid gate at the front path turns the entrance into a blind wall and hides the very thing you've spent years getting right. Fine round uprights, evenly spaced, keep the dog in and the footpath out while leaving the garden, the verandah and the front door part of the streetscape. People can see where they're going. You can see who's coming. 05 One language, the whole way around A boundary reads as one thing or it reads as a compromise. Made to your opening in the same sections, spacing and spear rhythm as the Berkley fence panels and double gates, the single gate lets the front path, the frontage and the driveway all speak the same language — so the property arrives at the street composed and deliberate rather than assembled from whatever was available. — How the Berkley compares — What matters Berkley Single 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. How it feels in the hand Welded steel gate sides and full-width rails — it closes with weight behind it and latches first time. Light and hollow — rattles in the wind and drums every time it shuts. Structural integrity Welded Australian galvanised steel that stays square — no racking, no dragging on the path. Bolted or riveted frames that rack out of square and stop lining up with the latch. Detail along the top A Melrose spear on every upright, alternating tall and short — 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 gap, with the upright and spear rhythm set out so the gate matches the fence line either side. Fixed stock sizes — packers, awkward gaps and infill that doesn't line up with the fence. Finish & longevity Four-Stage Bonded Powder Coat over galvanised steel in 26 premium colours, at no price premium on any colour. Fades and chalks; a dented gate can't be straightened and has to be replaced. Made & supported in Australia 100% Tamworth-made, with expert guidance on opening width, posts and hardware — backed by our 10-Year Structural Warranty. Commonly imported, with limited reseller-based support after the sale. — The point — A heritage home tells you what it wants at the front path. It wants the fine vertical line, the spear along the top, the shadow that a round section throws and a flat one never does, and a gate you can see the garden through. The Berkley is drawn to that brief and built in steel heavy enough to hold it — welded and finished, not clipped together out of a flat pack. It isn't the cheapest way to close a front path, and it was never meant to be. A light imported gate is a purchase — replaced when it sags, dents or stops latching, and the second one costs what the first one did, plus the hardware and the labour again. A Berkley 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 Uprights 16 mm round Upright spacing 88 mm Spear-top finials Melrose spears Spear projection 170 & 215 mm above the top rail Included Complementary caps for gate sides Gate weight 12.3 – 18.7 kg 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 gate is only ever as good as what it hangs on. For the Berkley Single Gate we recommend a minimum 65 × 65 mm post, concreted properly, and we supply a full range of matching posts, caps, hinges and latches 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 sides. Not sure how to measure your opening, or how much clearance to leave for the hinges and latch? Send us the gap and we'll work it out with you before you order — including matching fence panels and double gates, if you want the whole boundary to read as one. — Made in Tamworth — Built once. Right. Every Berkley Single 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. A square frame, 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 Single 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 opening. Call our team on (02) 6762 5249 · Mon–Fri 8am–4pm AEST