Composite Gates Dalkeith

Composite and metal driveway, side and garden gates, made to measure for your opening and fitted across Dalkeith, Eskbank, Newbattle, Bonnyrigg and Mayfield. Every gate is measured on site, built to those measurements, and installed by the same people who quoted it.

Free survey and written quote. No obligation, and a straight answer on whether we cover your postcode.

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What we make and fit

Back lanes and rear access

Dalkeith grew along a ridge between the North and South Esk, and the older parts of the town were laid out to suit that: long narrow plots running back from the High Street and the older terraces, with a service lane at the far end. A surprising number of properties still have that rear access, and it is where most of the gate work in the town actually happens.

Rear lane gates are a different problem from a driveway pair. The opening is often narrow, the lane surface is rarely level with the garden, and the gate has to clear a rise or a fall as it swings. Lanes are also frequently shared, so which way a gate opens matters — outward into a lane that a neighbour uses is worth thinking about before it is built, not after.

Security tends to be the reason people call about these rather than appearance, which changes the specification: a solid boarded infill rather than an open one, a frame that will take a decent lock, and hinges bolted through rather than screwed. Worth checking your deeds for any right of access over the lane before you order.

What affects the cost in Dalkeith

Rear or front — a lane gate and a driveway pair are different jobs with different specifications.
Fall across the opening — a lane that sits above or below the garden decides ground clearance and swing direction.
Locking and security specification — a rear gate usually wants a heavier frame and a proper lock rather than a latch.
Width of the opening — what decides between a single leaf, a pair or a sliding gate.

Common questions

Which way should a rear lane gate open?

Inward, in almost every case. A gate that swings out into a shared lane obstructs it while it is open and takes knocks from anyone passing. Where inward is genuinely impossible because of a slope or a shed, a sliding gate solves it without swinging into anything.

Can you make a rear gate that actually locks properly?

Yes. It needs designing in rather than added afterwards — the frame has to be built to take the lock, and the hinges bolted through rather than screwed into the face. Told at survey, it costs very little; retrofitted to a gate built as a garden gate, it usually is not possible.

Do you cover Bonnyrigg, Newtongrange and Mayfield?

Yes, along with Eskbank, Newbattle, Danderhall and the villages around them. Send your postcode and you will get a straight answer either way.

Nearby

Dalkeith is covered from our Lothian page, which lists every town in the region. See also areas we cover.