Composite Gates Mansfield

Guide prices

Guide prices only. Your provisional price is worked out from your photos and measurements.

Photos first, then a price

• 1 Send photos and a width

  A few photos of the opening, front and back, its rough width, and whether it opens onto a road or a passage.

• 2 Get a provisional price

  A local fabricator looks at your photos and comes back with a provisional price and any questions.

• 3 Measured on site

  If you are happy with the price, the fabricator visits to measure accurately and confirm the details.

• 4 Made and fitted

  Your gate is made to those measurements on a steel frame and fitted by the same fabricator.

What Mansfield asks of a gate

Back gates onto shared passages

A lot of Mansfield's older housing is terraced or semi-detached, built for the pits and the hosiery mills, with back yards that open onto shared passages. A back gate there does a security job as much as a tidy one. It faces a passage anyone can walk down, so it needs a proper lock, hinges that cannot be lifted off from the outside, and a frame that will not twist if someone leans on it. A steel frame with composite boards covers all three, and unlike the timber gate it usually replaces, it does not need painting every few years. Height works in your favour here too: a gate onto a footpath can usually go up to two metres without planning permission, where a gate beside a road used by vehicles is limited to one metre.

Metal at the front, composite at the back

Plenty of Mansfield houses suit an open metal gate at the front better than a solid one: a low front wall on a semi or a terrace, where you want to keep a dog in or mark the boundary without shutting the house off from the street. Behind the house, where privacy matters, a solid composite gate makes more sense. The same fabricator can make both, and the steel on each can be powder coated in the same colour, so the front and the back still look like a set.

Side gates on newer estates

Mansfield has grown outwards, and many of the newer homes around Berry Hill, Lindhurst and Rainworth came with a timber side gate from the builder. Softwood gates in a narrow gap between two houses get little sun, stay damp and are often warped within a few years. When you replace one, measure the gap at the top and the bottom, because new-build openings are not always square, and think about the bins. A standard wheelie bin needs a clear opening of roughly 70 to 80 centimetres once the gate is open, so the hinge side and the way the gate swings matter as much as the width.

Boards and frame colours

Areas we cover around Mansfield

Mansfield and the towns and villages around it are covered. If your area is not named, send your postcode and we will confirm.

Nearby towns

• Nottingham
• Chesterfield
• Worksop
• Newark-on-Trent

Also covered: Mansfield Woodhouse, Forest Town, Ladybrook, Oak Tree, Berry Hill, Lindhurst, Rainworth, Clipstone, Blidworth, Ravenshead, Warsop, Shirebrook, Pleasley, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Huthwaite and the villages between.

The rest of the region is on our East Midlands page.

What we make and fit

• Composite driveway gates Hinged pairs, single leaves and sliding gates, built ready for a motor if you want one.
• Composite garden gates Side gates, back gates and pedestrian gates to match your driveway gates.
• Metal gates Steel and metal-framed gates, made to measure.
• Composite fencing Matching fence panels fitted alongside a new gate.

FAQs about Composite Gates in Mansfield

How much do composite gates cost in Mansfield?

As a guide, a single side, back or garden gate is around £900 to £1,500 fabricated and fitted, and a pair of driveway gates runs from around £1,800 to £5,000 or more. The width, hinged or sliding, the lock, the finish and details such as an arched top or finials all move it. Send photos and a width for a provisional price for your opening.

Can you make metal gates as well as composite?

Yes. The same fabricators make all-metal gates as well as composite ones, either open designs such as horizontal slats or traditional bars, or a steel frame with a composite infill. Both can be coated in the same colour, so an open metal gate at the front and a solid composite gate at the back still match.

How tall can a back gate onto a passage be?

For most homes, up to two metres without planning permission, as long as it is not next to a road used by vehicles, where the limit is one metre. If your house is listed or in a conservation area, check with the council first.

Will a wheelie bin fit through a new side gate?

It should, if the opening allows. A standard wheelie bin needs a clear width of roughly 70 to 80 centimetres once the gate is open. Measure the gap between the walls and include it with your photos, and the fabricator will tell you what clear width the finished gate will give you.

Why do you ask for photos before visiting?

The fabricators on our network cover a wide area, so a visit can mean a long round trip. Photos and a rough width let them give you a provisional price first, and the visit to measure only happens once you are happy with it. You are not waiting in for someone only to find the price does not suit.

Do you cover Sutton-in-Ashfield and Kirkby?

Yes, along with Mansfield Woodhouse, Forest Town, Rainworth, Clipstone, Warsop, Ravenshead and the villages around them. If you are not sure about your street, send your postcode and we will confirm.

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