Bi-Folding Gates to the yard of an unusual design.

[AlexWelderMonster]

Hello!
I want to share with you my experience of building unusual folding gates in the yard because of this.
So, the task is to install the entrance gate on the left side of the opening, if you look from the inside of the opening.
It would be possible to install regular swing gates, but the customer with a creative imagination suggested making folding gates on one side, but so that when closed they look like regular swing gates! And when open, the gate should produce a WOW effect)))
His proposal was made in such a way as to change the design of the first sheet so that it, like a puzzle, fits the second sheet.

Please rate and submit ideas.
In my opinion, it turned out very original!
Folding gates made of artificial stone look like portholes.

Thank you!

P.S. If you are interested, I can post a video here about how these gates work - open/close.

 

[AlexWelderMonster]

I apologize, I did not understand the publication of the material and gave out the text not in English. I can not find the button - Edit publication (((

 

[AlexWelderMonster]

Hello!
I want to share with you my experience of building unusual folding gates in the yard because of this.
So, the task is to install the entrance gate on the left side of the opening, if you look from the inside of the opening.
It would be possible to install regular swing gates, but the customer with creative imagination suggested making folding gates on one side, but so that when closed they look like regular swing gates! And when open, the gates should produce a WOW effect)))
His proposal was made in such a way as to change the design of the first sheet so that it, like a puzzle, fits the second sheet.
Please rate, present ideas.
In my opinion, it turned out very original!
Folding gates made of aluminum and look very elegant.

Thank you!

PS If you are interested, I can post a video here about how these gates work - open/close.

 

[Wozzaaah]

I have edited your original post with a right-click "translate to English" which seems to have done exactly the same as your translation.
Thank you for reposting and welcome to the forum.

 

[AlexWelderMonster]

I have edited your original post with a right-click "translate to English" which seems to have done exactly the same as your translation.
Thank you for reposting and welcome to the forum.

Thank you very much for your quick response)
I wrote the correct text above, because Google translate translated twice and the gates turned out to be made not of aluminum but of artificial stone! - translation technologies do not always work correctly)))

 

[wyn]

Looks good.

So you are working in Southampton?

 

[Onoff]

Dangerous imo. Those meeting edges are like scissors.

Clever but dangerous and I bet it doesn't comply.

 

[JOEPRO]

Hello!
I want to share with you my experience of building unusual folding gates in the yard because of this.
So, the task is to install the entrance gate on the left side of the opening, if you look from the inside of the opening.
It would be possible to install regular swing gates, but the customer with creative imagination suggested making folding gates on one side, but so that when closed they look like regular swing gates! And when open, the gates should produce a WOW effect)))
His proposal was made in such a way as to change the design of the first sheet so that it, like a puzzle, fits the second sheet.
Please rate, present ideas.
In my opinion, it turned out very original!
Folding gates made of aluminum and look very elegant.

Thank you!

PS If you are interested, I can post a video here about how these gates work - open/close.

Are these gates made yet? Or is this just a visual representation as it sure looks like that and not real gates.

Looks good.

So you are working in Southampton?

The profile says Ukraine....

 

[colnerov]

The profile says Ukraine....

I would say it's in the bit that hasn't got 'visitors'.

 

[frank horton]

google translate.....
u wanna try Greek....were ofteh in fist of laughter.....
but a brill service really....

 

[AlexWelderMonster]

Looks good.

So you are working in Southampton?

Thank you for the high rating!
I am located in Ukraine and do engineering and design work all over the world, including in the UK)
I also produce and supply kits of mechanisms for self-construction of bi-folding gates, as well as projects for the construction of gates and fences for private customers and for companies.

Here is a full video on YouTube with the operation of these gates.

 

[AlexWelderMonster]

Are these gates made yet? Or is this just a visual representation as it sure looks like that and not real gates.



The profile says Ukraine....

Hi! To dispel your doubts, I have posted a video of these gates in operation below)
They really work, this is not a computer simulation. By the way, if necessary, I make such projects for customers.
And yes, I am from Ukraine.

 

[AlexWelderMonster]

google translate.....
u wanna try Greek....were ofteh in fist of laughter.....
but a brill service really....

Hello! With translation into English from Ukrainian or Russian everything is more or less normal. But into Portuguese and Turkish - after reading you can laugh and cry at the same time! ))))))))

 

[AlexWelderMonster]

Dangerous imo. Those meeting edges are like scissors.

Clever but dangerous and I bet it doesn't comply.

I heard that in the UK everything is very regulated. On the one hand, this is right, but on the other hand, it limits initiative and imagination. I don't think that these gates are dangerous. The movement of the flaps is slow, neither the dog nor the cat will be harmed - they will have time to run away. And children will not be in the zone of action of the flaps purely by design. In addition, you can install a spatial sensor to avoid a possible incident. This is not a problem.

 

[wyn]

The profile says Ukraine....

The address on the gates are Southampton.
The house style matches the area and the bit i can see of the car numberplate looks british.

 

[Onoff]

On the one hand, this is right, but on the other hand, it limits initiative and imagination.

I'm not knocking (attacking) anyone's ingenuity but there are statutory laws after a number of accidents including fatalities involving children here.

(I am just about to spend circa £500 to make the sliding gate I built fully compliant).

 

[Onoff]

Is the closing force measured and suitably limited? Even then, safety edges might be required.

 

[Onoff]

FYI:

Revision of Standards for Powered Doors, Gates and Barriers

Publication of two newly revised European Standards on the safety of doors, gates and barriers - BS EN 12453:2017 and BS EN 12604:2017.

www.hse.gov.uk

 

[Onoff]

I consider a few ideas for my gates. One was an iris like on a camera lenses. Another to have two leaves like Chinese fans. A living hedge on a sliding gate another thought. Lastly something like on TV's Stargate.

In the end I went for a traditional sliding gate.

 

[AlexWelderMonster]

I consider a few ideas for my gates. One was an iris like on a camera lenses. Another to have two leaves like Chinese fans. A living hedge on a sliding gate another thought. Lastly something like on TV's Stargate.

In the end I went for a traditional sliding gate.

You have accurately described the selection process in a regulated system. For you, all decisions will be the same for everyone and not in the best sense. It's the same as riding a bicycle in a helmet and other equipment. I'm over 50 years old. When I was a child, no one rode a bicycle in special clothes and with a helmet on their head and everyone was happy))). But when the state interferes in all spheres of life - whether it is necessary or not - you cannot expect anything exceptional, unusual or new. Everything will be gray and the same for everyone. Do you like such a world? We already lived in such a world under the communists in the USSR.
P.S.
And they always justify these decisions by safety. I do not know of a single case where swing gates crushed a child! To crush a car - yes - this happens from time to time. But gates - the probability is too small.