01 May What are the Benefits of Installing Steel Gates?
Why Use Structural Steel?
Steel is a fantastic material to use for almost any building project. Whether it’s structural steel, stainless steel or other types of steel, at its core, its properties make it useful and sturdy for many applications across the building industry.
Steel is an incredibly resilient, corrosion-resistant and strong building material. It’s also durable and can help make any structure look superb aesthetically, but it doesn’t stop there. Baker Steel Trading are Woking-based steel fabrication specialists who can manufacture and supply high-quality, CE-marked steel to meet your requirements. We are no strangers to fabricating steel gates for domestic, commercial or industrial use.
Metal Gates
The properties of steel make it a superb material for gates, as well as railings and staircases. If you have not considering using structural steel or mild steel for a new gate, you might want to consider how steel gates can be a benefit to you. Solid metal gates can offer an enormous range of advantages in different ways, and they can add a certain elegance to a homeowner or business owner.
Let’s look at some of the benefits of steel gates.
Advantages of Steel Gates
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Security
It’s no secret that steel gates improve the safety of a home or business, both at a first impression and long-term. Security gates, made of high-quality steel, will go a long way in ensuring your premises is protected than if you were using, for example, wooden fencing.
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Strength
Steel is a resilient, durable material, which goes a long way when installing gates. Steel’s resistance to corrosion, helped significantly by galvanising and priming, also helps it stand the test of time. Steel is unlikely ever to break or snap, meaning that you can trust your gate to keep its sturdy frame for years to come.
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Design
Metals of any kind might not seem that visually appealing, but if you look a little deeper, this is not the case. Steel is a perfect example of a robust material that has a superb-looking, smooth and shiny surface. Not only that, but due to steel’s strength, it offers the ability to create complex, intricate and artistic designs. You can give your gate some added creativity and depth with the help of a great steel fabrication company.
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Low maintenance
One of the most significant benefits of steel is just how little you have to do to look after it. Compare this to, say, wooden gates and fences, you are going to have to make sure they’re clean, sanded down, painted and not stained. Failing to do this regularly can result in long-term damage and further costs down the line. If you use any type of steel for your gate, you’re getting a solid material which you won’t have to overly maintain. The occasional clean and oiling of the hinges should be more than enough.
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Cost-effective
If you take a look at structural steel costs versus its advantages, a structural steel gate will pay dividends to you over a more extended period of time. Steel has more than double the reliability of other materials in gates and railings. While it might cost more upfront, you’re saving heaps of money as you won’t have to pay through the nose for repairs or faults.
Looking for Steel Gates?
Speak to a Specialist Steel Fabricator
Baker Steel Trading are structural steel fabricators with a wealth of experience in supplying and manufacturing CE-marked steel products. We provide a wide range of steel fabrication services, including fabricating steel frame buildings as well as providing 3D steel fabrication drawings and models. We believe in providing an entirely transparent service that gives you, the customer, the best possible outcome.
We don’t just do steel fabrication at Baker Steel Trading; we offer a range of on-site services, from surveying and measuring to mobile welding. We have a fully-qualified team of coded welders on hand here who can help with jobs already in progress.
If this blog has been helpful, and you’re thinking about installing a steel gate, give us a call. We’d love to hear from you.