Overview

The most common point of failure for any fence line, pergola, or structural timber frame is at the ground level, where moisture rotting can destroy a 100mm wood post in just a few seasons. This Bulk Buy 5-Pack of Concrete-In U-Post Supports solves this issue by separating the wood from the wet earth. By setting the heavy-gauge steel stem into a concrete foundation pad, the load of your structure is transferred directly into the ground through clean engineering steel.

These brackets are built to handle the physical leverage forces caused by high winds hitting solid-clad fence panels. The pre-punched holes in the U-shoe provide clean alignment points for heavy-duty coach screws or timber bolts, pulling the wooden post into a tight, rigid fit that won’t loosen or sway over time.

Dimensions & Technical Product Matrix

Application Guide

• Fencing Profiles: Perfect for high-stress boundary lines, closeboard bays, and acoustic privacy fencing.

• Garden Architecture: Designed to anchor heavy timber pergolas, garden arches, log stores, and gazebos.

• Ground Frameworks: Ideal for elevating sub-frame timber joists for raised decking systems on uneven or sloping ground.

Contractor Installation & Structural Levelling Tip

Pro Tip: When setting multiple concrete-in post brackets along a run—like a new fence line or a 4-post pergola—getting all five brackets perfectly level and aligned before the concrete cures can be stressful.

The Trade Method: Do not try to level each bracket individually in its separate hole. Instead, build a simple, straight timber dummy rail out of cheap scrap wood. Clamp all 5 of your U-post brackets into the dummy rail at your exact spacing distances (e.g., 1.8-meter centers for fencing). Prop up and level the entire dummy rail assembly across your dug holes using stakes. Once the rail is level and in line, pour your concrete into all five holes around the stems at the same time. This keeps everything in place, preventing brackets from twisting or sinking as the concrete cures. Leave the dummy rail clamped on until the concrete hardens!

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Overview

Standard garden gate latches offer boundary privacy, but they do very little to stop determined intruders from slipping into your rear garden or side alleys. The Gatemate Euro Profile Long Throw Lock and Handle Set upgrades your external timber gates to the security standards of a premium residential front door.

By utilizing a professional, five-pin euro cylinder nestled within a heavy, weather-shielded casing, this lock drives a thick stainless steel deadbolt deep into your fence post or wall frame. The built-in handle trim creates an all-in-one access solution that looks exceptionally sleek, while the double-sided key entries mean you can easily lock up behind you when entering or leaving your property.

Key Features

• Extended Long Throw Deadbolt: The heavy-gauge stainless steel bolt extends significantly further than standard locks, accommodating natural seasonal wood movement and gate gaps without losing latch security.

• Dual-Sided Key Interlock: Ideal for main side alleys, shared courtyards, and front pedestrian entrances where you require key-controlled access from both entry paths.

• Anti-Drill & Anti-Pick Cylinder: The high-specification core mechanism is specifically engineered to resist common domestic lockpicking techniques and forced drill attacks.

• Industrial Weather Armor: The lock body is coated in a premium, UV-stable textured protective shroud that prevents internal jamming from freezing winter frost, grit, and driving rain.

Technical Specifications

Installation & Drilling Tip

Pro Tip: To achieve an absolute factory-perfect fit, clamp the lock body flat onto the internal face of your gate stile before drilling any holes. Mark out the exact center point for the cylinder hole. Use a sharp flat wood bit or hole saw to drill cleanly through the timber frame. To prevent unsightly wood splintering on the front face of your premium gate, drill from the inside until the pilot tip just breaks through the front skin, then switch to the outside to drill back through and finish the hole cleanly.

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Overview

The GATEMATE Zedlock Long Throw Lock is a massive security upgrade over standard sliding padbolts and latches. Standard padbolts can easily be unscrewed or bypassed if an intruder reaches over the fence. The Zedlock solves this vulnerability entirely by housing a robust, high-security 3-lever mechanism inside a heavy-duty, tamper-resistant steel body.

Because exterior timber gates naturally swell in the winter and shrink in the summer, standard locks often fail to catch cleanly. The engineered long-throw bolt of the Zedlock is explicitly built to tolerate this seasonal wood movement, ensuring your gate locks smoothly and securely 365 days a year.

Key Features

• Anti-Pry Solid Steel Bolt: The heavy-gauge deadbolt extends exceptionally far out of the lock body, making it incredibly difficult for intruders to jimmy or pry the gate open with tools.

• Double-Sided Key Access: Key lockable from both the inside and the outside of your property, giving you complete entry and exit flexibility.

• Heavy Duty Cast Case: The mechanical core is encased in an industrial-grade, powder-coated housing that prevents rain, frost, and dust from clogging the internal levers.

• Universal Fitting: Can be easily surface-mounted horizontally on left-hand or right-hand opening timber field gates.

Technical Specifications

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Colour – BZP

Sizes – 3 inch, 4 inch, 5 inch, 6 inch

Dimensions  –

3 inch – 76mm length x 50mm opened  2mm thickness

4 inch – 101mm length x 58mm opened 2mm thickness

5 inch – 127mm length x 65mm opened 2mm thickness

6 inch – 152mm length x 75mm opened 2mm thickness

Type – 5050

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Overview

Traditional garden gate latches can stiffen up, rattle loudly in the wind, or fail to latch properly if the timber swells or settles. The Gatemate Non-Locking Magnetic Side Pull Latch modernizes everyday domestic gate hardware. By replacing mechanical friction points with smooth magnetic power, it provides a quiet and exceptionally reliable catch that keeps your boundary securely closed without forcing you to slam the gate leaf.

This non-locking model is highly favored by trade installers for pet enclosures, vegetable patches, and side-alley gates that simply need to stay firmly shut against heavy wind and wandering animals. Because there is no key cylinder to worry about, it offers instant, barrier-free passage whenever your hands are full with garden tools or groceries.

Key Features

• Quiet Gravity Closure: Smoothly guides the internal pin into the strike body, dramatically reducing the noise and frame stress associated with traditional steel ring latches or spring bolts.

• Horizontal Adjustment Paths: Built-in slotted alignment holes allow you to shift the hardware easily to compensate if your wooden posts warp or sag as the seasons change.

• Weatherproof Architecture: Marine-grade internal components stay completely shielded inside the polymer housing, ensuring year-round operation through freezing frost and driving rain.

• Stain-Free Timber Protection: Unlike ironmongery, this high-performance composite will never bleed orange rust lines down your beautiful pressure-treated wood.

Technical Specifications

Installation & Gap Tip

Pro Tip: Fix the primary latch body containing the pull-knob onto the opening style of your moving gate leaf, and line up the matching strike receiver bracket directly opposite on the fence post. For flawless performance, maintain a clear horizontal operating gap of roughly 10mm to 12mm between the two components when closed. Ensure the molded center lines on both housings align horizontally so the internal magnet can pull the latch pin into position seamlessly without binding.

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Overview

Don’t settle for boring, industrial hardware on a beautiful, custom-made wooden gate. The Gatemate Ornamental Unequal Hinges allow you to secure your boundary without sacrificing your property’s style. These hinges are uniquely engineered to solve a common installation dilemma: hanging a wide, heavy timber gate onto a relatively narrow or restricted frame post.

The elongated, decorative arm stretches far across the gate’s structural framework to clamp the timber securely and prevent sagging, while the shorter mounting plate sits neatly on your frame without overhanging. This ensures a clean, professional, and well-balanced installation every single time.

Key Features

• High-Leverage Support: The extended strap length reinforces the gate’s horizontal rails, reducing shear strain on the wood fibers and eliminating gate dip.

• Heavy Duty Powder Shield: The industrial-grade textured black powder coat resists peeling and chipping, preventing unsightly rust runs from staining your timber.

• Smooth-Glide Pivot Barrel: High-tolerance central pin ensures a fluid, squeak-free closing arc even under heavy daily use.

• Countersunk Fixing Layout: Precision-stamped screw holes guarantee that all mounting fasteners sit perfectly flush for a sleek, premium look.

Technical Specifications

Installation Tip

Pro Tip: Because unequal hinges feature a longer strap on one side, always mount the long, ornamental side directly onto the horizontal face-rails of the gate leaf itself, and the shorter leaf onto your supporting wall plate or fence post. For a perfectly square installation, clamp the hinges lightly to the gate while it is flat on the ground, drill small pilot holes for your screws to prevent the timber from splitting, and drive the color-matched black fasteners home by hand to avoid scratching the decorative powder coat.

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Overview

Navigating rural driveways or dark residential lanes at night poses a significant risk to expensive gate systems and vehicles. Delivery trucks and unfamiliar visitors frequently misjudge entrance clearances, leading to costly damage to timber gate stiles and fence lines. Gatemate High Visibility Reflectors act as an instant, non-electric guidance system, transforming invisible nighttime obstacles into brightly illuminated markers the moment headlights hit them.

Unlike cheap adhesive reflective tape that peels away, bubbles, and cracks after a single winter season, these solid-plastic reflectors are engineered for long-term outdoor survival. They are completely unaffected by sub-zero frosts, direct summer sun, or frequent pressure washing, making them a standard safety choice for agricultural farm gates and domestic estates alike.

Visibility & Technical Matrix

Key Applications

• Timber Swing & Sliding Gates: Mounted on the leading edge of gate stiles to clearly show if the gate is open or closed across a dark driveway.

• Driveway Entrance Posts: Fixed symmetrically to the left and right entrance pillars to guide vehicles safely past brick or stone pillars.

• Blind Corners & Bends: Placed along long rural tracking lines or paddock fences to keep drivers on path.

• Agricultural Farming Enclosures: Positioned on heavy timber field gates to prevent tractors and machinery from clipping posts in the dark.

Installer Placement & Symmetrical Safety Tip

Pro Tip: For the cleanest look and best performance, follow the international standard roadway color convention when mounting safety reflectors to your driveway entrance.

The Professional Method: If you are mounting reflectors to a pair of timber driveway gates or entrance posts, place White reflectors on the inside face of the entrance (facing incoming traffic) and Red reflectors on the reverse face (facing exiting traffic). For long approach lanes, space your Amber reflectors at equal heights along the side fencing. When driving your wood screws home, never use an impact driver at full torque—hand-tighten the final turns. The recessed countersink is designed to cradle the screw head; over-tightening with a power tool can split the acrylic lens and break the weatherproof sonic seal.

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Overview

Timber driveway gates, field gates, and garden entries represent a major investment for any homeowner or landowner. Unfortunately, because standard hook-and-band or hook-on-plate hinges rely on a simple drop-on mechanism, unprotected gates can be lifted off by hand and stolen in under a minute. The Press-Fit Gate Security Collar (Pack of 2) offers an incredibly simple, low-cost, and trade-tested solution to this common security vulnerability.

Once driven onto the exposed top pin of your hinge, the internal teeth of the collar bite aggressively into the metal. This creates a rock-solid mechanical stop that prevents the hinge band from sliding upward, locking your valuable gate safely to its post.

Key Features

• Heavy-Gauge Engineered Grip: The specialized press-fit design features a high-friction internal collar that locks tightly to standard hinge pins and resists heavy upward prying forces.

• Discreet & Low-Profile: Fits seamlessly over your existing hardware without ruining the classic, clean look of your timber gates.

• Universal Hinge Compatibility: Designed to fit securely over the standard pin diameters widely used in domestic and agricultural gate hooks.

• Zero Maintenance Security: Once tapped into place, the collars provide maintenance-free, permanent perimeter defense against intruders.

Technical Specifications

Installation Tip

Pro Tip: Installing these collars is a quick, 2-minute job. Simply hang your gate normally, place the security collar flat over the exposed top pin above the hinge band, and use a piece of hollow pipe (or an old socket wrench attachment) over the pin to tap the collar down flush against the hinge band. For ultimate security on double gates, install one collar on the top hinge of each gate leaf.

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Double wooden gates look fantastic, but because they meet in the middle of a driveway without a central frame post to lock against, they are incredibly vulnerable to wind damage. Without a solid ground anchor, high winds can flex the timber, causing drop bolts to rattle out of position and placing immense leverage strain on your main hinge plates. Our Centre Gate Stop with 3 Legs is the definitive, trade-recommended ground brace for high-load residential and agricultural entrances.

Constructed from heavy-forged structural steel, this central stop is designed for permanent longevity. Once embedded in your driveway’s concrete threshold, the three-pronged anchor array works as a subterranean root system, distributing surface impacts evenly through the ground to create an unyielding closing barrier.

Key Features

• Triple-Anchor Sub-Structure: The three individual steel legs offer triple the surface adhesion of standard single-pin ground stops, completely resisting frost heaving or loose soil shifting.

• Universal Drop Bolt Target: Serves as the perfect central striking block to align your gates while providing a secure channel for vertical drop bolts or tower bolts to slide down behind.

• Anti-Bleed Corrosion Shield: Industrial hot-dipped galvanised plating prevents underground rot and surface rust bleeding, keeping your driveway threshold neat, clean, and stain-free.

• Heavy Vehicle Deflection: Engineered to withstand regular vehicle drive-overs without warping, buckling, or loosening from its concrete bed.

Technical Specifications

Trade Installation Tip

Pro Tip: To install the stop cleanly into an existing tarmac or concrete driveway, use a core drill to sink three neat holes, or excavate a small pocket roughly 150mm deep. Mix up a batch of rapid-setting structural mortar or epoxy resin grout, fill the cavity, and push the three legs down until the top strike plate sits level with your driveway surface (or up to 10mm proud, depending on your gate’s bottom ground clearance). Close your timber gates over the wet assembly to verify that the bottom rails rest perfectly flush against the vertical stop plate before the concrete cures.

Size – 5 Inch x 1.5 inch plate

Legs – 10mm x 4.5 inch long

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Overview

Your front garden gate or side entrance is the first thing guests see when approaching your home. Standard industrial hardware keeps boundaries secure, but our Ornamental Tee Hinges ensure your property stands out with timeless, historic elegance. Modeled after traditional hand-forged black ironmongery, these hinges feature distinct decorative points that instantly complement natural wood grains, painted finishes, and pressure-treated timber.

Beyond their looks, these hinges are built for structural longevity. The wide vertical butt plate fastens securely into your fence post or wall frame, while the extended horizontal strap acts as a protective brace across the gate face, reinforcing the wood fibers against warping and dropping over time.

Key Features

• High-Leverage Structural Strap: Spreads the rotational pulling force of heavy gates across a wide surface area, significantly reducing stress on individual fixing screws.

• Textured Black Shield: The premium powder-coated finish acts as an ironclad barrier against rain and UV rays, preventing peeling, chipping, and unsightly rust bleeding.

• Smooth Fluid Action: Features a tightly machined central hinge barrel and a solid interlocking pin that guarantees a quiet, squeak-free swing cycle.

• Countersunk Screw Layout: Precision-stamped, countersunk mounting holes ensure that screw heads sit completely flush against the hinge plates for a premium, snag-free finish.

Technical Specifications

Installation Tip

Pro Tip: To achieve the best structural support, always position the long decorative strap directly over the horizontal face-rails (the internal structural braces) of your timber gate, rather than just screwing into the thin vertical cladding boards. For an immaculate finish without tool marks, drill small pilot holes into the wood first, and use a manual screwdriver to drive the color-matched black screws home. This prevents the drill bit from slipping and scratching the beautiful, protective black powder coating.

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