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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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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Suitable for posts 25mm – 50mm

Corrosion Free

Size – 90mm x 70mm

Max closing weight 25kg

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Overview

Traditional steel gate springs are prone to rust, look unsightly, and lose their tension after a few cold winters. The Gatemate Self-Closing High-Performance Polymer Hinge Set modernizes outdoor safety. By embedding a fully adjustable, heavy-duty spring mechanism inside an attractive, UV-stabilized black composite casing, these hinges provide a permanent auto-close solution that remains entirely unaffected by freezing frosts, deep mud, or heavy rain.

The “without legs” flat-leaf design is highly favored by trade installers. Without fixing legs wrapping around the side of the wood, these hinges offer total mounting flexibility—making them ideal for flush-fitting pedestrian side gates, swimming pool perimeters, and domestic garden openings where safety and style must coexist.

Key Features

• Tool-Adjustable Torsion Core: Features an accessible adjustment point so you can adapt the closing swing velocity to counteract strong seasonal head-winds.

• Vertical Alignment Slots: Built with integrated adjusting slots on the mounting plates, allowing you to fine-tune the vertical level during or after installation as the timber settles.

• Sleek Hardware Cover Caps: Supplied with matching snap-on rubber blanking caps to hide the tension adjustment holes and screw heads, creating a premium, tamper-proof finish.

• Zero Bleeding or Staining: Unlike traditional metal ironmongery, these composite hinges completely eliminate ugly orange chemical running lines from bleeding down your treated timber.

Technical Specifications

Installation & Tension Tip

Pro Tip: Mount the hinges flat across the front seam of your gate and post while utilizing the built-in vertical slots to level the gate leaf perfectly. Once completely screwed down, use the provided tensioning hex tool to wind the internal spring clockwise. We recommend setting the top hinge 1 to 2 clicks tighter than the bottom hinge; this uneven spring load balance ensures a highly fluid, snapping closure action that effortlessly engages standard auto-catch or ring latches every single time.

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Overview

Struggling to hold a heavy timber gate level while trying to space, measure, and screw down your hinges is a chore. The Gatemate Self-Closing Hinges With Legs eliminate this installation headache entirely. By integrating a structural 90-degree corner flange into both leaves of the hinge, the hardware squares itself against the timber faces instantly.

Once fixed, these alignment legs act as heavy-duty load brackets. Instead of relying solely on the shear strength of your screws, the physical corner lips absorb the impact of the slamming gate leaf. This makes them the ultimate trade-grade solution for heavy timber pedestrian gates, child safety zones, and commercial outdoor perimeters where failure is not an option.

Key Features

• Dual-Aspect Fixing Strength: Screws drive into both the front face and the inside edge of your timber timber rails, double-anchoring the hinge to prevent pulling or tearing over time.

• All-Weather Torsion Core: The fully embedded internal spring mechanism stays shielded from moisture, frost, and dust, outlasting traditional external steel gate springs.

• Aesthetic Hardware Cover Caps: Supplied with matching snap-on composite caps that conceal the fixing screw heads for a sleek, premium, and tamper-resistant finish.

• Zero Bleeding or Rust Stains: Unlike traditional metal gate hinges, this high-tech composite completely eliminates ugly orange rust lines from running down and ruining your beautiful treated timber.

Technical Specifications

Installation Tip

Pro Tip: Simply push the hinge firmly into the corner edge of your gate post and gate frame so the 90-degree alignment legs rest completely flat against the wood. Secure the side screws first; this will pull the front leaf perfectly flush against the face of the timber automatically. Always check that your post is plumb using a spirit level before drilling, and use the included snap-on safety caps to seal out dirt and finish the look.

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Anti-cut, anti-tamper and anti drill escutcheon to provide high intruder resistance

High corrosion resistance with a black finish

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Overview

The Gatemate Spring Loaded Galvanised Bolt is the trade standard for environments demanding rugged dependability and rapid operation. Standard sliding tower bolts can easily vibrate open or be cleverly nudged loose by horses and livestock. This spring-loaded alternative solves that risk completely by maintaining continuous physical tension on the solid steel shoot, holding it firmly inside the keep until you manually pull back the lever.

Crafted from heavy-gauge forged steel, this animal bolt is explicitly built to tolerate the punishing forces of agricultural settings, shifting timber frames, and high-exposure outdoor weather.

Key Features

• High-Tension Steel Spring: The industrial-grade internal spring ensures a tight, vibration-resistant close, making it ideal for moving vehicles like stock trailers and horseboxes.

• Heavy Duty Solid Shoot: A thick steel deadbolt resists high impact and physical shearing forces from large animals bumping against the gate.

• Ultimate Corrosion Resistance: The thick hot-dipped galvanised finish shrugs off heavy rain, frost, and chemical corrosion common in farm yards and stables.

• Flexible Orientation: Can be surface-mounted horizontally on standard timber gate rails or vertically as a heavy-duty drop bolt.

Technical Specifications

Installation Tip

Pro Tip: When installing on a stable door or livestock gate, mount the bolt on the outside face of the door at a height animals cannot easily reach over. If using it as a slam-latch on a swinging gate, ensure the receiver keep is aligned perfectly straight; a tiny drop of lithium grease on the angled tip of the bolt shoot will allow it to retract and snap shut completely effortlessly when pushed closed.

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