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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