Overview

The Timber Cover Strip Pack (2 Metres) is the ultimate finishing touch for any premium gate or fencing installation. When hanging double timber driveway gates or side entry panels, a small physical gap must be left between the meeting styles to allow the wood to swell safely during damp winter months without binding. However, this gap compromises your privacy and allows wind to whistle through.

This pack of premium timber cover strips solves the issue beautifully. By face-fixing a strip to the leading edge of one gate leaf, it creates an elegant overlapping rebate that seals out drafts, blocks prying eyes, and acts as a natural door stop.

Key Features

• Premium European Redwood/Whitewood: Sourced from sustainably managed forests and precision-planed for a smooth, splinter-free tactile finish.

• Deep Tanalith-E Treatment: Pressure-treated to ensure the preservative sinks deep into the wood grain, eliminating the need for immediate painting or staining.

• Warp-Resistant Profile: Kiln-dried prior to treatment to minimize the natural twisting, splitting, or cupping risks associated with thin outdoor timber strips.

• Multi-Purpose Practicality: Easily cut down to size to use as fencing cover laths, timber arris rail repairs, or decorative external cladding trim.

Technical Specifications

Installation Tip

Pro Tip: When installing these strips as a vertical closing trim on a pair of double gates, only screw the strip onto the “active” gate leaf (the side you open first). Let the strip overlap the “passive” leaf by roughly 15mm to 20mm. This forms a perfect weather-shield rebate. Always use stainless steel or high-quality exterior wood screws to prevent unsightly black chemical tanin stains from running down the timber face over time.

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Overview

Leaving an outdoor garden or side gate free to swing without a physical backstop is one of the leading causes of gate failure. When high winds catch a timber panel, the kinetic force can rip horizontal latches out of their screws, twist lock casings, and fracture the rear hinge knuckles. The Timber Gate & Door Stop Pack (2 Metres) offers a straightforward, professional trade solution.

By fixing these planed wooden slam strips vertically along the inside of your receiving post or wall plate, you create a seamless, integrated frame rebate. The gate leaf brings its weight flush against the entire length of the timber stop rather than focusing all its impact energy onto a single metal latch point.

Key Features

• Premium Planed All Round (PAR) Timber: Machined cleanly for a smooth finish with slightly eased edges to match high-end garden gates and architectural fencing.

• Impact Load Distribution: Spreads structural closing shock evenly across the full height of your gate post rather than stressing individual fixings.

• Anti-Rattle Buffer Zone: Provides a firm surface to pull your gate latch flush against, completely eliminating irritating wind rattling during winter gales.

• Pack of Two Versatility: Generous dual-strip pack allows you to create a matching double rebate on a pair of frames or secure multiple single gates across your property.

Technical Specifications

Installation Tip

Pro Tip: For a perfectly tuned fit, always hang your gate first and ensure it is fully latched shut. Position the timber stop strip flat against the post, pushing it firmly up until it rests gently flush against the indoor face of the closed gate leaf. Secure it into the post using high-quality exterior wood screws spaced every $300\text{mm}$ to $400\text{mm}$. For whisper-quiet operation, you can apply a strip of self-adhesive outdoor rubber foam tape down the face of the timber stop to act as a silent bumper.

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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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Features

Gate Mate Gate Return Spring BZP / Black
Size – 10″ (250mm)
Fittings Included – Screws
UK Delivery / Collection
Finish – BZP / Black
Heavy Duty

Uses

Gates

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Overview

Fiddling with stiff sliding bolts or loose ring handles when your hands are full of garden tools, waste bags, or groceries can be incredibly frustrating. The Gatemate Large Automatic Gate Catch removes this daily hassle entirely. By utilizing a simple, unyielding physical gravity mechanism, this catch safely contains your pets and children by ensuring your gate securely hooks itself closed behind you.

Manufactured by Birkdale from heavy-gauge forged steel, the “Large” profile variant is specifically designed to handle the increased kinetic force and deeper closing clearances of standard external timber gates. It mounts directly onto the face of your timber, serving as a reliable perimeter safeguard that won’t twist or bind over years of seasonal outdoor weather exposure.

Key Features

• High-Impact Striker Assembly: Features a thick, solid steel project bar that glides smoothly into the universal catch track, resisting high-frequency slamming forces.

• Integrated Padlock Hole: Gives you total peace of mind by allowing an external padlock to pass through the main locking plate, keeping intruders out of your rear yard or alleyways.

• Anti-Bleed Corrosion Shield: Advanced premium weather finishes completely stop ugly orange rust run-off from bleeding down and permanently staining your treated timber panels.

• Universal Handing Configuration: The intuitive face-mount design works flawlessly on either left-handed or right-handed opening configurations.

Technical Specifications

Trade Installation & Alignment Tip

Pro Tip: Mount the larger pivoting catch mechanism onto your fixed timber fence post first, ensuring it sits completely level. Next, align the straight striker pin bar onto the moving gate leaf so it clears the entry throat cleanly. To ensure flawless automatic latching, maintain a gap clearance of roughly 10mm to 15mm between the gate frame and post face. If you are pairing this hardware with a gate return spring, make sure your hinges are perfectly plumb so the gate closes with enough momentum to trigger the gravity catch cleanly every time.

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Overview

Fiddling with stiff sliding bolts or loose ring handles when your hands are full of garden tools, lawn clippings, or grocery bags is a hassle. The Gatemate Medium Automatic Gate Catch removes this problem entirely. By utilizing a simple, unyielding physical gravity mechanism, this catch safely contains your pets and children by ensuring your gate securely hooks itself closed behind you.

Manufactured by Birkdale from heavy-gauge forged steel, the “Medium” profile variant is specifically scaled for standard residential timber gates. It strikes the perfect balance between high-strength structural containment and a clean, compact footprint that won’t overpower smaller garden pathways or traditional picket fencing.

Key Features

• High-Impact Striker Assembly: Features a thick, solid steel project bar that glides smoothly into the universal catch track, resisting high-frequency slamming forces.

• Integrated Padlock Hole: Gives you total peace of mind by allowing an external padlock to pass through the main locking plate, keeping intruders out of your rear yard or alleyways.

• Anti-Bleed Corrosion Shield: Advanced premium weather finishes completely stop ugly orange rust run-off from bleeding down and permanently staining your treated timber panels.

• Universal Handing Configuration: The intuitive face-mount design works flawlessly on either left-handed or right-handed opening configurations.

Technical Specifications

Trade Installation & Sizing Tip

Pro Tip: Mount the pivoting catch mechanism onto your fixed timber fence post first, ensuring it sits completely level. Next, align the straight striker pin bar onto the moving gate leaf so it clears the entry throat cleanly. To ensure flawless automatic latching, maintain a gap clearance of roughly $10\text{mm}$ between the gate frame and post face.

Sizing Advice: If your gate is exceptionally wide (over 1.2m), heavily boarded, or located in a high-exposure wind tunnel, we recommend upgrading to the Gatemate Large Auto Gate Catch to better handle the intense kinetic force.

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