Fencers in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Garden gates in Great Yarmouth: shut with a click and stay shut
A side gate that has dropped, a drive with no gates at all, or a pair you would like to open from the car. Give the width of the opening and a local fencer will ring you back.
- Timber and metal side gates made to fit the gap
- Single and double driveway gates
- Electric sliding and swing gates
- Posts, hinges and latches that cope with salt air
The gate that scrapes, sticks or swings in the wind
A gate is the one part of a fence that moves, so it is the first part to complain. The latch side drops and drags on the path. The bolt no longer lines up. On a windy day it bangs until you tie it shut with string.
A side gate that will not close is no gate at all. The dog is out, and anyone can stroll round to the back door.
Most of the time the gate is fine and the post or the hinges have given up. Either way it is a short job for a fencer.
From form to fence in three moves
Describe the fence
Give your name, a phone number and the part of town you are in. Then say what is wrong or what you want built. A rough length in metres or a count of panels is the most useful detail.
A local fencer phones you
Your phone rings at the time of day you picked. Expect questions about height, posts and access to the garden. For a new run of fencing, the fencer will usually want to walk the boundary and measure it.
You get a price and choose
The price is yours to weigh up. Ask for it written down with the materials listed. Accept it, turn it down or sleep on it. You have spent nothing by asking.
Why gates drop
A gate hangs its whole weight off one post. If that post leans by a few millimetres at the bottom, the far edge of the gate drops by much more. Timber posts set too shallow do this within a few winters.
The gate can sag as well. A boarded gate needs a diagonal brace running up from the bottom hinge to carry the weight. Fitted the wrong way round, the brace does nothing and the gate slowly turns into a diamond.
Then there are the fittings. Light hinges bend. Plain steel rusts quickly in salt air, and Great Yarmouth has plenty of that. Galvanised or stainless hinges, bolts and latches cost a little more and keep working.
Side gates, drive gates and electric gates
Side gates
Usually six feet tall to match the fence, boarded for privacy, with a ring latch or a lock. Made to measure where the gap is an odd width, which it often is between a house wall and a boundary.
Driveway gates
A pair of timber or metal gates across the drive. They need heavier posts and room to swing. MyBuilder's driveway gate guide gives £700 to £3,500 for manual gates.
Electric gates
Sliding gates suit a short or sloping drive because they need no room to swing. They need a track, a motor and a power supply, so an electrician is part of the job. PriceYourJob's sliding gate guide says fitting takes two to five days.
Typical gate prices
Tap the kind of gate to see the usual UK range and where the figure comes from.
Every figure is a typical UK guide price from the published guide named with it. Not one is a price for your fence. Your own price turns on the length and height of the fence, the posts you choose, the ground they go into and how easy it is to reach the boundary.
All the fencing guide prices together
| Job | UK guide price |
|---|---|
| Garden gate, fittedGarden gate installation. The low figure is a metal gate of standard size and the high figure is a pair of wooden gates across a drive. The guide's average is £400. | £175 to £750typical about £400 |
| Manual driveway gatesDriveway gates opened by hand. The guide's headline range for driveway gates is £700 to £2,500, and its range for manual gates runs up to £3,500 depending on material and size. | £700 to £3,500 |
| Electric sliding gateAn electric sliding gate, installed. The guide puts the average at about £4,250 and says the work takes two to five days. | £2,500 to £6,000typical about £4,250 |
Every figure is a typical UK guide price from the published guide named with it. Not one is a price for your fence. Your own price turns on the length and height of the fence, the posts you choose, the ground they go into and how easy it is to reach the boundary.
Where each fencing figure was read
Gates and the height rules
A gate counts the same as a fence for planning. Under the Planning Portal's guidance for England it can be up to one metre high beside a road used by vehicles, and up to two metres elsewhere, without permission.
So tall solid gates at the front of a drive that opens on to the road may need consent. A six foot side gate set back beside the house normally does not.
Great Yarmouth Borough Council is the planning authority for most of the area. If the house is listed, ask before changing any gate. There is more in our guide to fence and gate height rules.
Having the fence done as well? A gate hung at the same visit as new panels or closeboard will match it and share the post work.
Fencing services in Great Yarmouth
- Fence panelsNew panel fences fitted and tired panels swapped.
- Closeboard fencingFeather edge timber fencing built on site for exposed gardens.
- Fence repairs and storm damageBlown-out panels, snapped boards and leaning runs put right.
- Fence posts and gravel boardsRotten posts replaced, concrete posts and gravel boards fitted.
- Composite fencingLow-upkeep boards that do not rot or need painting.
- Metal and security fencingRailings, chain link, mesh and palisade for homes and yards.
Great Yarmouth, Gorleston and the villages
Fencing help on both banks of the Yare and along the coast north and south of town.
- Town centre, seafront and the quays
- Southtown and Cobholm
- Gorleston-on-Sea
- Bradwell
- Caister-on-Sea
- Hopton-on-Sea
- Belton
- Burgh Castle
- Ormesby St Margaret and Scratby
- Hemsby
- Winterton-on-Sea
- Martham
- Filby and Fleggburgh
Worth knowing before you press send
- No fee, and the decision stays yours. There is no charge for sending the form and no duty to accept the price you are given.
- About a minute of your time. Your name, your number, your area and the job. No email address, no street address.
- Prices here are sourced, never guessed. Each figure on this site is a typical UK guide price taken from a published cost guide, and the guide is named and linked next to it. A guide price helps you budget. It cannot stand in for a price on your own boundary.
- Your details are used for one thing. Getting your fencing looked at. They are not sold and not added to any mailing list.
Common questions
How wide should a side gate be?
Measure the gap and say what has to go through it. A wheelie bin, a wheelbarrow and a bike all pass through a three foot gate. If a mower or a mobility scooter has to get through, measure it and add a little. The fencer will measure again before making anything.
Can a new gate go on my old posts?
Only if the posts are solid and upright. Test the hinge post by pushing it hard at the top. If it moves, the new gate will drop just as the old one did, so replace the post at the same time.
Do electric gates need planning permission?
The height limits are the same as for any gate: one metre beside a road used by vehicles and two metres elsewhere, under the Planning Portal's guidance for England. Listed buildings need consent. Check with the council if your gates would be over the limit.
A gate that will not shut is an open garden
Every day a side gate hangs open, the back of your house is on show and the dog has a way out to the road. A dropped gate also strains its hinges and tears at its post, so the repair grows the longer it is left.
Give the width of the opening and say where in Great Yarmouth you are. A quote is free.