Hi all,
I would like to fit automatic gate openers to my swing gates. However there is a block wall either side to which my gates are hinged and I have been told, by various gate automation manufacturers, that the only way that I can install such openers is to cut channels into the block walls for the opening arms to recess into when the gates are opened.
Here's the question, how complicated would it be to do this? I know that the actual cutting with an angle grinder and cleaning out with a hammer and chisel would be easy enough but compromising the structure of the wall is my concern.
The walls are constructed of concrete blocks and are built and abutted to black built gate posts. On one side there would be about a foot of wall above the necessary channel and on the other side about six feet of wall above it.
The channels would need to be about two feet long and about six inches high and go in at least half the depth of the blocks.
Any advice or ideas would be much appreciated.
I have thought that maybe I could have a heavy duty iron box constructed that I could insert into the channel after cutting it out to act as a support for the block work above the channel.
Regards.
