Cedar Gates, Wooden Driveway Entrance Gates, Garden Gates, Wood Gate

Custom Gate & Access offers cedar gates (and other species of wood) designed to enhance your garden, entry or driveway. Our level of quality is unmatched by any other fence or gate manufacturer.

For our Custom line, we start with a design – either yours or ours. We then provide you with a computer-generated (CAD) drawing of your wood gate. Your gate is then made using machine shop tolerances of kiln-dried clear Western Red Cedar, Clear Heart Redwood or Mahogany (other species of wood are available).

Each one of our Custom gates is a minimum of 2¾ inches thick (as compared to gates in our Craft line, which are 1¾ inches thick). Most other manufacturers’ gates are typically 1½ inches thick (whether they are garden gates or driveway entrance gates). Not only does the thickness of our Custom line make for an impressive appearance, but it dramatically improves overall strength and durability. Our Custom gates that are over 4 inches wide also have an embedded steel frame (this is especially important for solid wooden driveway gates). The steel is installed in such a way that natural expansion and contraction of both the steel and the wood is allowed. This additional manufacturing step results in less stress on the wooden gate, producing a more stable product that is far less susceptible to cracking.

All of our gates, Custom or Craft, are assembled to withstand outdoor weather conditions. For example, we do not use any mechanical fasteners (nails or screws) or dowels to structurally hold our gates together. Nor do we use Mortise and Tenon Joinery, which is designed for interior applications and tends to trap water inside the gate resulting in internal rot. All our wood joints are cross laminated half-lap joints that allow for full natural expansion and contraction of the wood. This type of joint produces a far superior structural joint over the dowel or Mortise and Tenon joint. On average we have 800% more surface area for gluing than a comparable Mortise and Tenon joint. This quality of fabrication is equal to or greater than the quality of furniture and cabinets in your home with one exception; our gates are designed to withstand an exterior environment.

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