When it comes to choosing the gates you wish to install around your home or workplace, there are countless options available indifferent types, shapes, sizes, and materials. From industrial steel gates protecting industrial centres to timber pedestrian gates perfect for the exterior of a home; the gate industry is booming with variety. In fact, one of the more obscure types, yet extremely important to British farmers, are farm gates. Erecting high-quality, sturdy farm gates is essential for all working farms, and often even those farm houses that are no longer actively farming crops or livestock. Let’s take a look at some of the benefits of installing a high-quality farm gate on your rural farmhouse:
Predator Protection
Anybody who keeps animals is aware of the risk posed by predators. It is very common for smaller farmyard animals to be the victim of opportunistic predators like foxes. Small animals like chickens and infant animals like calves and lambs are at highest risk of predation. In order to ensure that your livestock is kept completely safe from dangerous predators, it is always best to put in a high quality farm gate and perimeter fencing that covers the entire fencing area with paneling, rather than leaving gaps that predators may enter through.
Privacy
If you have a large area of fields, you likely don’t need to protect the privacy of the whole area. For the most part, your animals will likely be grazing and there is no need to hide them from view. Of course, for the areas of the land the farmer wishes to use for their own leisure, or for the stable areas where livestock are kept, high panel fencing and gates will offer privacy from the adjacent farmland.
Security
Between the risk of your livestock escaping and the danger posed by potential thieves and vandals, security is a huge factor for working farms. Often expensive machinery is kept around the farm, along with the animals themselves. Luckily, a high-quality farm gate can provide a high level of security while maintaining convenient access for the farmer, to make moving animals and accessing land extremely simple!
To enquire about the ideal gates to have installed on your farm, or for more information about our ranges of wrought iron gates, get in touch with our expert team at Cheshire Metalcraft today!