jamesbond
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Hello,
This is James. I am slowly setting up my retirement home on a small farm. I have a lad coming on Monday and building some metal gates for me to put at the end of the driveway, you know about 6-8 ft high and 10-12 ft wide, this is for vehicles.
There will be one gate for vehicles, of the dimensions mentioned above, and another gate for foot traffic, pedestrians, like when I want to go walk the dog.
Now the vehicle gate will come with the lift master brand gate opener I believe it is a LA 400 model but the lad suggested I could up the ante to an LA 500 model if my heart desired.
I believe this lift master system will open and close the vehicle gate with the use of a clicking remoter also known as a clicker, but I asked the lad...do I need to click each time some visitor or errand boy drives in?
I believe there is some option for either a wand or an induction loop which senses the visiting vehicle and automatically opens the gate. I was debating whether to open the pocket book and get one of these? But the lad told me that for example the wand can be triggered easily by an object that is not a vehicle, and I did not really understand how this exit induction loop works
What do you friendly folk on here advise, what would be your ideal gate setup?
I live alone maybe a visiting dame or two, but I need some safety and I dont want to be pressing buttons to let cars out if I am in the loo.
Cheers to you
James
This is James. I am slowly setting up my retirement home on a small farm. I have a lad coming on Monday and building some metal gates for me to put at the end of the driveway, you know about 6-8 ft high and 10-12 ft wide, this is for vehicles.
There will be one gate for vehicles, of the dimensions mentioned above, and another gate for foot traffic, pedestrians, like when I want to go walk the dog.
Now the vehicle gate will come with the lift master brand gate opener I believe it is a LA 400 model but the lad suggested I could up the ante to an LA 500 model if my heart desired.
I believe this lift master system will open and close the vehicle gate with the use of a clicking remoter also known as a clicker, but I asked the lad...do I need to click each time some visitor or errand boy drives in?
I believe there is some option for either a wand or an induction loop which senses the visiting vehicle and automatically opens the gate. I was debating whether to open the pocket book and get one of these? But the lad told me that for example the wand can be triggered easily by an object that is not a vehicle, and I did not really understand how this exit induction loop works
What do you friendly folk on here advise, what would be your ideal gate setup?
I live alone maybe a visiting dame or two, but I need some safety and I dont want to be pressing buttons to let cars out if I am in the loo.
Cheers to you
James