Automation
Open it from your car, a fob or your phone
When you add automation in the builder (£4,450), this is exactly what you get: discreet underground motors, every safety device, professional installation and full certification.
What 'automated' includes
Underground motors, hidden and robust
We fit the Nice 24v underground automation kit as standard. Underground motors are our first choice because they're discreet — you barely see them — simple and reliable, and they don't hang weight off your pillars the way an external arm does. The whole system is set up and tested for everyday use, and you control it from a remote, a keypad or your phone.
Underground motors, 2 sets of photocells, 3 remotes, safety edge, control cabinet, CE plate, technical file & consumables. Fitted by our approved local installer — risk-assessed, force-tested and certified.
In the box
Everything automation includes
- Nice 24v underground motors
- Two sets of safety photocells
- Three remote-control handsets
- Safety edge & auto-reverse
- Control cabinet & exit button
- CE plate & manual release
- Full technical file & force-test results
- EC declaration of conformity
- Professional, certified installation
Questions
Automation — frequently asked
Automation adds £4,450 to any of our gates — that's the Nice 24v underground automation kit plus professional, force-tested installation. You can see it added, itemised, in the builder. To automate an existing gate of another make, we give you a firm price after a quick site visit.
Often it can. Many sound timber, iron and steel gates can be automated as they are. We assess the gate, its hinges and posts, the ground and the power supply first, and if a gate is too heavy, worn or poorly hung to automate safely we'll say so honestly rather than force a motor onto it.
No. Every automated gate includes a manual release so it can be opened by hand if the power fails, and you can add battery backup in the builder to keep it working normally through a short outage. We show you how the manual release works at handover.
Yes — it has to be, by law. Every automated gate is risk-assessed, fitted with safety edges and photocells that stop and reverse the gate before it can hurt anyone, force-tested to BS EN 12453, and supplied with its full technical file and certificate.