Aluminum Double Gates in Los Angeles

The center is where a double gate is won or lost. A drop rod seated into a ground sleeve holds the inactive leaf steady, so the active leaf latches against something solid instead of pushing a floating panel. That sleeve gets set into the driveway surface during installation, which means it has to be planned before the concrete work is finished rather than added afterwards.

Clearance is the other half. Each leaf needs room to arc through roughly 90 degrees without catching a parked car, a planter or rising ground — but because each leaf is only half the width, a double gate needs far less depth than a single leaf spanning the same opening. On a short driveway that difference is often what makes a swing gate possible at all.

A double gate takes a dual-leaf operator, one arm per leaf, sequenced so the leaves open and close in the right order and the drop-rod leaf moves first. Aluminum's light weight matters here more than anywhere else: two motors on two leaves put far less strain on the system than one motor dragging a single heavy panel, so the operators last longer. We always add photo-eye sensors so the gate stops rather than closing on a vehicle or a person.

The infill is your call. Solid panels for full privacy, spaced slats for semi-privacy and airflow, or horizontal lines to match a modern fence run — all in standard black, or powder coated in a custom color to tie into your fence, trim or wall. Whatever you choose, the two leaves are built as a matched pair so the pattern runs continuously across the closed gate.