Metal gates in Thetford, fabricated for the factories, depots and haulage yards strung along the A11, and for the houses around them. Heavy steel security gates, fence panels, driveway gates and railings, all made and hung by our own welders.
Thetford, about 30 miles south west of our Norwich workshop down the A11.
Security gates on the A11 corridor
A depot gate is not opened twice a day like a house gate. It is dragged, swung and banged shut on every shift, in all weathers.
That is the kind of use we build for when a Thetford business asks about steel gates. For units on Fison Way, Brunel Way or Thetford Enterprise Park, we make tall swing pairs, sliding gate frames, pedestrian gates beside them and fence panels to close the rest of the line.
Swift Fabrication supplies and fits steel and nothing else. That covers the leaves, posts, hinges, latches, drop bolts, padlock housings and panels. Foundations, kerbs, tarmac cuts and ground tracks are work for your civils contractor. Motors, loops, intercoms and safety edges are work for an automation company. We will sit down with both and make the frame ready for their equipment.
Steel staircases in Thetford
Making a gate that takes knocks
A yard cannot stand open for a week. So the posts, leaves and panels are completed in Norwich first, and time on your Thetford site is kept to the hanging itself.
Wide leaves sag if the frame is too light. We use heavier box section with bracing, adjustable hinges that can be reset after years of use, and welded stops and keeps so the gate lands on steel, not on its latch.
Plain hot dip galvanising, arranged by us, is the practical choice for commercial gates: it copes with scrapes from pallets and bumpers and needs no repainting. Powder coating in a company colour can be added for the front entrance.
We agree a day that suits the site, send RAMS ahead if your contractor rules ask for them, and hang the gates onto posts already set. Leaves are levelled, stops adjusted and locks tried before we leave, so the yard is secure that night.
Pricing a commercial gate
Start with the clear width needed for your largest lorry to turn in, the height of the fence line it has to match, and whether the ground falls across the entrance. Then tell us if it will swing in, swing out or slide along the fence.
A site plan or a few phone pictures of the entrance are a great help. If the gate is to be automated, put us in touch with the installer before anything is drawn, because motor type decides the bottom rail, the rack position on a slider and the plates we weld on. Note any insurer's requirement too.
We stay on the steel side of the line. Concrete pads, post pockets, ground beams and ducts come from your groundworks firm, and drive units from an automation installer. Each gets setting out dimensions from us.
Housing estates and forest edge homes
Away from the industrial estates, Thetford has large housing estates where a side gate, a short run of railings or a pair of driveway gates tidies up a boundary. All are made to the opening, in whichever bar pattern and colour you prefer.
Out towards Croxton, Mundford and Brandon, houses on the edge of Thetford Forest often sit at the end of a long track. A wide steel entrance gate on its own posts suits those, with a drop bolt to hold it back while you drive in. Tired gates can be repaired too.
Architectural metalwork in ThetfordBreckland and beyond
Thetford sits near the Norfolk and Suffolk border, so from here we also reach Brandon, Croxton, Mundford and Watton. It is around 30 miles from the workshop, which means site visits are booked ahead, not squeezed in.
A free estimate can be worked up from a plan and photographs. We then measure on site, agree the price with you before starting, and only then order material.
Steel fabrication in ThetfordThetford gate questions
By arrangement, yes. Evening or weekend hanging can be planned so lorries are not held up and the yard is never left open overnight. Tell us the site rules and any permits needed when you first get in touch.
We make the sliding gate frame, guide posts and catch post in steel. The track or cantilever base in the ground and the drive motor are supplied by others.
Yes. Steel fence panels and posts can be made to the same height and bar spacing as the gates, so the whole frontage reads as one. For long runs of standard mesh, a fencing contractor may be better value.
Yes. Driveway pairs, single gates, side gates and railing panels for homes in the town and the surrounding villages are made the same way, just in lighter sections.
Thetford gates and railings
Call 07495 409006, or send a plan, sizes and pictures of your Thetford yard or driveway, and we will prepare a free estimate.