Everything you need to know about access and security around the home

Kya deLongchamps charts the change in Irish attitudes to access and security around the the family home and in particular, the use of remote access gates.

Everything you need to know about access and security around the home

Automatic gates — an open and shut case? Not so very long ago the cool, silent swing of an electric (automated), gate was considered the province of Norma Desmond — a perk for Batman, even, on his return to the bat-cave?

I was convinced that the inclusion of such fabulous luxury and convenience, must come with a fabulous, luxuriant price. Further to that supposition, was the notion that having a gate simply signalled that the owners had something worth clambering over the gate for. Was it ostentatious? Drawing attention? Was there really any security advantage for a determined intruder?

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