23/09/2026
Regular maintenance keeps your gates reliable. This gate has been looked after by us for a couple of years. During the recent maintenance our engineer found that the manual release mechanism was faulty and could not be released.
We visited with two engineers to replace the faulty parts. However on trying to lift off the gates the bottom pivots were found to be almost completely seized. We carry many parts at our office and fortunately we had replacements on the shelf. After removing the old ones and fully greasing everything up, the system is now back working correctly.
This system had not been maintained for years before we took over and once the system begins to seize there is little that can be done other than a full strip down, clean up and re grease. Or replace parts as in this case.
The moral of the story, as with any mechanical product. Maintenance from new is the key to saving money in the long run.
We offer maintenance on all of our new installations allowing extended warranties to be put into place.
We are also happy to take on existing gates for maintenance and give advice on work required to make them more reliable.
Give us a call, email or visit our website for more information. 01932 932246 - [email protected] - www.lcsgatesandbarriers.co.uk