"TheScullster" wrote in
. uk:

Hi all

I am looking for ideas for gate locks.
The gate is 1.8m high and mounted between wooden posts which are
bolted to concrete ones.
We are finally getting round to securing the back garden and, as a
result, need to be able to securely lock/latch the gate shut.
The gate will be the only access round the house so it will need to be
able to be unlocked from either side.
Is there a key operated lock type specifically for gates.
I'm not that taken with the rim lock type, as the gate is fairly
smart/decorative.

Anyone got any ingenious lock systems which don't spoil the look too
much?

TIA

Phil



A chain and padlock might be a good idea, with the chain fixed half and
half to the post so it wraps around the gate.

Or a hasp and padlock that fixes to the post and wraps around the side of
the gate and fixes back to your wooden jamb.

Or a metal "U" shape, drilled at the ends to take a padlock, screwed to the
timber post, which then catches the side of the gate and can be secured.

Or a drilled boss on the post and a small drilled bar on the gate, where
they come together, you fit a padlock.

Or hinge locks that stop the gate from swinging. They call them hinge
locks, but they are actually bolts screwed through the hinge side of the
gate and into the post. Baffles even the most expert crime prevention
officer, because you don't see any type of locking mechanism at all. Great
idea if you're going away on holidays.

Or a drop latch boss on the post that is drilled to allow a padlock to
prevent the latch bar on the gate from being lifted.

Or. I think I'll stop there.

All of these ideas are none intrusive to the decor' of the gate or posts,
so take your pick.