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Another fabulous completion.
This "Gothic" style gate was only part of a project we did in Beverly Hills for Kovac Architects, Inc. and the famous Ferguson and Shamamiam LLC of New York. This is the main entry gate which was constructed of solid forged iron and custom cast steel. All the patterns and molds for castings were made in-house with all the factors such as shrinkage and grinding calculated in, due to the geometrical shapes of the castings the smallest fraction of deviation in size would throw off the entire dimention of the gate. We did the finish in hand rubbed pewter, antiqued it then gave it a clear coat for longevity.
The installation was another story on it's own as the gate elevates a full twelve inches following the bias of the driveway with each leaf wieghing about 700 lbs. We used custom made elevating hinges (as seen in the above photos) which were installed on 6"x 6" x 1/2" angle iron that was set into the pilaster concurrent with the in place concrete pour. The hinges were installed prior to the brick work and were "blocked out" so they would be flush with the masonry. The Dorene 1 h.p. motors were mechanically staggered by altering the arm lengths so we could keep the gap between the two leafs at 5/8", this technique allows one leaf to open slightly before the other and keeps them from "crashing" into eachother.
We also did all the exterior railings, wood gates and aluminum trellising at this site I'll post these at a later date.
Thanks for visiting MetalGraphic: Christian Lewis, Design Engineer.
Images and post by: Christian Lewis Productions 2010
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