WE KNOW
SECURITY
GATES.
We know why the gate at your business isn’t opening, won’t align, refuses to close. We even know how to custom fabricate a new gate and create a system to automate it.
For more than 40 years, R&S Concord has been the go-to gate experts for Contra Costa County.
We’d love the opportunity to show you why.
GATE REPAIR
Commercial gates - especially those for parking garages and apartment complexes - are some of the most frequently used access security options, and they are often damaged in the process.
We have repaired thousands of electric and manual gates in our more than 40 years in the industry.
We’re available 24/7 to repair your gate so your property is secure.
Gate hit by a vehicle? Gate not staying on its track?
BEFORE
AFTER
BEFORE
AFTER
GATE INSTALLATION
Our IDEA-certified staff can design a manual gate or an automatic gate system that best meets the needs of your business. When designing an automatic gate system, we take the time to understand your business’s environmental conditions, your safety concerns and your security requirements.
We custom fabricate every gate at our shop to ensure the materials and workmanship are top notch, and recommend the operator we think will best suit your gate and business requirements.
Check out the gate operators we recommend below.
PEDESTRIAN GATES
No matter what entry point they serve, pedestrian gates provide the security your business needs while still being aesthetically pleasing.
R&S Concord fabricates, installs and repairs pedestrian gates as well as sells the necessary hardware to ensure they are working properly.
We can create a design to match any style and powder coat our steel gates to ensure they are durable.
AUTOMATIC GATE SAFETY STANDARDS
UL Solutions, a third-party testing laboratories company, creates product recommendations to promote public safety. UL 325 along with ASTM R2200, recommendations from another independent testing company, form the blueprint for automatic gate system safety recommendations.
Those standards were created to protect you as a consumer, and manufacturer recommendations for any new automatic gate operator follow to them. Adhering to UL 325 & ASTM R2200 recommendations not only makes your automatic gate system more safe, it reduces your liability as a property owner if injury or damage were to occur.
R&S Concord will strongly recommend different options to ensure your gate system is safe and adhering to industry safety standards.
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Requirements differ for different classes of gate classes (from single family residential to guarded industrial) and intended movement (sliding versus swing), but generally protection criteria includes:
• Inherent entrapment protection system that stops and reverses the gate within 2 seconds.
• A non-contact photoelectric sensor or the equivalent that stops or reverses the gate within 2 seconds.
• A contact sensor (edge device or the equivalent) that stops and reverses the gate within 2 seconds.
• An inherent adjustable clutch or pressure relief device that, upon sensing an obstruction in any direction, will stop the gate and not result in a closing force more than 10 percent higher than the initial setting required to stop the gate, which cannot exceed 40 lbs.
• An actuating device requiring continuous pressure to maintain opening or closing motion of the gate. Upon removal of pressure, movement of the gate must cease.
• An audio alarm.
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Operator approved to current UL 325 standards
Warning signs attached to both sides of gate area
smooth bottom edges, no protrusions exceed .5" beyond base of gate.
access controls are at least 6' from gate
support hardware present to prevent gate from falling over if disconnected
For swing gates, distance from pivot point to column edge less than 4".
For swing gates, the distance from open gate to wall or column greater than 16" unless external entrapment protection present.
For slide gates, roller covers on wheels
For slide gates, meshing installed up to 6' above grade if pickets are spaced 2/25" or more
For slide gates, positive stops at both fully open and closed positions
For slide gates, receiver recessed behind receiver post for guides less than 8'