Articles tagged with: garden gate

Rusty old garden gates – the trend in garden landscaping & how to maintain rusty items

Rusty garden gate

Rusty old garden gates and farming implements are much sought after as garden features. Many people love the rusty patina of steel. Learn how to maintain your steel items so they’re around for years to come.

Old gates and garden implements are getting harder to find for sale at auctions, clearing sales, demolition yards and second hand stores. Rusty old garden structures, especially heritage style gates, cast jointed farm gates like the Sunshine McKay and Simpson gates, old farming implements, rusty wagon wheels and quaint wrought iron garden gates are

Case study: designing a wrought iron courtyard gate, Brisbane Qld

wrought iron courtyard gate with centre motifBuilding projects are always easier when you have competent people to help you out. A lovely couple from Brisbane were in the process of having a courtyard built at the back of their home. They needed a wrought iron gate to set off their French provincial style courtyard but needed some assistance with the design of a gate as there was still nothing there. The safety of two small terriers had to be taken into account as well.

Wrought iron garden gates, Braidwood NSW

Custom wrought iron gates with leaf barrier, Braidwood NSW

The gates Farmweld designed and constructed for us are beautiful.  Everyone who visits comments on their beauty and old world charm. They’ll look even lovelier once the roses grow up the other side. The attention to detail in the construction of the gates contributes to this old world charm.

We were highly impressed with the design service.  Everything was possible.  Nothing was a bother. We found Farmweld to be highly professional and we wouldn’t hesitate in recommending them.

Florence wrought iron pa gate

Florence wrought iron gate

Please find attached a picture of the gate that you made for us, we are both very happy with the end result, it really complements the picket fence.

We have had a lot of people comment on how nice it looks. Thankyou for your help and professional service.

Estate country gates, Arcadia NSW

Estate garden_gate_with_rabbit_mesh overlay

A big thank you for the wonderful Estate gates – the big gate has made such a difference to the front of the property (as you can see from the picture) and has attracted several admiring comments, and the three smaller gates go perfectly with the Australian Colonial style of the house. It was easy to fix the rabbit mesh using the additional bars you provided, and this works really well, providing