Sliding
Runs on a track across the opening. Suits a wide entrance with level ground and space to one side, and it takes wind loading far better than a swing gate.
Access Solutions in and Around London
Automated gates designed and installed by a family business, with the groundworks and the power run done by our own team.
Gates sized to the site
We weigh the leaf and check the posts and the ground before a motor is chosen
One team throughout
Design, civils, installation and commissioning from the same people
Groundworks in house
Excavation, drainage, ducting and foundations are ours, not a subcontract
We look before we dig
GPR surveys and leak detection, so a live service is found before a bucket does
What we do
Automated Gates, Bollards and Groundworks in London
Automated gates are the core of what we do, with rising bollards, groundworks and surfacing alongside. Most jobs are two or three of them at once, which is why we do them all ourselves.
Why it lasts
Groundworks for Automated Gates, Done by Our Own Team
A sliding gate drags on a track laid over a base that moved. A swing gate sags off a post that was never footed. So we dig, found, duct and drain the ground ourselves before a gate goes anywhere near it. Then we bring the drive back in concrete, tarmac or resin so the finished job never looks like a repair.
Utilities and groundworks
Automated gates
Sliding, Swing and Cantilever Gates in London
New gates hung and automated, or an existing gate automated where it is sound enough to take a motor. We say which on the survey, before anything is ordered.
Cantilever
Carried on rollers set behind the opening, with nothing crossing the ground. Ideal where a track would fill with grit, flood or foul a drainage channel.
Swing
One or two leaves on hinges, driven by rams, articulated arms or motors buried in the ground. The usual choice on residential drives where the gate is part of the look of the house.
Why CM Access Solutions
A Family Business Installing Gates Across London
CM Access Solutions is a family business, trading since 2022. We design, install and automate gates across London and the surrounding areas, for homes, businesses, industrial sites and the public sector.
Because we are part of the CM Group, the excavation, foundations, ducting, drainage and surfacing are ours too, so you deal with one team from the survey to the handover.
11Services from one team
5Stages on every job
2022Family run since
One job, start to finish
From Bare Ground to Finished Gates in London
The same access lane, photographed as the job went in. The ground was prepared first, then the gates were hung, then the surface was finished around them, all by our own team.
The ground prepared
The gates hung
Finished
Existing gates
Already Have a Gate? We Can Automate It
If the gate, its hinges and its posts are sound, we can add a motor, safety edges, photocells and the control you want, and save you the cost of a new gate. If it will not take a motor safely, we will tell you on the survey rather than fit one anyway.
Book a gate surveyRecent work
Recent Gate and Groundworks Projects in London
Gates, bollards, groundworks and the finish, on sites across London and the counties around it.
See our projectsBefore you get in touch
Planning a Gate or Groundworks Job
How a job runs, who we work for and where we cover, so you know what to expect before we come out to survey.
How a job runs
The same five stages every time, with the programme written down before anybody digs.
Who we work for
Homes, commercial and industrial sites, and the public sector, each specified for how the entrance is used.
Areas we cover
London and out across Kent, Surrey, Essex, Hertfordshire and Berkshire.
Talk to our team
Tell us where the site is and what you are trying to control, and we will arrange a site visit.
Common questions
Questions About Gates and Groundworks
If your question is not here, ring us. We would rather answer it on the phone than have you guess.
Do you cover my area
We work across London and out into Kent, Surrey, Essex, Hertfordshire and Berkshire. If you are further afield, call us anyway, because larger installations can travel.
Should I have a gate or a rising bollard
For most homes and yards, a gate. It closes the whole opening, keeps people out as well as vehicles and adds privacy. A rising bollard suits an entrance where people need to keep walking through freely while vehicles are stopped, such as a shared courtyard, a private road or a loading bay. We fit both, so the survey can recommend whichever suits the entrance.
Do you only do gates and bollards
No. A good deal of the work is utilities and groundworks, excavation, tarmac and resin surfacing, driveways, slabs, landscaping, leak detection, GPR surveys and supplying skilled labour to other contractors. On most jobs the access work and the ground work go together.
Why does the groundworks side matter on a gate job
Because that is where these systems fail. A sliding gate track laid on a base that moves, a swing gate post that was never footed properly, a motor housing nobody drained, ducting that went in after the concrete. None of those is a fault in the gate or the motor, and each is settled before either is fitted.
Get in touch
Get a Quote for Your Gate or Groundworks
Tell us where the site is and what you are trying to control. A photograph and a postcode is usually enough for us to come back with something useful.
- Phone
- 07954 390 237
- Message us directly
- Hours
- Open 7 days, 8am to 6pm