Two questions come in most often: how much to put a motor on the gate I already have, and how much for a new gate that opens by itself. The answers differ by several hundred euros, and the difference is not in the motor. Here is where it is, with the figures from the same model as the configurator.
Automation for a swing gate that already stands, up to 300 kg, on a 230 V supply: €1150 fitted. A sliding gate up to 4 m: €1550. A heavier sliding gate up to 500 kg: €1850. A large 6 m sliding gate up to 800 kg on a 24 V motor: €2950.
A new gate built together with its automation: a 3.5×1.8 m swing gate — €2200, a 4 m sliding gate — €2950. Photocells add €90, a backup battery €140.
In the gate configurator automation is a €790 option; on the electric gates page it costs €1150. It is not a contradiction — these are two different jobs.
When I build the gate, automation is one more line in the same visit: the brackets are welded into the frame, the cable is laid before the leaf is closed up, the gate is already true and rolls freely. When I come to a gate that already stands, it is a separate trip, and the gate has its own dimensions, its own hinges and often its own problems. The brackets are cut and welded to it on site, the distance from the hinge is measured, the cable is run through whatever is already paved.
Weight first. The motor is chosen for the leaf, not the other way round: a light gate up to 300 kg, a medium one up to 500 kg (+20%), a heavy one up to 800 kg (+45%). A motor too weak for the gate burns out in a season; one too strong simply costs more.
Then the type: a sliding gate needs a rack along the whole leaf, a heavier motor and a base for it, which is why it comes out about 35% dearer than a swing gate. On sliding gates wider than 4 m the width counts too: about €22 for every extra 10 cm of rack and travel.
Then the supply: a 24 V motor with a soft start costs 12% more than a 230 V one, but it is gentler on the gate, and it is the one that keeps running on a battery when the power goes.
A closing gate does not see a car, a bicycle or a child. Photocells stop it the moment something breaks the beam. They are listed as an option only because some people already have a pair; I do not hand over a gate without them.
Without a battery the gate is released with a key and pushed by hand — every motor has a manual release, and I show you how it works before I leave. With a backup battery (€140) it keeps opening and closing normally for a good number of cycles. With the Cypriot summer outages it is worth having.
Before any motor goes on, the gate has to move freely. A sliding gate on worn rollers or a bent track, a swing gate that drags on the ground or hangs on a post that has settled — automation will not fix that, it will be destroyed by it. If the gate is stiff, the first job is the gate itself: new rollers, a re-welded hinge, a straightened leaf. Usually that is an hour or two of welding, quoted separately before the automation.
A photo of the gate from both sides, the width of the opening, roughly what the leaf is made of (sheet, bars, solid panels) and whether there is power near the post. With that I can tell you the motor and the price in one message.
Swing and sliding gates, wickets, CAME/BFT automation. Any style, from classic to minimal. From €800.
Catalogue prices are what the model works out, not a price tag: nothing is in stock, every piece is welded to size. The final price is agreed personally.
Automation for the gate you already have: swing or sliding, CAME or BFT, with photocells and a backup battery.
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Based in Larnaca — I travel to every town and village in Cyprus with full equipment and a generator on board.