Farm type gates

03/16/2010 - 05:17

I am hoping that there is someone out there who can help me! We need to put a barrier across our road and are looking for a farm type gate - the sort that you see everywhere in the UK - in either wood or metal. We thought it would be simple to find one, and asked at our local agrario but they said we had to get a metal gate made especially for us by a metalworker at HUGE cost and in a style that we just don't need! Our English neighbour has a suitable gate, but he seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth so we can't ask him where he got it! We have found a suitable gate in the UK for £150 which is a good price, but they want £400 to get it out to us!! So, First, does anyone know where we could buy a simple farm gate in  Italy - anywhere, not just the Marche? Second, if no-one does know of anywhere we can look in italy, do you know of a cheaper way to get a gate from Ashford in Kent to the Marche? We would prefer to buy something in Italy prefarably, but are not prepared to spend hundreds of euros on something that is just a barrier. I know there is someone out there who has the answer to our question! I look forward to hearing your suggestions!

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Londonlass. We had a guy from Falerone make our farm style gate for here. We drew the design we wanted and he made it up perfectly. He does not speak a word of English though!! If you would like his details I can PM them to you.

 i have to confess, that i've never seen one in central italy. presumably most do not feel the need for one.in the case of a barrier to a road the most they usually go in for is a weighted iron bar which in extreme cases can be chained down to avoid passage on the road, this sometimes is red and white but gives it quite a zoll/douane/customs like look...alternatively villa's seem to go in for fancy wrought iron jobs.....

I think I saw one in Castarama (Italys answer to B&Q) Val Vabrata junction of A14, near San Bennedetto. But fabros (metal workers) here are much more reasonable here then I expected. Perhaps you just picked one that decided he wanted "a bit of an earner" I would try a couple of others. Good luck