Estate Driveway Gates in Danville.

The double swing is our estate driveway statement piece — two leaves meeting at the centerline, sized for openings 12 to 20 feet. We build it in three design languages: mid-century modern with clean horizontal lines and minimal ironwork; Craftsman with heavier timber and exposed joinery; and traditional estate with custom arches and, on the right property, an arbor built above the opening.

In Danville, danville estates — blackhawk and diablo especially — sit behind long formal driveways where the gate is the first architectural statement of the house. Inland valley heat and sustained afternoon Altamont winds drive our wind-load engineering, particularly for solid-panel automated gates. Manual or motor-automated is a decision made per site — long drives almost always warrant automation, shorter formal approaches sometimes read better manual.

Frames are mortise-and-tenon joinery in Sapele mahogany over redwood, hung on hardware sized to the loaded leaf. We build regularly in Blackhawk, Diablo, Sycamore Valley, Alamo Creek, and along Tassajara.