A single swing gate is one leaf that pivots on hinges — the simplest, quietest, most reliable configuration when the driveway opening is 8 to 14 feet and there's clearance for the arc. On Lafayette projects, Lafayette driveways are often narrow, wooded, and shared — Happy Valley and Reliez Valley properties sit at the end of long private drives where a poorly-sized gate becomes a daily inconvenience.

Steep grades, seasonal creeks, and dense oak canopy shape every Lafayette install — we bench and drain before we ever set a post. That's why every Lafayette swing gate we build begins with a site survey — we measure the opening, check soil and slope, identify utility lines, and confirm swing or slide clearance before a single drawing is issued.

Sapele mahogany (Janka 1,510) is our most-specified species for single swing gates because a single leaf carries all its weight on one pair of hinges — Sapele's density and rot resistance let us build a leaf that stays flat for decades. White oak, ipe, and hot-rolled steel are all in-catalog alternates.

Narrow Lafayette approaches often make cantilever sliding or bi-fold gates the right automated answer over a swing that would block the shared drive. We build regularly in Happy Valley, Burton Valley, Trail's End, Reliez Valley, and Springhill. We ship from our Concord workshop, ~15 miles from Lafayette, and installation on a single swing gate typically takes two to four days on site.