Gate hardware recommendations

[Sunshine12]

looking to install a timber gate in between fence panels for access other than front door.
Looking for hardware recommendations. Ideally want some sort of keypad/key system to gain entry. Recommendations? Decent hinges too

 

[JohnD]

Hook and band hinges will stand up to outdoor work, and when the gate sags (it will) you can slip a few stainless washers over the pins to level it. You are supposed to get hinges one-third the width of the gate. Galvanised ones last well if you give them a coat of paint before fitting. Fix them to the ledgers.

I have a Chubb 5-lever mortice lock in mine. The later ones have a 20mm bolt throw, which should be enough for any shrinkage in the woodwork. The levers and bolt are brass, springs are bronze, so no rust inside, and you fit keyhole covers to keep the rain out. Original Chubb keys are brass so will not rust if you conceal one in the garden. The older models have a very heavy steel case, you can give it an extra coat of paint if you want (especially if you get a second-hand one on ebay for a few pounds). You do need well-sized stiles of 44mm or thicker to use a mortice lock. Few good rimlocks are available, they need a longer key, and almost none are constructed to the same standard.

 

[Roger928]

A yale lock will work on a wooden gate.
Or one of these...https://www.ironmongerydirect.co.uk...throw-lock-70mm-2-keys-stainless-steel-185510

 

[foxhole]

Main problem in movement in gates , winter to summer mine move by around 20mm so a lock with a long throw is required.

 

[Sunshine12]

Great thanks for the good advice.

Thoughts on outdoor keypads? Do they wear?

 

[foxhole]

Had one on mine for nearly 20 years.