You must have decent welding skills and a good collection of tools. You have to follow the instructions and be patient (expect to spend the best part of a day for such an installation).
The available space on the left and right side of the gate is sufficient for most linear gate operators (this type of operators offers the cheapest options and is more suitable for installation by a non-professional).
There is an issue with the fact that you have a wicket door (pedestrian door) on each gate leaf. Installing a linear gate operator at a height less than the wicket door would render it unusable. You can install the operators above the wicket doors but the increased distance between the closed position stop and the height of operator installation might result in excessive deformation (bending) of the leaves when the gate is closed. It all depends on what the stiffness of each leaf is (note that you can, and should, regulate the maximum force of the operator).
An advantage of installing the operators above the wicket doors is that you have a horizontal element (that rail or slat that runs through the length of the gate) on which the operator can be attached. However, you will have to take into account the precise location of the operator to make sure it doesn't interfere with wicket door operation. In this respect, off-axis linear operators have an advantage in this case (off-axis are the operators where the leaf mounting point is on a carriage, running in a slot under the length of the operator - mhouse WG10S/WG20S, Nice Toona and LiftMaster SCS300K-124 belong to this category and are suitable for gates of at least 3m per leaf - http://www.easygates.co.uk/electric-gate...cgates.asp ).
Alternatively, you may weld shut the wicket doors on the leafs and be done with it. In this case you will have to also weld a horizontal slat along the length of each leaf gate to use for mounting the operators.
You will need to install conduit, under the road, from one side of the gate to the other (for connecting the far-side operator and transmitter of safety photocells to the control board).
The available space on the left and right side of the gate is sufficient for most linear gate operators (this type of operators offers the cheapest options and is more suitable for installation by a non-professional).
There is an issue with the fact that you have a wicket door (pedestrian door) on each gate leaf. Installing a linear gate operator at a height less than the wicket door would render it unusable. You can install the operators above the wicket doors but the increased distance between the closed position stop and the height of operator installation might result in excessive deformation (bending) of the leaves when the gate is closed. It all depends on what the stiffness of each leaf is (note that you can, and should, regulate the maximum force of the operator).
An advantage of installing the operators above the wicket doors is that you have a horizontal element (that rail or slat that runs through the length of the gate) on which the operator can be attached. However, you will have to take into account the precise location of the operator to make sure it doesn't interfere with wicket door operation. In this respect, off-axis linear operators have an advantage in this case (off-axis are the operators where the leaf mounting point is on a carriage, running in a slot under the length of the operator - mhouse WG10S/WG20S, Nice Toona and LiftMaster SCS300K-124 belong to this category and are suitable for gates of at least 3m per leaf - http://www.easygates.co.uk/electric-gate...cgates.asp ).
Alternatively, you may weld shut the wicket doors on the leafs and be done with it. In this case you will have to also weld a horizontal slat along the length of each leaf gate to use for mounting the operators.
You will need to install conduit, under the road, from one side of the gate to the other (for connecting the far-side operator and transmitter of safety photocells to the control board).
