There are plenty of priorities competing for your attention on any given day, but the protection of your family and assets supersedes pretty much everything else.
Fortunately, near 100-percent protection is achievable, accessible and affordable for the home and business owner in the Baton Rouge area. A customized electric gate can provide the protection you need, while preserving, or even adding, to the value of your property. “A security camera doesn’t prevent a thing; it merely videos the people that just robbed you blind,” says Rod Braud, owner of Gonzales Electric Gates. “A gate prevents people from even getting on your property.”
And thanks to new technologies, today’s gates can do more for less. Nearly 75 percent of installations have some level of smart integration, and many incorporate live video feeds. “Smart home integration with live feed video intercoms is becoming increasingly popular,” Braud says. “It enables the homeowner to view a person at their gate, and they can operate their gate from literally anywhere. It’s also becoming much more cost effective.”
AT A GLANCE
Top executives: Rod Braud, Owner
Phone: 225.571.2836
Address: 12612 Airline Hwy., Gonzales, LA 70737
Website: gonzaleselectricgates.com
Business owners are also attracted to the expanding capabilities of the modern gate, particularly those who have sites that are unmanned and need to be remotely controlled, sometimes from across the country.
The reliability of such technology has improved significantly in recent years, and now with the availability of wireless point-to-point transmission capabilities, a gate can be controlled from literally miles away.
When it’s time to get a gate, though, it’s critical that a customer turn to a specialist, not a “jack of all trades” who does a dozen different things. It’s a niche industry, whereby each company must be licensed and regulated by the fire marshal. Employees also undergo a background check and several hours of secondary education to keep their license. “When it comes to the safety and security of your property, an average job is not what you want,” Braud says.
Uniquely Designed
All the gates at Gonzales Electric Gates are custom made, with literally nothing prefabricated. Their designs range from simple to high-end. “Each gate is handcrafted and locally made,” he adds, “and each customer deals directly with me throughout the design, fabrication and installation process.”
About 80 percent of the gates begin as a base model, which is then customized to meet the needs of the customer. “Once we determine what the customer wants, we provide them with a CAD drawing before it goes to fabrication,” Braud says. “They’ll know exactly what the gate will look like. In the process, they can add such things as puppy bars at the bottom, a video component to the intercom etc.”
The quality is unparalleled. All the gates are fully welded and come with a lifetime warranty against sagging. A partner company in Walker fabricates and installs the ironwork, and Braud’s team installs the automation. “If anything needs to be fixed, it gets fixed for free,” he adds.
The company has four certified technicians who regularly attend classes sponsored by the manufacturer to stay abreast of the latest in technology. “That’s important,” Braud says. “If a gate isn’t installed correctly, it could potentially become a safety hazard. We install safety devices as an additional precaution, and each gate is built according to specific industry standards.”
Gonzales Electric Gates’ commitment to the customer is evidenced by their unbeaten track record of quality, security and satisfaction. There’s literally nothing they won’t do to make the customer happy. At the end of the day, if it’s conceivable, it’s doable.
