Sliding gates in Carlow
Manual and electric sliding driveway gates supplied and fitted across Co. Carlow, including Carlow, Tullow, Bagenalstown, Rathvilly. In our price guide, a manual steel sliding gate is €2,200 to €3,500, an electric tracked steel sliding gate is €3,000 to €5,000, an electric aluminium sliding gate is €4,200 to €7,500+, and a trackless cantilever gate is €3,800 to €6,800 (steel) or €4,800 to €8,500 (aluminium).
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- €3,000 to €5,000electric tracked steel sliding gate, fitted
- 11,201detached houses in Co. Carlow (51% of homes, CSO 2022)
- 965one-off houses built in Carlow since 2011 (CSO NDQ06)
- 38%of Co. Carlow residents living outside census towns
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€3,500 to €6,600 fitted
Gate & automation: €3,000–€5,000 · Groundworks/beam: +€500–€1,600
Guide price for an electric tracked hot-dip galvanised steel sliding gate, with remote fobs, dual photocells and safety edges included. Allow clear side run-back space along the boundary wall of at least the opening width plus 450mm–600mm behind the pier. All automated sliding gates in Ireland must include EN 12453 force limitation, resistive safety edges on leading and rear trapping points, and inner/outer photocells.
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| Sliding gate type / work | Co. Carlow fitted price guide | What is included |
|---|---|---|
| Manual steel or timber-infill sliding gate | €2,200 to €3,500 | Galvanised frame, infill, V-groove ground track, guide rollers & catch lock |
| Electric tracked steel sliding gate | €3,000 to €5,000 | Gate leaf, ground track, rack motor, EN 12453 safety edges, dual photocells & 2 remotes |
| Electric powder-coated aluminium sliding gate | €4,200 to €7,500+ | Rust-proof marine-grade aluminium leaf, rack motor, safety edges & remotes |
| Trackless cantilever sliding gate (electric) | €3,800 to €6,800 (steel) · €4,800 to €8,500 (alu) | Suspended on twin roller carriages behind pier — no rail across the driveway |
| Sliding gate motor + rack retrofit | €1,200 to €3,500+ | Automating an existing manual sliding gate with safety edges & beams |
| Concrete ground-track beam & foundations | €500 to €2,000 | Level 300mm × 300mm reinforced concrete runner beam + motor pad |
Our national price guide. Your local Co. Carlow gate installer gives you an exact written price after checking your opening width, side run-back and ground levels.
Entrances, house types & towns in Co. Carlow
CSO Census 2022 and New Dwelling Completions data show why sliding driveway gates are fitted on so many entrances across Co. Carlow: out of 22,174 permanent households in the county, 11,201 (51%) are detached houses and 5,863 (26%) are semi-detached, with 23,466 people (38% of the county's population) living in rural areas outside any census town.
- Rural one-off entrances in Co. Carlow (965 single dwellings built 2011–2025, including 69 in 2025). Recessed roadside entrances on rural sites across Carlow almost always have long front boundary walls on one or both sides of the piers — giving the 4.2m to 5.5m of clear side run-back needed for a single-leaf tracked or cantilever sliding gate without eating into turning space inside the yard.
- Sloping and gravel driveways (1,723 farms and rural holdings in Carlow). Where a driveway rises up from a county road or is surfaced in gravel/tar-and-chip, inward-opening swing gates scrape the rising ground. A tracked sliding gate on a kerbed concrete runner beam (€3,000 to €5,000) or a trackless cantilever gate (€3,800 to €6,800) clears rising gradients effortlessly.
- Town and suburban driveways in Carlow, Tullow, Bagenalstown. On shorter semi-detached and detached town driveways where cars park right behind the front wall, a sliding gate slides neatly behind the pier with zero swing arc, and qualifies as Class 5 exempted development up to 2.0m high at an existing entrance.
Main towns covered across Co. Carlow (CSO Census 2022 population): Carlow (27,351), Tullow (5,138), Bagenalstown (2,945), Rathvilly (1,074), Leighlinbridge (959), Ballon (801).
Counties with a similar detached-home share to Carlow
Sliding Gate coverage across every town in Co. Carlow
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Local sliding gate coverage across Co. Carlow includes Carlow Town, Graiguecullen, Tullow, Bagenalstown (Muine Bheag), Leighlinbridge, Borris, Hacketstown, Rathvilly, as well as Ballon, Myshall, Fenagh, Tinryland and surrounding rural townlands.
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Carlow sliding gate questions
How much does an electric sliding gate cost in Carlow?
In Co. Carlow, an electric tracked steel sliding gate costs €3,000 to €5,000 supplied and fitted, an electric powder-coated aluminium sliding gate costs €4,200 to €7,500+, and a trackless cantilever sliding gate costs €3,800 to €6,800 (steel) or €4,800 to €8,500 (aluminium).
Do I need planning permission for a sliding gate in Carlow?
At an existing domestic entrance in Co. Carlow, installing or replacing a gate up to 2.0 metres high is exempt from planning permission under Class 5 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001, provided you are not widening the roadside entrance or blocking traffic sightlines.
What if my Carlow driveway is gravel or slopes uphill from the road?
A sliding gate is ideal for rising driveways because it slides parallel to the front wall rather than swinging into the uphill gradient. For loose gravel driveways, installers either pour a flush 300mm concrete track apron or fit a trackless cantilever gate (€3,800 to €6,800) that hangs clear of the stones.
Which towns in Co. Carlow do you cover?
All of Co. Carlow, including Carlow, Tullow, Bagenalstown, Rathvilly, Leighlinbridge, Ballon and all surrounding rural townlands. Your enquiry goes to one vetted gate installer covering your county.
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