Sue, we recently sold two office buildings that were required to have Key Boxes for the Fire Department. Luckily, they were never tested as to whether or not they would actually use their key to open the key box or go through the front doors. lol I'll have to ask my DH how far away the remotes work - our smaller ones don't have as far a range, but we have one of the larger ones in a drawer near the front door and can open the gate from inside. I'd say it's about 300ft. I'll double check that when he gets home. Sniffdog, ours is steel and the ticket doesn't show the gauge used, but I remember it was thicker than ones offered online. We were going to have the gate made and install it ourselves, but DH decided just to let the gate guy do it all. The gates were 750 each for 1500 (I think this was just for the materials because the Labor line is too high just for installation). The keypad entry on steel post was 150. The Apollo 1600 Dual Gate opener was 2K. There are also items not priced out on the invoice: Greasable ball hinges, Solar Panel Battery Charger and Gel Cell Battery. Large remote opener 21 each and small 26 each. The option we did not get was Automatic Exit Probe 270. Sweet tea, I don't have good cell reception since we are in a valley so that's not really an option. I don't have cash and jewels stockpiled, so a burglar would be highly disappointed after breaking in our home. Besides, there are 30 houses between the main gate and our house with easier access.

I too am trying to find a keyless entry pad for wrought iron screen door that is compact. The knob holes on wrought iron doors are too close together compared to regular exterior doors. Otherwise, I need a keyless entry pad that is extra long to cover both knob holes. Has anyone found a good solution?

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Bull pucky. Gates get installed all the time with doorknobs and or deadbolts. You have to know the final thickness of the gate- at one of my rentals the gate is a 1 1/2" thick frame plus 5/8" boards so 2 1/8" overall, the trick is to buy a knob or lock that work with that thickness. Not hard at all. You cannot use an electric keypad (with a battery) as they will not hold up, but a mechanical keypad will work great.