Custom ALU40 Black Horizontal Single Swing Side Gates – Supply & Installation in Huntington Beach, CA

This Huntington Beach home is built from a rich mix of materials: textured cream stucco, stacked natural-tone stone on the walls and columns, crisp white trim and copper gutters and downspouts. The side yards run between those walls on concrete walkways, and each passage needed a gate of its own. These are the everyday routes to the backyard, so the gates had to be easy to open, secure when closed and private enough to keep the side yards out of view. The homeowner's brief came down to two ideas: clean lines and a custom fit. Off-the-shelf gate panels rarely fit openings framed by stone columns and stucco walls, and leftover gaps at the hinge side or the latch side make a gate look like an afterthought. A busy design would also compete with the stonework instead of framing it. The goal was a set of gates that read as part of the architecture: dark, simple and precisely sized to each opening, in a material that holds up to coastal sun and salt air without repainting. Aluglobus Aluminum Systems supplied and installed the complete gate package for the project.

ALU40 horizontal slat system: Every gate is built from the ALU40 aluminum slat profile, the same system used on the Aluglobus San Diego double swing gate and Miami fence projects. The slats run horizontally across each leaf with tight, even gaps, so the gates read as solid dark panels with thin lines of light rather than open views into the side yard. Full perimeter frame: Each leaf is enclosed by a full aluminum perimeter frame with 45° mitered corners. The frame holds every slat edge in place, keeps the leaf square and gives the gate a finished, architectural border that lines up with the posts and walls around it. Single swing layout: Each side-yard opening is closed with one full-frame leaf instead of a pair. A single swing gate keeps the hardware simple, opens with one hand and suits the walkway widths on this property. Matching side infill panels: Where an opening was wider than the gate leaf, a narrow fixed ALU40 infill panel in the same black finish and slat spacing fills the space between the gate post and the stucco wall. The slat lines continue across the panel, so the gate and panel look like one designed piece. Locking hardware: Each gate is fitted with a keyed lever handle set on a slim black backplate, with a deadbolt above the lever for a second locking point. The lever opens the gate in one easy motion, and the keyed deadbolt lets the homeowner lock each side yard. A black cane bolt at the base of the leaf drops into the ground to hold the gate steady in position. Custom fit to stone and stucco: The gates were sized to each opening, so the frames sit cleanly between the stone columns, stucco walls and posts. Square black aluminum posts and black hinges disappear into the finish, keeping the attention on the stone. Black powder-coated finish: Black is a custom finish on the ALU40 system. Slats, frames, panels and posts are finished through Aluglobus's 7-stage powder-coating process with AkzoNobel powders for an even, durable coat that contrasts with the cream stucco and warm stone and echoes the home's dark accents.

The side yards now look as considered as the front of the house. Against the cream stucco and natural stone, the black gates read as crisp, graphic panels, and the horizontal slats add a calm, modern line without competing with the stonework. Where an infill panel was needed, the slat pattern carries straight across, so each opening looks like one continuous design. Day to day, the gates are simple to live with. A turn of the lever opens each one, the keyed deadbolt locks the side yard when the family is away, and the tight slat spacing keeps bins, storage and the backyard out of view from the street. Because the gates are aluminum with a powder-coated finish, there is no wood to rot, split or warp in the coastal air and no steel to rust. An occasional freshwater rinse to clear salt and dust, plus a periodic check of the hinges and handle hardware, is all the routine care they need.