{"id":7162,"date":"2021-04-16T04:42:16","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T04:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7162"},"modified":"2026-11-11T15:33:32","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T15:33:32","slug":"gravity-closing-ladder-access-gate-genuine-british-made-scaffold-product","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/products-services\/gravity-closing-ladder-access-gate-genuine-british-made-scaffold-product\/","title":{"rendered":"Gravity Closing Ladder Access Gate: Genuine British Made Scaffold Product"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The St Helens Plant family welcome back an original St Helens Plant product, the Gravity Closing Ladder Access Gate.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The Gravity Closing Ladder Access Gate is an original St Helens Plant product, designed and manufactured by St Helens Plant &#8211; in conjunction with Cape Hire and Sales, over 22 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>St Helens Plant in association with Cape Hire and Sales produced and redesigned the Gravity Closing Gate to be self closing, so need for springs&nbsp;that can contribute to maintenance issues.<\/p>\n<p>The original design was modified, changing to a bottom Angel Iron enabling the gate to open and close more easily.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7222\" src=\"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Gravity-Closing-Ladder-Access-Gate-St-Helens-Plant-1.jpg\" alt=\"Gravity Closing Ladder Access Gate - St Helens Plant 1\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Gravity Closing Ladder Access Gate<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-7183 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/British-Made-Gravity-Closing-Ladder-Access-Gate.png\" alt=\"British Made Gravity Closing Ladder Access Gate\" width=\"202\" height=\"202\"><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The Gravity Closing Ladder Access Gate is designed and manufactured by St Helens Plant, adopted as mentioned from the&nbsp;simplistic design of the original Ladder Access Gate.<\/p>\n<p>The Gravity Closing Ladder Access Gate is intended for use where access to the scaffold structure is required with a ladder. The gate secures the&nbsp;opening where the ladder is situated, preventing falling from height.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The unique attribute we have designed into the original version, gives the ability for the product to self-close using the force of gravity, closing using its own weight which automatically safely secures the ladder access point.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7182 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/British-Made-Gravity-Closing-Ladder-Access-Gate-1c.png\" alt=\"British Made Gravity Closing Ladder Access Gate 1c\" width=\"202\" height=\"202\"><\/p>\n<p>This is a popular product from a safety standpoint, commonly used within construction sites and offshore sectors. It is a gate predominantly used for tube and fitting gate, but can be&nbsp;used&nbsp;with other system scaffolding and modified further if required.<\/p>\n<p>Manufactured from&nbsp;quality&nbsp;steel and available self-colour, zinc-plated or painted in any RAL\/BS protective paint.<\/p>\n<p>We also produce a deeper gate, complete with mesh and toe board infill.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7226 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/UK-Flag-btn.png\" alt=\"UK Flag btn\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\">Genuine British Made Scaffolding Products<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>St Helens Plant put emphasis on ensuring quality produced British products, using controlled purchase of materials and parts.<\/p>\n[box type=&#8221;success&#8221; align=&#8221;alignleft&#8221; width=&#8221;600px&#8221; ]St Helens Plant can guaranteed safety of supply and quality in all our products and materials, with over 30 years experience as <em><strong>global<\/strong><\/em> manufacturers of <em><strong>genuine British made scaffolding products<\/strong><\/em>.[\/box]\n<p>We are full <a href=\"https:\/\/nasc.org.uk\/\">NASC (National Access and Scaffolding Confederation)<\/a>&nbsp;members, as well as fully accredited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iso.org\/standards.html\">ISO 9001:2015 manufacturers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7198\" src=\"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/banner.jpg\" alt=\"banner\" width=\"1280\" height=\"375\"><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>More Details<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d like details on the&nbsp;Gravity Closing Ladder Access Gate manufactured and supplied by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/\">St Helens Plant<\/a>&nbsp;and are looking for genuine British made scaffolding products.<\/p>\n<p>Check out our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/scaffolding-supplies\">website shop<\/a>&nbsp;for a full range of all our products, or get in touch for more details. Contact us on &#8211;&nbsp;<strong>01744 850 300<\/strong>&nbsp;or email us at &#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@sthp.co.uk\">info@sthp.co.uk<\/a>&nbsp;for a rapid response quote or advice on anything you may need.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4695\" src=\"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/SHP-Logo-2016-Forgeco-1.jpg\" alt=\"SHP-Logo-2016---Forgeco\" width=\"1320\" height=\"385\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The St Helens Plant family welcome back an original St Helens Plant product, the Gravity Closing Ladder Access Gate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10159,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manufacturing","category-products-services"],"modified_by":"St Helens Plant","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7162"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10041,"href":"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7162\/revisions\/10041"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sthelensplant.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}