I ve been meaning to rebuild one of my wooden fence gates that is over 12 years old.
Building a fence gate door.
You may want a purely decorative gate perhaps to act as an arbor framing your walkway or a more secure gate that provides access to the yard through a fence.
Measure the entry at the top and bottom as they can easily be different.
See how i built a 12 foot wooden gate that won t sag.
I love your thoughts in the design process.
If it is wider you must make and hang two gates which will meet in the middle.
Why not make the gate frame another 1 4 inch smaller than the opening.
When you decide to build a wooden gate you ll need to keep a few things in mind the first is what your intended purpose is.
I have a family me.
We always set the gate posts and corner posts with concrete so over time the fence doesn t drift and move out of alignment.
Depending on the size you can prevent someone from seeing or accessing your yard with solid wood panel.
I only have a few thoughts.
I grew up working with my hands building fence.
Referencing a sketched diagram of your fence gate to be cut lumber planks for the door size frame and arches and deckboards with their already smoothed and rounded edges for the gate s wood.
The size of the gate should not be greater than 4 1 22 m in width.
Make sure the fence posts can support a gate if you already have a fence.
Build the gate to be square based on the.
When it comes to the order in which you build start with the fence first.