Building A Double Wooden Gate

See how i built my 12 ft wooden gate so that it doesn t sag.

Building a double wooden gate.

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. Diagonal cross braces like this should always angle downward to the lower hinge. The key is understanding a few basics about gate building and you can build any design gate you want. See how i built a 12 foot wooden gate that won t sag.

I ve been meaning to rebuild one of my wooden fence gates that is over 12 years old. Design and hardware are what make a wooden gate operate well for decades. The frame for a basic wooden fence gate should be a simple box with 4 sides usually somewhat smaller than the gate opening. The gate was made by first creating an external frame of 2x4s that were screwed together with exterior screws installed through pre drilled and countersunk holes.

The latter can prevent someone from seeing or accessing your private space thanks to solid wood panel design and strong hardware. When building a wooden gate there are several factors to consider. Gates can be merely decorative as in an arbor framing a walkway into your yard or more secure giving entrance through a full fence. Gates and how to offset and align the hinges allowing the gates to open over raised groun introduction and how to hinge and align a gate it s a simple enough task to build and fit a standard type garden gate as long as the posts are parallel being of equal distance from each other at all points.

A double gate is not difficult to build and the do it yourself handyman can create a custom double gate in a few days. How to make and fit double lumber any of the framing wood. Nice looking gate i d second karel s suggestion regarding the addition of cross supports even with the corner bracing when the wood gets wet it will get heavy and eventually sag i used to build wood fences and we d actually build the gate in place with 3 2x3 s cut slightly smaller about 3 8 than the opening held in place temporarily with 2 staples staple the pickets to the face and. Here s the place to start.

A diagonal cross brace was then added. And the ground is level and even but. Step 1 measure the distance between the two posts for the double gate using a tape measure. I have a family me.

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. Depending on the size you can prevent someone from seeing or accessing your yard with solid wood panel. This will keep the gate square and prevent sagging.