Building A Wooden Fence Gate

The frame for a basic wooden fence gate should be a simple box with 4 sides usually somewhat smaller than the gate opening.

Building a wooden fence gate.

See how i built a 12 foot wooden gate that won t sag. The box should be about an inch less wide than the rough opening to account for hinges and the thickness of gate as it swings. My name is sam and i m a community manager here at instructables. Design and hardware are what make a wooden gate operate well for decades.

Keep out those pesky neighborhood kids. 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. Plan your gate size to use full pickets. The key is understanding a few basics about gate building and you can build any design gate you want.

I got an old sewing machine when i was just a kid and i ve been hooked on making stuff ever since. Use graph paper to draw a plan for your fence. Gate pickets should be flush with the inside faces of the posts. The home mender dustin luby shows us how to build and install a new gate for a privacy fence.

Build a wooden fence and gate. Some towns might require this plan for an approved building permit. Attach the gate to the fence posts. It should be attached so that the bottom is about an inch off the ground to avoid attracting moisture.

Screw one side of the hinges to the fence post and align the gate between the adjoining gate posts and screw in the other side of the hinges to the gate. Note the post locations and gate locations. Plan gate post locations. These instructions can be adapted for construction of custom hidden panel lattice or driveway gates.

I ve been meaning to rebuild one of my wooden fence gates that is over 12 years old.