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Building a double wooden fence gate.
Check the width at the top middle and bottom.
Diagonal cross braces like this should always angle downward to the lower hinge.
A simple demonstration of how to build a wooden fence gate using pressure treated lumber and stainless steel hinges.
Measure planks from the top to the bottom of the frame and cut them accordingly.
Narrower both gates together than the opening or a single gate about 3 4 in.
Smaller to allow for opening clearances.
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.
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.
See how i built a 12 foot wooden gate that won t sag.
When you build your wooden gate s be sure you make your double gates about 1 in.
A diagonal cross brace was then added.
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.
Measure the distance between the two posts for the double gate using a tape measure.
I ve been meaning to rebuild one of my wooden fence gates that is over 12 years old.
This fence gate opens into the yard with.
Leave at least inch between the planks for weather allowances.
Use the smallest of the three dimensions.
Cut and install the planks.
Subtract 3 inches from the width of the gate post and divided that by two for the width of each gate.