Making A Timber Garden Gate

Make sure the fence posts can support a gate if you already have a fence.

Making a timber garden gate.

Make a diy arbor style garden gate like numbers 2 3 4 and 9 with this step by step diy garden arbor post from smartgirls diy. Building a garden gate is a fantastic diy project. It is a. If it is wider you must make and hang two gates which will meet in the middle.

Structures gates have to be designed to withstand the elements. Measure the entry at the top and bottom as they can easily be different. 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. As with all outside lumber any of the framing wood.

This job is a whole lot easier than you might imagine form the price of gates at garden centres and diy sheds. The gate i m going to show you how to make is a through wedged morticed and tenon jointed gate with a flat top gate with protruding joggles the pointy bits on the top corners. A gate is the perfect finishing touch to a garden as well as improving safety and privacy. Making a timber gate yourself rather than buying one readymade or hiring a tradie can save you money as long as you know what you re doing.

The key is understanding a few basics about gate building and you can build any design gate you want. 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. Design and hardware are what make a wooden gate operate well for decades. The gate shown is open boarded you can see through it and is 915mm high to the top of the joggles 850mm to the top of the top rail and 750mm wide x 70mm thick.

If you want to re create gates numbers 2 or 5 then you can use these plans for an diy picket garden gate from joy 2 journey. Depending on the size you can prevent someone from seeing or accessing your yard with solid wood panel. A side gate or garden gate is usually placed to protect certain areas and or to keep kids or pets in intruders or animals out or even just for privacy. Generally a side gate or garden gate is about 1800mm 6ft high.