How To Build A Wooden Fence Gate With Metal Posts

Install hinges and attach the gate to the fence.

How to build a wooden fence gate with metal posts.

So if you consider the lifetime of your fence or many wood fences. Hang the gate frame to the post hinges then drill holes through the top and bottom rail of the frame and attach wooden rails with carriage bolts. Some towns might require this plan for an approved building permit. Stand the gate up inside the opening.

Select locations at the top and bottom for two hinges on the gate where interference by. Brace it from the bottom with scrap wood blocks to the desired height. Plan gate post locations. Tamped soil on a base of gravel is enough to secure most posts but consider concrete for soft soils.

Assemble the frame pieces with galvanized steel corner brackets. Spend some extra time and money on durable lumber and a well drained installation or that beautiful aesthetic will rot in a few years. Use a pencil to mark where the hinge should go on the post and then put the gate down. This style of wooden fence picket nests together to create a strong fence with little to zero visibility through the fence.

Put the gate into place supporting it on the bottom with a 2x4 1 5 inch off ground. Wooden fence posts are more vulnerable and fragile than metal. First construct a metal gate frame using thinner steel pipes than you used for the posts to reduce the weight of the gate. Metal posts last way longer sometimes decades than wood because don t rot or warp.

Predrill where the screws will go. Plan your gate size to use full pickets. 1 1 4 deck screws for fence boards and for attaching fence brackets to the rails 3 deck screws f. Gate pickets should be flush with the inside faces of the posts.

Wood posts cost less than metal. Note the post locations and gate locations. When using the fencetrac system to build a wood fence with metal posts we recommend using tongue and groove red cedar fence pickets. The gate was propped into position and clamped in place with a few paint stirrers acting as temporary shims to provide a little stand off on the hinge side.