How To Make A Simple Wooden Garden Gate

Coach bolts 5 total cost about 55nzd.

How to make a simple wooden garden gate.

Wood i used approx 8 m of 100 x 40 decking 50mm nails about 60 hinges. I used some of the old parts from. An easy to build garden or paddock gate. This gate cost 50 to make.

Figure out how tall you want your gate to be. Measure the width of your opening and subtract an inch. I am not sure when or where i learned to make gates but they are so very easy. 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.

If you ve got a 3x5 opening in the fence build a 3x4 box out of a weather resistant wood. 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. The frame for a basic wooden fence gate should be a simple box with 4 sides usually somewhat smaller than the gate opening. Makingagate diygate this is a video of me making an affordable garden gate with basic tools.

This gate literally took me a half hour from start to finish once i assembled my materials.