Design and hardware are what make a wooden gate operate well for decades.
How to build a simple wooden garden gate.
A simple side or garden gate.
Figure out how tall you want your gate to be.
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.
A garden gate in 5 easy steps.
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.
Feet and inch measurements.
The frame for a basic wooden fence gate should be a simple box with 4 sides usually somewhat smaller than the gate opening.
Depending on the size you can prevent someone from seeing or accessing your yard with solid wood panel.
This gate literally took me a half hour from start to finish once i assembled my materials.
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.
The metric measurements are given first followed by the standard measurements in brackets.
If you ve got a 3x5 opening in the fence build a 3x4 box out of a weather resistant wood.
The key is understanding a few basics about gate building and you can build any design gate you want.
This tutorial is given in both metric millimeter measurements.
Mm abbreviation for millimeter which is a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter.
I am not sure when or where i learned to make gates but they are so very easy.
25 4 mm equals one inch and imperial standard.
How to make a garden gate.