Making A Privacy Fence Gate

Note the post locations and gate locations.

Making a privacy fence gate.

The home mender dustin luby shows us how to build and install a new gate for a privacy fence. The fence can be a simple chain link just to keep the dogs in the yard. Fewer posts will save you some digging but in the long run wind and gravity will make you pay for it in your privacy fencing. Keep out those pesky neighborhood kids.

Apart to make sure your fence doesn t sag. If it is wider you must make and hang two gates which will meet in the middle. A good rule of thumb is to space posts just under 8 ft. Make sure the fence posts can support a gate if you already have a fence.

Some towns might require this plan for an approved building permit. Measure the entry at the top and bottom as they can easily be different. Plan your gate size to use full pickets. A diagonal cross brace was then added.

It can be custom designed to match the style of your fence or as a focal point to the yard s landscape. Gate pickets should be flush with the inside faces of the posts. The more posts you have the stronger your outdoor privacy fence will be. Use graph paper to draw a plan for your fence.

Plan gate post locations. Nice looking gate i d second karel s suggestion regarding the addition of cross supports even with the corner bracing when the wood gets wet it will get heavy and eventually sag i used to build wood fences and we d actually build the gate in place with 3 2x3 s cut slightly smaller about 3 8 than the opening held in place temporarily with. Diagonal cross braces like this should always angle downward to the lower hinge. The size of the gate should not be greater than 4 1 22 m in width.

When you re ready to build the gate you ll want to make a frame out of 2 by 4 boards cut to the appropriate lengths then install slats or pickets to complete the gate. The gate was made by first creating an external frame of 2x4s that were screwed together with exterior screws installed through pre drilled and countersunk holes.