HANGING WOODEN GATES

The final section of fencing and gates to secure the top paddock is underway. We decided to install double wooden gates, here is how we got on.

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[shaun--mgzs]

Nice farm gates, heavy and solid it will last years. Good strong wooden posts, great video you are doing a brilliant job well done, take care👍

[petestevenson]

Hi Tim, nice job on the gates. Just a word of caution about the field latch idea - you'll have it all perfectly lined up and then get a very wet or dry spell and find it not working because of how much the gates will swell and contract....speaking from experience!

[barrieneill]

I recently installed two new 8ft gates on new posts. I think I over engineered the setting out! I had memory sticks for post width as well as location of holes in posts. But my gates were iroko and pretty heavy, so saved a lot of handling. Good job on yours and made me think about different ways to tackle a job.

[pahooper]

I think Maggie was definitely the star if the show in this video 🙂🦮🐾🦴

[Cspr]

14:55 whenever I offer a level up I always have to say what the old boy I used to work for on fencing would always say "a blind man would like to see it". Sadly he is no longer with us, he was a brilliant fencer.

[rncharrison]

You should put the crooks on the face facing in or out of the opening. It looks better and will also allow the gate to fully swing through 180 degrees if the ground level allows. You can also latch it fully open to the fence nice and tidy.

[stevewoodw]

I think you might be right about getting the pins through the uprights on the far side of the post away from the chalet as a good way to fit them. If there aren't going to be too many situations where you'll need the gates open more broadly than the passageway between them, it probably won' t bother you. If it does happen, the hinges will mark the posts where the chamfer is going to help with the wider opening. You'll know where to take some wood off the posts. Really good video - good luck with the next.

[anthonyrivers]

thankyou and been a magic video and been having issues on a smaller scale and you covered the issues and thought was loosing it but feel a little more confident.

[markhep]

Hanging those gates are a lot harder than they look I did some last year .I cheated getting them level by adding a few washers to one of the pins to get them level lol 👍👍

[tomweston]

Round gate posts allow a greater opening angle

[Rufeo]

it looks a little weird but if you drill your hinges diagonally corner to corner through the post it allows them to open completely without having a big gap. i guess you could also just set the posts at a 45 degree angle inwards aswell but them might look even weirder.

[elanman]

If you arrange the bottom pin about an inch nearer the post than the top pin with the bottom hinge correspondingly longer the far end of the gate will rise up when opened and the gate will swing shut on its own.

[MARTINA-gctq]

When using square posts put them in on the diamond then they can swing both directions without binding.

[deanh]

Did you add extra protection to the wood of the gate posts that will be below ground? The concrete will suck water from the subsoil and then it soaks into the wood with risk the post bottoms rotting out.

[barryford]

Hi guys, get yourself a topdon booster pack, much easier when jump starting vehicles.

[Shane_O]

Flat battery? Get yourself a NOCO boost plus battery pack. GB40 You will rarely us jump leads again. Starts my 2.3 litre Diesel Van and anything up to 3 litre (apparently)

[anneleykay]

You may already be doing this but something to retain the open gate leaves might be a good idea so the wind doesn’t slam the gate into your vehicle as passing through. Also the farmer next to me swears that the treatment on the pressure treated wood is not what it once was (creosote) so they rot quicker at the bottom even though the rest of the wood is solid. Just might have to treat them yourself.

[stephengent]

A good trick for getting self closing gates is to set the post back half a bubble. Works great, but not o double gates. Not a fan of concreting in gate posts.

[gavin]

I you router the post to make way for the hinge it will repeat whet you have on the posts outsied the shop building younwere showing us. you can then say it was all part of your original design.

[jibcot]

How much are those gates going to swell up in a really wet winter? I wonder if Tim has left a big enough gap in the middle?