Thread: Built a new gate

make sure you get a engineering cert./passed by council
nice gate i hope you sat down afterwards and cracked a beer

Originally Posted by dullbird

did you check whether it affected your insurance

Mate....

This is Australia not the UK

Originally Posted by tombraider

Mate....

This is Australia not the UK

dam right to bloody cold to build gates in the uk besides it would rot out with in a week with the rain

Um, shouldn't it have a diagonal brace to prevent it from sagging?

Originally Posted by BigJon

Um, shouldn't it have a diagonal brace to prevent it from sagging?

Yes it should and high tensile bolts for the hinges and a deadlock for the insurance company, happy guys?



Looks good to me.

Originally Posted by dobbo

Yes it should and high tensile bolts for the hinges and a deadlock for the insurance company, happy guys?



Looks good to me.

I don't think you need to go overboard . Just a tip to prevent sagging...

Nice gate.

Did you use duragal for the frame or are you planning on painting it rust brown?

I recomend no name mission brown paint to protect the latice work and I agree it should have had a brace going from the top on the latch side to the bottom on the hinge side.

Also a pincam latch would be sufficient for that size gate and I dont see the need for HT bolts as it does qualify as carpentry.

By the way I am taking the p!ss a bit so no need to pull it apart and proove me wrong, unless it'll be good for a laugh.

dont let it slam shut

That's cold Ray, cold...