Making A Privacy Fence Gate

Plan your gate size to use full pickets.

Making a privacy fence gate.

Diagonal cross braces like this should always angle downward to the lower hinge. 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. Gate pickets should be flush with the inside faces of the posts.

A diagonal cross brace was then added. A double gate is not difficult to build and the do it yourself handyman can create a custom double gate in a few days. 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. Keep out those pesky neighborhood kids.

For more tips from our landscaping co author including detailed instructions for attaching the gate to the posts keep scrolling. It can be custom designed to match the style of your fence or as a focal point to the yard s landscape. Make sure the fence posts can support a gate if you already have a fence. The more posts you have the stronger your outdoor privacy fence will be.

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. This will keep the gate square and prevent sagging. Use graph paper to draw a plan for your fence. 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.

Apart to make sure your fence doesn t sag. A good rule of thumb is to space posts just under 8 ft. Plan gate post locations. Some towns might require this plan for an approved building permit.

If it is wider you must make and hang two gates which will meet in the middle. Measure the entry at the top and bottom as they can easily be different.