Building A Sliding Fence Gate

Make sure that you set your posts that will support your track on 8 centers and used at least 2 sch 40 posts.

Building a sliding fence gate.

My blog has moved. Building a fence gate step 1. A rolling gate uses two wheels installed on the back vertical support of the gate. 6installing the gate and making the end stop.

Roll up your sleeves and dig two 2 foot deep holes for the fence gate filling them with pebbles before inserting pre cut and painted white fence posts. Posted on august 20 2009. These wheels run along track that is. Width of the gate frame.

2the gate plan wheels and the latch design. In this series of posts i will show you how to build a cantilever sliding gate from scratch. This ible will be somewhat generalized due to everyone s varied preferences in size and. Normally a sliding gate should be wide enough so it will overlap the posts by 50mm 2 each side which looks the nicest and fills in the gap on each side to some degree although how much depends on how far the gate sits behind the posts which depends on the guide system used.

Stylish black gate hardware complement the. This fence gate opens into the yard with. My gate threshold is 3 ft and i want to make sure that i closely match the gaps used in the rest. Install your universal track.

4installing the track and measuring the gate height. A simple demonstration of how to build a wooden fence gate using pressure treated lumber and stainless steel hinges. To install a rolling gate.