How To Build A Wooden Fence Gate With Metal Posts

Wood posts cost less than metal.

How to build a wooden fence gate with metal posts.

The gate was propped into position and clamped in place with a few paint stirrers acting as temporary shims to provide a little stand off on the hinge side. Assemble the frame pieces with galvanized steel corner brackets. Note the post locations and gate locations. The downside to building a fence with wood posts is that you ll likely need to replace the fence in 7 10 years.

Stand the gate up inside the opening. Install hinges and attach the gate to the fence. 1 1 4 deck screws for fence boards and for attaching fence brackets to the rails 3 deck screws f. Metal posts last way longer sometimes decades than wood because don t rot or warp.

Hang the gate frame to the post hinges then drill holes through the top and bottom rail of the frame and attach wooden rails with carriage bolts. Some additional boards were added to the gate and fence posts as needed to hold the hinges i was using. First construct a metal gate frame using thinner steel pipes than you used for the posts to reduce the weight of the gate. Tamped soil on a base of gravel is enough to secure most posts but consider concrete for soft soils.

Put the gate into place supporting it on the bottom with a 2x4 1 5 inch off ground. Select locations at the top and bottom for two hinges on the gate where interference by. Brace it from the bottom with scrap wood blocks to the desired height. Gate pickets should be flush with the inside faces of the posts.

Use a pencil to mark where the hinge should go on the post and then put the gate down. So if you consider the lifetime of your fence or many wood fences. Predrill where the screws will go. Plan gate post locations.

Some towns might require this plan for an approved building permit. When using the fencetrac system to build a wood fence with metal posts we recommend using tongue and groove red cedar fence pickets. Plan your gate size to use full pickets. This style of wooden fence picket nests together to create a strong fence with little to zero visibility through the fence.