Measure the width of your opening and subtract an inch.
How to make a simple wooden garden gate.
This gate literally took me a half hour from start to finish once i assembled my materials.
Figure out how tall you want your gate to be.
If you want to re create gates numbers 2 or 5 then you can use these plans for an diy picket garden gate from joy 2 journey.
This gate cost 50 to make.
The frame for a basic wooden fence gate should be a simple box with 4 sides usually somewhat smaller than the gate opening.
Coach bolts 5 total cost about 55nzd.
I used some of the old parts from.
Makingagate diygate this is a video of me making an affordable garden gate with basic tools.
The gate i m going to show you how to make is a through wedged morticed and tenon jointed gate with a flat top gate with protruding joggles the pointy bits on the top corners.
I am not sure when or where i learned to make gates but they are so very easy.
The gate shown is open boarded you can see through it and is 915mm high to the top of the joggles 850mm to the top of the top rail and 750mm wide x 70mm thick.
An easy to build garden or paddock gate.
If you ve got a 3x5 opening in the fence build a 3x4 box out of a weather resistant wood.