Timeline for What structural elements need for gate in place of fence?
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| May 10, 2017 at 2:19 | answer | added | Machavity | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 9, 2017 at 23:28 | answer | added | stormy | timeline score: 0 | |
| May 3, 2017 at 18:02 | answer | added | Stanwood | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 3, 2017 at 3:32 | comment | added | dre | On the left you can't see but there is a window to the basement wasn't sure if it needed to be clear or not. | |
| May 3, 2017 at 3:31 | comment | added | dre | I don't like the fact it is attached to the at all but was looking for simple. So a 4x4 post in the ground on the right , attach hinges to that then another 2x4 or left to put stop? | |
| May 2, 2017 at 21:24 | comment | added | Robert Nubel | Depends on how that 2x4 on the left is secured to your house's framing, but I'd be worried about the constant torque on my siding (holding up a swinging gate is a lot harder than holding one side of a fence panel). Especially if it stops right at your green arrow; the physics of that would put a lot of force on the lag bolts. A new post on the right would definitely work; or, perhaps you could just hinge the gate to the existing post and figure out a clever way to latch it with the existing left post (maybe a 2x10 screwed flush onto the 2x4?). | |
| May 2, 2017 at 20:47 | history | edited | dre | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 2, 2017 at 20:44 | comment | added | dre | Thanks for tips but this is just the panel. I am going to create a gate from it. I am asking what structural elements are needed. Please see questions above. | |
| May 2, 2017 at 20:17 | comment | added | stormy | Where are the hinges? Gotta have hinges. And whenever one works with wood other than finish or furniture work, NEVER use nails. Always use screws. Take the nails out and reattach using screws. There is a screw called a 'star drive'...it pulls itself INTO the wood. Easy to take out. Wood attachments are affected by heat, cold, drying wood, wet wood swelling...screws are the ONLY thing to use attaching wood to wood out of doors! Where are the hinges? You should have that gate HINGED to the 4X4 or an attached 2X4 to that 4X4. Three hinges, don't skimp. Left side a latch is needed. | |
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| Apr 23, 2017 at 19:23 | history | asked | dre | CC BY-SA 3.0 |