A garden gate in 5 easy steps.
How to build a simple wooden garden gate.
This gate literally took me a half hour from start to finish once i assembled my materials.
The key is understanding a few basics about gate building and you can build any design gate you want.
This tutorial is given in both metric millimeter measurements.
You may want a purely decorative gate perhaps to act as an arbor framing your walkway or a more secure gate that provides access to the yard through a fence.
How to make a garden gate.
A simple side or garden gate.
When you decide to build a wooden gate you ll need to keep a few things in mind the first is what your intended purpose is.
Measure the width of your opening and subtract an inch.
These instructions can be adapted for construction of custom hidden panel lattice or driveway gates.
The frame for a basic wooden fence gate should be a simple box with 4 sides usually somewhat smaller than the gate opening.
Make a diy arbor style garden gate like numbers 2 3 4 and 9 with this step by step diy garden arbor post from smartgirls diy.
The metric measurements are given first followed by the standard measurements in brackets.
25 4 mm equals one inch and imperial standard.
Feet and inch measurements.
Mm abbreviation for millimeter which is a metric unit of length equal to one thousandth of a meter.
Design and hardware are what make a wooden gate operate well for decades.
Figure out how tall you want your gate to be.
I am not sure when or where i learned to make gates but they are so very easy.