How To Install Chain Link Double Gate Latch

Use a clamshell post hole digger to dig fence post holes.

How to install chain link double gate latch.

Walk gate single gate double swing gate cantilever gate and roll gate. There s nothing special about a gate latch for a double gate. Use a string to make a level line between the fenceposts at the height of the bottom of the chain link dual swing gate. The post holes should be wider at the bottom.

Follow the vendor s. Make the holes 8 inches in diameter and up to 24 inches deep. Almost any gate latch can work for a double gate. Mix cement or concrete and pour round the post.

Good project for a friday afternoon. 813 988 2628 fax. Lay the two gates on the ground and attach the latch hardware to both gates while making sure that the top edges of both gates line up with one another. Attach the gate latch hardware to the gates.

The latch will be installed on the active gate and the strike plate or catch will be installed on the fixed gate. Dog proof chain link fence double gate latch step 1. Attach commercial gate latch using wooden spacers cut to size. 866 988 3465 email.

The chain link fencing materials are durable and cost low and no maintenance. Thread a second tension bar into the mesh close enough to the other side rail to hold the mesh taut once it is attached to the tension bands. Wire tie bottoms of gates. If you find that your chain link gate w.

Add gravel and ensure that each post extends above the ground the height of the mesh. Since our dogs had managed to break through the bottoms of the chain link fences i. Converting a 42 chain link gate to a 10 wide chain link drive thru gate. Unhook the strand of mesh near the outside of the second tension bar and pull it out to remove the excess mesh.

In this video we explain how to use and adjust a standard fork latch for a chain link driveway gates or double gate. It just depends on what you want your gate to do.