Installing A Farm Gate Post

Can you not remember what it looked like before.

Installing a farm gate post.

The hinge post must be of suff cient size to support the weight of the gate. To give them that. Here is how we installed new posts for our gate. The fastest and most foolproof way to install fence posts for fence posts that are firmly set and straight all you need is a good technique a helpful friend and the right products.

We strongly suggest that the bracing between the hinge post and f rst line post for larger and heavier rail or driveway gates should be done as shown above. What do you think. You can check this is enough by laying a spirit level on the ground where the gate will open and level the ground if you need to. 4 use heavy duty all thread bolts.

They cost more but allow you to adjust the gate. 3 use dry concrete to set the posts. So this was step one after redoing the fence itself to building a gate for our fence. In this video i show you how i install a farm gate others might do if differently but this way works for me thanks for watching.

5 use strainer wire to balance the gate with the fence running on either side of the gate. Installing t posts to support wire fencing is relatively low cost and they are easy to install. Brace the gate hinge post to the f rst line post. 2 make sure the gate is mounted high enough on the hinge post to keep the far end of the gate off the ground.

6ft high gate with 2 inches clearances and a hole 3ft deep would require a post length of 9ft 2 both the tanalised softwood posts and sawn green oak gate posts are sunk into the ground the same way. Setting a post for a driveway gate. Posts are the correct length depth of hole plus gate height plus clearances under the gate i e. Use a spade or post hole borer to dig your post holes roughly a spade and a half wide and deep enough to leave a 50mm clearance gap beneath the gate so it can open freely.

How about i show you. This is the process of installing post for a gate and here is what our gate looks like today. The gateposts that support a driveway gate must be sturdy enough to support the weight of the gate no matter what material is in the gate.