You can also make the hinge posts twice as tall, and run a guide wire to the end of the gate.. it will also let it swing without sagging.
At 03:07 AM 5/23/2009, you wrote: >First, use the biggest, beefiest hinge hardware you can find. Second, build >the gate doors with ample bracing. For large doors, skip the "Z" shaped >bracing in favor of a "double Z" for each door. In other words, each door >should utilize three 2-by-4 cross braces perpendicular to the fencing and >two diagonal braces connecting them, with the fence boards driven into each >brace they cross. Correctly constructing your support posts is also >critical. You'll get more stability from 6-by-6 posts rather than 4-by-4's. >Each post should be anchored with a concrete footing and be buried in the >ground a third of its height. Plus, at the base of the two posts, install a >horizontal post flush between the two, or use a poured bridge of concrete, >to prevent the posts from pulling towards each other at the bottom, due to >the weight of the gate doors. > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > Tim trouble Verizon FIOS support tech "Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance." --Sam Brown Blindeudora list owner. To subscribe or info: http://www.freelists.org/webpage/blindeudora
