How To Build A Sliding Fence Door

I decided to design my own.

How to build a sliding fence door. It was delivered in queenscliff in victoria. This fence gate opens into the yard with. My father owned a custom fence company for over 30 years. Drill a pilot hole and drive an additional screw through the picket and into the crosspiece.

Aug 16 2013 introduction time to replace the double hinged driveway gates with a single sliding gate. Mark the layout using string and batter boards. The kit cost 1850 and they saved over 3000 by doing it themselves. That would hold the gate closed.

This sliding gate would have been valued at 5000 if a gate company was to build it. When it comes to the order in which you build start with the fence first. Drill two pilot holes through the top and bottom of the picket and into the frame. I have a family me.

The strings help you line up the posts. Keep the strings 6 inches off of your property line. I grew up working with my hands building fence. See how i built a 12 foot wooden gate that won t sag.

Place the batter boards just beyond where your fence corners will be located and run strings between them. Size of sliding gate. Using a drill driver drive 1 inch screws through the pilot holes and into the frame. I ve been meaning to rebuild one of my wooden fence gates that is over 12 years old.

We always set the gate posts and corner posts with concrete so over time the fence doesn t drift and move out of alignment. For both practical reasons and convenience. Repeat to attach the picket at the opposite end of the frame. Referencing a sketched diagram of your fence gate to be cut lumber planks for the door size frame and arches and deckboards with their already smoothed and rounded edges for the gate s wood.

I had no trouble obtaining most of the hardware from any number of fence and gate companies apart from a suitable latch.