I ve been meaning to rebuild one of my wooden fence gates that is over 12 years old.
Diy sliding wood fence gate.
Prep the frame pieces.
See how i built a 12 foot wooden gate that won t sag.
Build a wooden fence and gate step 1.
As this fence was to be built across a.
Rolling fence gate diy backyard upgrades 6 the building i have been upgrading was open on the back and our dog loved to rest in there.
The first thing to do is decide where you want your fence.
I decided to design my own.
Dig holes plumb.
I had no trouble obtaining most of the hardware from any number of fence and gate companies apart from a suitable latch.
Gate components apart from the gate i needed a track wheels guide rollers and some sort of latch the locking device on a door or window.
At first i thought.
That would hold the gate closed.
The existing gates were only a couple of years old and still worked fine you can see the making of them here but because of an uphill driveway they were aug 16 2013 introduction time to replace the double hinged driveway gates with a single sliding gate.
Position the side boards between the top and bottom boards flush with their ends.
Prop the frame on a few.
Darla is an incredibly sweet basset hound that needs a closed yard to keep her.