New Gates

[MountainDon]

Making changes around home. I've placed more concrete driveway down the side of the house. We're doing away with the old wooden gates of 2x4 and 1x6 cedar fence boards and replacing them with a new set of steel gates. We also moved them forward some for increased space behind the gates.

Frames for the gates are welded steel; 1x2, 1x1 and .75x.75  .060" wall mild steel tubing.  I used steel roofing panels the same color as the roof; 60" tall. The 4x4 x.125 wall steel posts are about 5 feet in the ground, 5 feet above ground, in concrete. Primed and then painted to match the panels.





I made a sliding bar to secure the small gate top to the big gate. Next will be a cane bolt to hold the bottom of the big gate in place. That'll be in a week+ as I'm letting the still green concrete cure some more before drilling and inserting anchors.

The hinges on the gate posts are offset to allow more complete opening, especially on the big gate. And they are adjustable to assist in making the gates line up.

Still have some more concrete work to do. The mixer and I are both getting a workout. 

[MountainDon]

finished detail on left side

[firefox]

That is really nice Don! Are the frames from a local welding shop? Expensive?
Bruce

[MountainDon]

Thank you, Bruce.  I welded the frames and post brackets myself.   


Bought the steel from a local steel supplier; 20 foot lengths. They also had the post caps.

Expensive?  The steel came to $150 with some steel leftover for something else. Then time spent planning, cutting, welding and the cost of a new welding helmet. Roof panel materials was about $70 including a bag of 100 same color self drilling screws.

Hinges are threaded gate post things from the local True Value hardware; $6 each for 4. The fitment on the gate frame is home brewed; angle stock, plate, drilled to fit and welded to the gates.

The area between the concrete drive and the house wall will be paved as well sometime as soon as I'm done with the rest of the driveway. .

[firefox]

Thanks for the break down Don. I sortof suspected that you
would do the welding. I am about to make two gates for my fence. One will be
a single 4' wide one and the other will be two to fit accross 80".
So thanks again for the ideas!
Bruce

[new land owner]

Nice job with the gate.