Lap panel gate

hooly1 · Post: # 5098Post **hooly1** Sat Jul 31, 2004 5:58 pm

I have to do a fence for a friend, and he wants a gate made out of a lap panel, any tips, and is it as easy as it looks, any advice on the best hinges to use. and do you have to reinforce the the back with braced timber.

cheers

84-1093879891 · Post: # 5099Post **84-1093879891** Sat Jul 31, 2004 8:56 pm

T-hinges
Surrey latch
Use full bracing to all edges, with two braces running horizontally, and diagonal brace in between....

alan ditchfield · Sat Jul 31, 2004 10:09 pm

sorry dont want to be arguamentative but the picture shown should be an inverted z. IE the gates braces should run horizontily from the top outer upper edge to the bottom inner edge the gate shown here has all ts weight on the top left hand corner and has no support in this area a general rule of thumb is the weight is allways greatest on the outer top edge of the gate and the weight should be supported from this point to the bottom ie; as tonys sketch but the hinges on the other side....

hooly1 · Post: # 5102Post **hooly1** Sun Aug 01, 2004 11:44 am

So your saying i should place the centre peice the opposite way ? how about i do both and keep you both happy. Cheers for the drawing

hooly1 · Post: # 5187Post **hooly1** Sun Aug 08, 2004 4:51 pm

cheers all hung but it took longer, then the 7 panels to fix, it sticks a little bit and i found it hard to do as i was guessing what to do. any chance of a guide to hang a outside door. for next time if there is a next time.

cheers, any drawing would be great !

84-1093879891 · Mon Aug 09, 2004 11:13 am

I'll add it to my list of 'Possible Pages' but, at the moment, there are other priorities.

hooly1 · Post: # 5278Post **hooly1** Wed Aug 11, 2004 2:29 pm

Cheers that would be good if you did. Possible is better then no chance.

cheers