Installing A Farm Gate Post

Here is how we installed new posts for our gate.

Installing a farm gate post.

They cost more but allow you to adjust the gate. Can you not remember what it looked like before. 6ft high gate with 2 inches clearances and a hole 3ft deep would require a post length of 9ft 2 both the tanalised softwood posts and sawn green oak gate posts are sunk into the ground the same way. We strongly suggest that the bracing between the hinge post and f rst line post for larger and heavier rail or driveway gates should be done as shown above.

You can check this is enough by laying a spirit level on the ground where the gate will open and level the ground if you need to. 2 make sure the gate is mounted high enough on the hinge post to keep the far end of the gate off the ground. A 4 x 4 is not suff cient for a drive gate for example. So this was step one after redoing the fence itself to building a gate for our fence.

Installing t posts to support wire fencing is relatively low cost and they are easy to install. This is the process of installing post for a gate and here is what our gate looks like today. How about i show you. 3 use dry concrete to set the posts.

What do you think. Setting a post for a driveway gate. Use a spade or post hole borer to dig your post holes roughly a spade and a half wide and deep enough to leave a 50mm clearance gap beneath the gate so it can open freely. The hinge post must be of suff cient size to support the weight of the gate.

Posts are the correct length depth of hole plus gate height plus clearances under the gate i e. For details on installing wooden fence posts see how to set fence posts in gravel and concrete. Brace the gate hinge post to the f rst line post. 4 use heavy duty all thread bolts.

To give them that. 5 use strainer wire to balance the gate with the fence running on either side of the gate. For a solid fence line you will need to have wooden fence posts wherever there are corners and for bracing at the corners.