I made a gate (yesterday(ish)) to keep my kids from going into the side yard next to the garage.
Yes, its longer than the opening (because the post was not in line with the opening and I didn't want it to swing through the other way), yes, the post is not level, yes, I should probably not have used an existing fence post, no, I will not be fixing it. But look at the fit on the diagonal. MINT
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BACK IN MY DAY WHEN WE WANTED KIDS TO STAY OUT OF THE SIDE YARD, WE USED OUR BELTS
Belt sanders to smooth out some of the rough surfaces. sORRY MY CAPS BUTTON IS ACTING UP. Anyway, kids will be kids, so smooth surfaces are an important part of minimizing the risk of splinters.
Do your kids not understand how to work a latch and gate? Are your kids canines?
The latch is too high for them to reach. Bonus points for the dog no longer making mudholes there.
Hey! Whoa! C'mon now! Don't call his kids dogs!
.......maybe his kids are just really really stupid!
Hey I take offense to that!
I mean, BARK BARK WOOF
It uses a mandatory age verification system just like the internet.
Pocket screws are not dull
What about.....POCKET SAND!!!!
Sha-sh-sh-shawww!!!!
Nice heavy hardware! I‘d be tempted to add a wire, with a turnbuckle, going diagonally the other way. No matter how solid my gates start out, they always seen to eventually need some additional support against sagging.
I'm partial to adjusting gates like that myself but I wanted to try just doing a really tight fit with wood. I may go back and add something later. Why do it right the first time when you can do it twice later?
Ah yes, the tried and true "measure once and cut twice" approach.
I mean, I would head straight for that gate. What’s back here?? 😄
A lawn mower, some of my soros bricks, the bins, and the glass from our old shower door.
Gold! This is it boys - we're gonna be rich!
Yard goblins.
Surely a quest item
What a nice shiny gate you made, sparking even more the curiosity of your kids. That gate will be open in no time.
Your diagonal is correct. I can't even count the times I've seen a diagonal the wrong way round. (Upperleft to lower right). It's remarkable if you pay attention. And than they wonder why their door starts hanging after a few weeks.
Yeah, wood doesn't really work in in tension I never got why people do it the other way. It works for cables when you want to pull it back the other way but not woth nails or screws that pull out.
Let me be your new back seat critic... Nice diagonal, it does nothing. To function it would want to be attached rigidly to the other parts but instead its attached to the vertical slats that it's supposed to hold.
But then you added the spring wheel the size of 3" pea gravel. Might as well just screw a 2x4 piece that just drags over the grass.
Finally, hopefully you don't paint it. We all love that 2 year door and fence lifespan. And the following 5 years of slow rot.
LOL looking good man. I should take that on. My side door is practically put together by structural spiderwebs and slime mold.
I don't quite understand if you're attempting to be humorous or not. However, I disagree and most definitely think the diagonal does help the structural integrity so the far top angle doesn't open up.
Well there is one screw from the diagonal to the top. Maybe There's a hidden screw between the diagonal to the bottom piece. Then I would agree.
There is a second pocket hole on the picket side. I wanted to keep it from being twisted.
When the diagonal is mounted snugly like here, the only way for the door to sag, would require the diagonal getting shorter. You are not going to push a solid piece of wood shorter like that. If the diagonal was the other way up, as is often seen, screws would be needed to try to keep it from pulling apart. However, that would not last.