garden gate

When making a ledge and brace garden gate what is the minimum and maximum angle a brace should be positioned at? From what I've read the angle should be 45 degrees or more. If it's more than 45 degrees what is the max range?

What kind of fixing would you recommend for a ledge and brace tongue and groove gardens gate. Would you use screws or nails? what type of screws or nails would you recommend? For 20mm thick boards and 32mm thick batten what length and diameter fixing would be right. 3 x 50mm nails or 4 x 40mm...

On a tongue and groove ledge and brace garden gate , does it matter which side the orientation of the growth ring on the tongue and groove boards face? Should the heartwood of the boards face the outside of the gate or inside or does it not matter? My understanding is the outside of the board...

Today we've been trying to hang our new garden gate by using the old hinges,trouble is for some reason the bottom part of the gate is leaving a big gap where's the top part is flush to the wall. If we put the hinges back on the old gate it's flush o_O:eek: The new gates not warped, it's flat...

My partners parents were going to chop up and burn a damaged garden gate they were going to install before being given a replacement. Am I right in thinking a bit of exterior wood filler, sand down and paint would fix it? Would the wood filler be ok in all weather's etc? I've got some Toupret...

Hi, I'm quite new to fencing and I'm looking for some advice on the best way to put a garden gate in this location. The raised bed on the right is making things a bit complicated and I want to know what would be the easiest and most durable solution. I'm going to have to secure a post to the...

I have a gate and support that needs replacing. There needs to at least 15-20cm gap from the wall to the hinge as the gate sits in front of a drainpipe. I've thought about attaching a 10cm post to the wall and then another post on to that but unsure whether that would be the best and more...

Hi, I've had this gate for years, but it doesn't have anywhere to add a latch to it. Any ideas on what I could buy or do to make this close? Currently, it swings open onto the pavement. I don't mind adding batons or other helpful devices to to the side walls (as long as they don't look...