Installing A Farm Gate Post

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.

Installing a farm gate post.

Can you not remember what it looked like before. Setting a post for a driveway gate. 5 use strainer wire to balance the gate with the fence running on either side of the 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.

Posts are the correct length depth of hole plus gate height plus clearances under the gate i e. 4 use heavy duty all thread bolts. Brace the gate hinge post to the f rst line post. 2 make sure the gate is mounted high enough on the hinge post to keep the far end of the gate off the ground.

The gateposts that support a driveway gate must be sturdy enough to support the weight of the gate no matter what material is in the gate. This is the process of installing post for a gate and here is what our gate looks like today. They cost more but allow you to adjust the gate. 3 use dry concrete to set the posts.

What do you think. So this was step one after redoing the fence itself to building a gate for our fence. The hinge post must be of suff cient size to support the weight of the gate. How about i show you.

Here is how we installed new posts for our gate. 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. For a solid fence line you will need to have wooden fence posts wherever there are corners and for bracing at the corners. In this video i show you how i install a farm gate others might do if differently but this way works for me thanks for watching.

The fastest and most foolproof way to install fence posts for fence posts that are firmly set and straight all you need is a good technique a helpful friend and the right products. 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. A 4 x 4 is not suff cient for a drive gate for example.