Fixing a side gate diagonally

oligopoly

Hi,

Me again! The side of our house is very narrow (2.5 foot) so anoff-the-shelf gate won’t fit. I want to know – can I hang a standard 3 footwide wooden gate to the concrete post in the image below diagonally?

I think it would look ok, but I can’t get my headround the implications of how the hinge and catch would both fit at an anglelike this. I’d want a thin (I’ve only got 3.5cm width to play with each side pastthe gate!) fence post to attach each end to and then fix one to the concretepost one side and the other to the brick wall of my house.

Something like the following:

£60 - 3 foot gate - something likethis
£12.98 - Fixings(hinge, latch etc.)
£16 - Couple of fenceposts

Advice would be greatly appreciated.


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zaax

That's simple - think about how hinges work

oligopoly

Ok simple is good!

Next part of the question: total gap is 97cm. Gate is 90cm (assuming 3 foot is actually 3 foot!). Therefore I have 7cm to play with in total. Do I try 2x 3.5cm-wide posts which might be too thin and flimsy to hold the gate or do I use a chunkier post on the side that's carrying the hinges and have a thin wedge for the latch side (or even fix the latch straight to the brick wall?)

Thanks.

zaax

Your not going to attach it to the fence post? Is the fence yours?

oligopoly

I believe it's preferable to mount to fence post each side and then affix these to the fence post and brick wall ? But I only have 7cm width spare after the width of the gate is taken into consideration. Hence my question of whether the non hinge side (latch) could be suitably drilled straight into the brick wall.

Hope this make sense.

zaax

I suspect your not going to be able to drill the concrete post very easily I would put a diagonal post in beside it using a Bolt down post support, the gate would swing to where the fuchsia is, and attach the latch to the house with a triangular piece of wood.

http://www.jewsontools.co.uk/landscaping/fencing/post-supports/

NB B&Q are very expensive try Jewson or the like

oligopoly

Thanks. Forgive my ignorance:

a) The bolt down support - just rotate it to a diamond shape and volt down to the ground? The only problem is the ground isn't especially level here - it's just roughly tarmac'ed.

b) Can I buy the posts triangular?! or do I need to saw myself?

Thanks again for all your help.

bsms1147

oligopoly wrote: »

b) Can I buy the posts triangular?! or do I need to saw myself?

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oligopoly

So for the bolt down support, would some Anchor Bolts do the trick?

And what should I use to try and level out the base for the bolt down support? Some metal shims?

oligopoly

In case anyone's interested, I went ahead and installed the gate. In the end we decided to use the brick wall of the house to attach a 75mm wooden beam and then fixed the gate to this.


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27col

I am not sure why you found it necessary to post at all. The answer was obvious and you found it out for yourself.