How To Build A Double Door Fence Gate

The fence can be a simple chain link just to keep the dogs in the yard.

How to build a double door fence gate.

When you build your wooden gate s be sure you make your double gates about 1 in. It can be custom designed to match the style of your fence or as a focal point to the yard s landscape. The box should be about an inch less wide than the rough opening to account for hinges and the thickness of gate as it swings. If you ve got a 3x5 opening in the fence build a 3x4 box out of a weather resistant wood.

A simple demonstration of how to build a wooden fence gate using pressure treated lumber and stainless steel hinges. But in reality it s unlikely your gate will be the same dimensions. This fence gate opens into the yard with. Referencing a sketched diagram of your fence gate to be cut lumber planks for the door size frame and arches and deckboards with their already smoothed and rounded edges for the gate s wood.

A double gate is not difficult to build and the do it yourself handyman can create a custom double gate in a few days. Narrower both gates together than the opening or a single gate about 3 4 in. I have a family me. The frame for a basic wooden fence gate should be a simple box with 4 sides usually somewhat smaller than the gate opening.