Garden Gate Post
DavidM wrote:
I want fit a wooden garden side gate (1.9m x 0.9m). The hinge side
will be fixed to a wooden plate which will be screwed to the brick
wall of the house. The post on the latch side of the gate needs to be
fixed to a concrete fence post - the type where the fence panels slot
into either side. However the fence, and therefore the face of the
concrete post is at about a 30 degree angle to wall, so either the
post will need to be planned/sawn with one face at an angle, or a
square post plus some angled "spacers".
What's the best way to fix the gate post to the concrete post - can
these posts be drilled to take wall plugs (or frame fixings)?
Yes, but be careful of any steel reinforcing that's in them.
Any advice appreciated.
Keep the posts 20mm up off the driveway - this will stop water being soaked
up through the end grain therefore reducing the likelyhood of rot.
(and no, I don't want to dig up the driveway to put the fence post
into the ground!).
Spoilsport - the making good to this is half the fun of the job. ;-)
Woodworm
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