On Jun 22, 9:48 pm, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:
Matty F wrote:
On Jun 22, 10:33 am, Matty F wrote:
On Jun 22, 4:26 am, Fred wrote:

Hi,

A neighbour has a rusty metal gate that he would like to replace. It
is fifteen feet wide but the few places he has asked only supply
replacements up to 12 feet wide.

How easy is it to make a wooden gate that size? What thickness of
timber would be required? I presume you use one or more thick
diagonals and either leave it open, or if privacy is required, nail
T&G on top?

I have just made a gate 15 feet wide entirely out of 1.75" square
wood.
I wanted two swinging gates but there is no room for them to swing so
it slides with two wheels on a stainless steel rail instead.
It has three rails, four diagonals and 40 pickets and was quite easy
to make, although it took me a long time.

Here's a pic:
http://i42.tinypic.com/2r478dg.jpg

That looks really superb. Great job.

Thanks. I wasn't going to post any more about it but I see that
someone that I thought was a real expert has implied that a thin
wooden gate of that width is basically impossible.
I thought it would be impossible too, but having built it, it works
fine.
I don't think it would keep horses in though.