On Sat, 11 Jul 2015 19:24:14 -0500, Terry Coombs wrote:

Walter E. wrote:
I could use a 4x4 on the wall side, too. I tried to avoid it because
I would need a 6" lag screw. Lot of screwing! The gate is only 3 feet
wide and 5 feet tall, open pickets. Thank you.

Walter , from a BTDT perspective , have someone build a frame for your
gate out of 1" x 3" 16 gauge square tube steel . Having built a gate or
two
, I can guarantee that if you frame the gate with wood , it will sag .
Make
sure your steel guy puts an angled piece from corner to corner . I 100%
guarantee that the steel framed gate will not sag - and the wood one
will .


Your post reminded me of the screen doors in the old farm house
my parents had. The doors had a support running from hinged top side
to the latch bottom side. It was a couple small rods with a turnbuckle
in the middle. Not quite like this: http://tinyurl.com/omqsbtl
Much more like this: http://tinyurl.com/pwhja7j
Bing images.
The wooden farm gates seemed to all bow or sag. My dad finally
got tired of that so built some steel ones out of some old pipe he
had.


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