At first i thought.
Diy sliding wood fence gate.
I have a family me.
Rolling fence gate diy backyard upgrades 6 the building i have been upgrading was open on the back and our dog loved to rest in there.
I decided to design my own.
The first thing to do is decide where you want your fence.
That would hold the gate closed.
I had no trouble obtaining most of the hardware from any number of fence and gate companies apart from a suitable latch.
Prep the frame pieces.
I ve been meaning to rebuild one of my wooden fence gates that is over 12 years old.
Using a miter saw and the cut list above cut the 2 x 4 frame pieces top bottom and sides.
See how i built a 12 foot wooden gate that won t sag.
Gate components apart from the gate i needed a track wheels guide rollers and some sort of latch the locking device on a door or window.
Build a wooden fence and gate step 1.
The existing gates were only a couple of years old and still worked fine you can see the making of them here but because of an uphill driveway they were aug 16 2013 introduction time to replace the double hinged driveway gates with a single sliding gate.
Prop the frame on a few.
Dig holes plumb.
As this fence was to be built across a.