pinksalamander

My mum wants me to make her a new garden gate, our current one is absolutley horrible and is hanging off the post because the bottom hinge is broken.

I'm a bit aprehensive about it as i'm used to making standalone things like cabinets or units... is there anything i should know? What wood should i use? I'm thinking something really dead simple... anything is better than what we have.

Any ideas?

frankp

Match the wood to what's already in the fence. As for complexity, it can be just a square frame (assuming the fence posts are relatively close to vertical) with slats on it to fill the empty space. Make a square, with at least one diagonal and then put the facing boards onto the square. Hinge it and mount it.

pinksalamander

Hmm, yeah i'll try and find something similar to the fence. I was thinking maybe getting slats of wood, like picket fencing or something and attaching is to a frame... thanks for your help.