Gates are an integral part of fencing a private area. Wood is an inexpensive, pliable material. This is why wooden gates are popular among homeowners. Read and learn the nuances of installing such structures, which will allow you to get the desired result. Let's consider the features, advantages and disadvantages, types, popular materials used, standard sizes, unusual designs, and nuances of installing wooden gates. The information will allow you to ask the right questions when ordering designs.
Installed wooden swing structures Source hbpaynter.co.uk
Main features of wooden gates
More often, homeowners install swing gates. Less commonly, sliding structures are chosen for private areas. At the same time, wooden lifting or lifting and rotating barriers for the passage of wheeled vehicles are not installed due to their complicated design.
On a note! More often, owners of cottages and summer cottages install wooden gates with solid leaves. Also popular are designs in which there are gaps and even free cells. However, their installation is advisable if there is a fence of a similar design.
Thanks to the use of wood in the manufacture of gates, such structures have received a number of advantages:
- Availability, since wooden fences are produced and installed by many specialized companies. Moreover, wood is not a rare material, present in large quantities on the market.
- Low price compared to metal fencing.
- Simple installation with easy prefabrication due to the flexibility of the material. Moreover, the installation of some wooden gates is possible without the use of welding equipment.
Installation of wooden gates can be done without welding Source pinimg.com
- Long service life subject to manufacturing technology, wood processing and regular maintenance.
- High level of maintainability, since replacing boards is much easier than straightening or welding metal parts.
The disadvantages of wooden gates include less strength compared to steel fences. In addition, wood is highly flammable. This disadvantage is reduced by treating the material with special substances - fire retardants. Another disadvantage is the need to coat the wood with antiseptics, which prevent decay processes and destroy beetles.
Types of wooden gates
It is no longer common to install wooden fences with only two wide doors that open passage for vehicles. More often they choose fences that have a wooden gate. Twin structures differ from each other in the way the individual parts are connected. The gate can be built into one of the door leaves or be a separate product.
Gates with a metal frame, wooden filling and a built-in wicket Source kaigorodov.kz
The standard option is a swing product. It has a simpler design compared to other types of gates and a long service life. Swing gates can have not only blind leaves. They are often filled with a picket fence, which is often mounted vertically with gaps. Boards placed diagonally in two directions are also used. In this case, a perlogue results. The boards are also fastened in a checkerboard pattern on both sides of the frame.
The frame of wooden fences is made of bars or steel pipes. In this case, boards and other lumber as filling can be placed in different ways. It depends on the taste of the homeowner, the architectural style of buildings on the territory, including the fence and residential building.
The increase in specialized companies and the introduction of new technologies has made it possible to expand the range of doors with wooden filling. Therefore, the number of homeowners who decide to install sliding structures is increasing. They allow you to save space near the fence. However, these are heavy products with a more complex design than swing models.
Wooden sliding fencing structure Source prom.st
Structures with a sliding sash must be made using rollers, guide rails, and additional brackets. This configuration causes their prices to rise. At the same time, swing wooden gates and wickets open due to the presence of only hinges.
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Installation of sashes
First, metal hinges are screwed onto the doors. There are two of them, the installation location is slightly offset to the middle from the lower and upper frame elements. The sequence of actions is as follows:
- loops are applied at the fastening site;
- marks are made through the mounting holes;
- through holes are drilled through them in the frame;
- the hinges are installed in place with precise alignment of the holes;
- Bolts are inserted into the latter, onto which nuts with a wide washer are screwed on the opposite side.
The second part of the hinges is attached to the support posts. To do this, the doors are installed on bricks near the pillars with their exact location in height. The second parts are applied to the attached loops. Their mounting plate is applied to the racks, to which it is secured with long self-tapping screws. Such installation is possible if the pillars are wooden logs or beams.
If steel profiles are used, the mounting plate is attached to them by electric welding or bolts. In the latter case, you will have to drill through holes in the racks.
All that remains is to install the lugs for the padlock and the pin to secure the doors in the closed position. All these devices are attached to the frame elements with self-tapping screws.
Popular materials used
Gates are manufactured after preliminary selection of high-quality material. Valuable types of wood are rarely used to fill the frames of doors and gates. Pine parts are most often used. However, even they will not allow you to create a simple, lightweight garden gate if the frame is made of metal. Although this option will be highly durable. He will be able to provide the necessary level of security. After all, this is a stronger option than gates made of only one wood.
The use of pine is the best option in terms of cost and quality. Structures made from such wood have an attractive appearance and are resistant to various influences. If your budget is limited, then it is recommended to choose the picket fence option.
Gates and wickets made of picket fence Source zabor-tgn.ru
How to correctly carry out calculations and draw up a project
Portals in a fence for a private house can be built according to a variety of ready-made projects and drawings. Using ready-made projects and drawings, you can choose the design that is most suitable for each specific design.
Important!
They are selected to match the look and design of fences, becoming their functional continuation and addition.
Let’s immediately make a reservation that it is better to entrust calculations for the purchase of materials to a specialist. You can find it in a hardware store or use special construction calculators that are easy to find on the Internet.
Dimensions of wooden gates
The width of standard wooden gates ranges from 3000 to 4000 mm. Although in practice this size is chosen depending on the needs of the homeowner. If construction is taking place on the site, a wider passage is created. After all, then special equipment and trucks with construction materials will be able to enter the territory.
When arranging the passage to the territory, be sure to leave an empty space between the ground and the lower edge of the doors. The size of the gap depends on the characteristics of the territory. Basically it is at least 100 mm. In its absence, the gate is inconvenient to use when there is heavy rain, snowfall or an ice crust forms.
Wooden Gate Design
One of the romantic and elegant options is antique wooden swing gates. However, such structures are rarely created from pine wood. After all, this is a light breed. Moreover, it is difficult to paint, since paints and varnishes apply unevenly. Therefore, only professionals manage to bring the intended result into reality.
Antique wood gates Source avtovorota96.ru
Manufacturing nuances
Before making swing gates for your dacha with a wicket yourself, it is recommended to study the companies’ offers. After all, professionals will always cope better with the task. They use high-quality wood, special tools and fully understand the technology of manufacturing structures.
Moreover, specialists always first develop a detailed diagram. It allows you to qualitatively manufacture and install gates with or without a wicket. Thanks to the diagram, the amount of material and fasteners is accurately determined. It will even allow you to find out how much time it will take for installation, as it will clearly show the complexity of the design.
All dimensions are reflected in the drawing. These are the lengths of the leaves, the inter-support distance, the height of the gate. The diagram also indicates the installation locations of locks, decorative elements and fastening points.
Diagram of a gate with a wicket Source zaborsebe.ru
Often, when a wooden gate for a fence is made with or without a gate, 100*25 mm boards are used for the canvas. The frame is created from 80*60 mm bars. These dimensions are often reduced because the wood is processed during the production process. In this case, technological gaps must be taken into account.
Before starting the installation process, supports are also prepared. If they are wooden, then use logs or thick beams. They are usually buried 1 m into the ground, pre-treated with mastic or resin. Only steel pipes or additionally lined with brick can also be used as vertical supports.
The posts are always installed as securely as possible, because the gate leaves will hang on them. To do this, the supports are concreted into the ground. Depending on the design, galvanized steel caps can be installed on the posts. They protect the supports from moisture.
Gates with wooden posts without additional caps Source dostup-zabor.ru
pros
The design of gates of this type has long been tested by many people, so there is no point in doubting their reliability. This is why installation of gates in a swing style has gained such popularity.
But besides this, there are other advantages that distinguish these gates from other competitors:
- The use of special doors on hinges, which are a simple and uncomplicated fastening system that can solve not one, but several important problems;
- Easy installation of the product;
- Lack of mandatory concreting of the adjacent territory;
- Ease of manufacture;
- Acceptable financial cost;
- High strength characteristics that provide a good level of reliability;
- A huge range of different models;
- Versatility. Such gates can be installed anywhere.
Briefly about the main thing
Swing gates are often made from wood. They are attractive, have a simple design and are affordable. Homeowners also install wooden sliding gates, but they have a more complex design.
To fill the sashes, boards are used, which can be placed with or without gaps. The standard width of two canvases is 3-4 m. They are hung on poles made of wood, metal or brick. The supports are always concreted in the ground. During manufacturing, gates are created with a wooden or metal frame. After covering it, the wooden parts are sanded, if necessary, puttied, primed and varnished.
Required Tools
The list of necessary tools can be simplified, but it will be more convenient to work if you have:
- jigsaw or wood saw;
- plane (if lumber needs to be planed);
- chisel, hammer;
- screwdriver and screws, screwdriver;
- electric drill;
- rasp or coarse sandpaper to remove burrs (wood chips);
- garden auger, cement, sand, shovel, tamper;
- impregnation, roller;
- sash canopies, bolts;
- tape measure, plumb line or building level.
