How To Build A Wood Fence Gate With Metal Posts
The downside to building a fence with wood posts is that you ll likely need to replace the fence in 7 10 years.
How to build a wood fence gate with metal posts. Metal posts last way longer sometimes decades than wood because don t rot or warp. First construct a metal gate frame using thinner steel pipes than you used for the posts to reduce the weight of the gate. Alternatively you could drill a horizontal hole through the metal post and install the bolt type hinge pin to be mated with the type of bolt on hinge strap in the second following picture. Wood posts cost less than metal.
Assemble the frame pieces with galvanized steel corner brackets. Then use a lag bolt hinge pin screwed into the gate framing. So if you consider the lifetime of your fence or many wood fences. Hang the gate frame to the post hinges then drill holes through the top and bottom rail of the frame and attach wooden rails with carriage bolts.