Building a self closing gate for the fenced in Garden
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- Опубликовано: 26 июн 2020
- Ever since we fenced in the garden, I have been needing to building Garden Gates on the entrances. Today I am finally going to get one of the gates built. And I am going to make it a self closing garden gate with the help of a door spring.
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Get some pavers to replace grass that will help from digging under the gate also
I like it
We use those springs in the UK. Tie a wire to the hole in that metal locking shim so if it ever pops out you will find it hanging on the spring.
Great video! Very cool! THANK YOU!
Done is better than perfect
I love your garden I’m getting there
I enjoyed the problem solving! Good video!!
Thanks for not editing mistakes. Makes watching so much more real
I'm so inspired. I appreciate that you show your mistakes as teachable moments and walked us through how you went forward with each issue that came up.
I like how you showed your mistakes and unexpected situations and how you calmly solved them and kept going till done.
Dig out grass area and make.a wooden landing platform area under the door so that no grass inhibits the spring action of the door closing
That gate looks nice. Good job Evan. Your garden really looks like you will have ton’s of vegetables. Better get your canning jar’s washed up. You are looking like your back is on the mends.God bless,take care.
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I always put the spring at the inside. The spring always want to go back to the shortest distance ;-)
I PUT MINE ON THE INSIDE .....good job though.
I loved this video, it was the actual process of building something and all of the things that go wrong and the learning that goes along with it. Love the gate.
Beautiful garden
Good job, I have the same system - you will need a latch though, otherwise it will bang bang bang all night when it's windy.
Build yourself some GOOD saw horses!
Your garden gate looks like a garden gate should look
Love seeing all the little mistakes along the way. Thanks for showing the whole process! Looks good
Love the ease and the look. And I always say... Mother Nature is not perfect but beautiful all the same😍.
So happy you didn’t edit out the parts that show real diy building. I don’t feel so bad about the little - not perfect- things that happen to all of us. Thank you
Looks great earl, maybe a pool catch latch on there.💚💙👍
Put a rubber stall mat under the gate fo keep the floor flat and the grass from growing to prevent it interfering with the gate closure.
Dig the grass out in front of the gate and put a couple of patio blocks
Looks good Evan!
maybe some thin patio blocks under your garden so you don't have to worry about the grass or animals digging under it? Looks great
Some clamps would help put that gate together a bit easier. Gate looks good so does the garden.
Looks great! Garden is beautiful! Weed eat the grass!
yes looks like it belongs.....nice
Your garden is really popping. The plus side is you don't have to weed it. I grew a garden about twice that size, and whew, I had to get out there every week and run a tiller. I'm planning on buying some of this ground cover in the future.
My grandmothers garden gate had a weight and pulley system that closed it. Always loved watching that weight go up and down 😊 Nice work Evan!
Same here with my grandma. I had thought may be he would do the same.
I like it!
Looks great
Nice solution for your garden door.
Thank you for doing this video. I like the humble approach. In an ideał world everything would work perfectly. But for amateur do it yourselfers, this is still worthwhile to view.
Glad your back is on the mend! It is hard to keep a good man down!! 😊
You do good work 👍
Nice garden Evan.
Forgot to add, your garden is beautiful!
Place large flat stones under the garden door swing area, so grass doesn’t affect the swing of the door.
Was just going to say the same, dig the sod back a little and use a few pavers or flat stones.
Good work bud!
Awesome
I love how you keep it real in this video with little hickups and you think up solution to fix it. Thanks for not being mr perfect. 👍 love your videos.
The gate looks great!! I get so happy when I see a new video posted from you. Thank you for sharing ❤️
Now hurry up and get the next video up 😂😂😂
enjoy yr easy going manner
Nice gate.
You should do a garden update. Cause I’m in south East Indiana and my corn is nowhere near that high and I don’t have any beans yet lol extremely envious of your garden setup too
I like the gate. Design, construction, appearance, and function are fine. Ya done good! I suppose some sort of stone at the gate entrance will keep it flush with the ground and not rub on grass. ???
Paving slabs would be great, stop the grass and keep the gap between the ground and the gate as small as possible. Set down level with the membrane to avoid trip hazard.
Get Titebond 2 wood glue over gorilla glue. In college we tested all the wood glues and at that time Titebond 2 was mountains above every glue.
Nice door.
Turned out cute. Perfect for the whole look.
Nice piece of work. 2 hints. 1 set a small board on ground when setting gate, when done take board out now you have clearance at bottom of gate. 2 glue your lap joints for a tighter fit. Never even thought of screwing in your cross brace in like you did much easier than a angle jig. I do like some one else's comment about some kind of latch or you might hear that thing slam all night long in the wind and drive ya nuts. lol
Thanks buddy👍
gate came out perfect for what you need
Great idea thank
Love the way your garden is just blooming. Sorry on the rabbits. They would become part of the meat in the freezer. You remind me of my Dad. No matter what, the man had a plan. Made mostly whatever was needed done himself. Wished we had more time for him to school me. Enjoyed the learning experience. Country at Heart from Shreveport.
I live in Florida, our days are shorter.....with your long summer days your things are growing about twice as fast as our things do...watch for Japanese beetles in your fruit trees...Spectrecide makes traps for them
Nice job
Nice gate, you do great 👍 work.
evan, i am reminded of the song on "hee haw" when it comes to things not working out right for you. "if it weren't for bad luck, i'd have no luck at all; gloom, despair and agony on me". everything will work out, just keep plugging away at it.........g
This is exactly what I need to do tomorrow. Thanks for the video!
I always say if is out an 1/8 or less. We are not building a piano.
I agree, self latching hardware will prevent wind blowing open and shutting.... great garden!!!💕👍
Maybe put a catch on the post for the gate to latch on to, animals can still get in if they're determined enough. Just a suggestion. I don't know what kind of animals you have where you live.
9:09 - The bane of every project I have done - some nasty little surprise. However, fix it like a pro as if you planned it that way! GREAT video! I love the thorough and well presented tutorial. I have built a couple gates in years past. They never looked this nice and they always sagged a bit. I could have used your video a long time ago.
10:05 - Belt sander, baby! I've had to do that before. With the aid of a belt sander, it became perfectly matched and nobody was ever the wiser. Nice looking garden, by the way!
Every person who works on home projects has that moment of "The reason I'm screwing these in by hand is that I can't find my #3 Phillips" loved every second of this!
Easy fix to your gate hitting the grass is to take your shovel and shovel out under the gate about a inch or so and the gate won't hit the grass and you could dig about two inches deep and put down a plastic barrier and then put some gravel on top of the plastic and grass won't grow back.
Evan, I really appreciate the efforts you put into your work. You make building things simple and you show very good camera angles that make everything seem unique. We have been following you along your journey since the purchase and you continue to improve. Thanks for sharing with us.
Great work. I love the spring idea. I will use one of those for my chicken run
Nice
Perfect! 👍
Quick tip. When you cut the half laps with a circ, cut from the edge inwards. Then you have solid timber under the saw all the way.
Good tip, thanks!
Thank you!😊
Good video
I'm in the process of making my garden fence and came across this video for the door. Great idea! love the way your fence/door came out.
I've never seen a spring mounted on the front.. always seen inside. That way the spring can be stretched out while opening. Just my 2 cents 😁 nice design and the garden looks great!
Hmmmm...that makes sense...now I wonder if he place it on the wrong side OR maybe either way works.
The spring is actually being twisted tighter when the door opens. And it wants to untwist to close the door. It can being mounted incorrectly, which would cause it to twist incorrectly.
Hi, Evan! What a beautiful garden!
The gate turned out beautifully I like the garden too!!!! Hugs from Minnesota
I really enjoyed your video. I love the garden door and you were very informative. Thank you for sharing
Wow, that is one great looking garden. So impressed. Rockstars.
Wow. Cool gate. Neato spring.
very nice jpb
You can put mowed grass under the crops my grandma does that.
I guess the more you walk through and open and close the door the grass will go down. Make sure you do not loose that little bit of metal for the spring, looks like you could attach a little bit of wire and secure it.
The garden looks lush, I miss working on my allotment, but as a single person I just produced too much!
Now you have to mount something to keep the door open when crosing with a wheel barrow or what not... good job Evan. In the sixties, when I was a kid and lived in the city, we all have those spings on the old outhouse door in the back yard.
I like the notches you put in the outside frame. Heck I'd probably would have used a screen door spring, all you would have needed to Staples and the spring.
Great job 👏
Would it help to dig the grass out from under the gate and put a couple of landscaping blocks under the gate? The are fairly inexpensive.... Scrap lumber would even work.
Hello Rebecca!
Nice garden. 👍
BOLTS,NUTS AND FENDER WASHERS for the gate hardware!
Simple gate idea and you have a beautiful garden bud!
Cut your grass down low (or maybe you don't even have to) and use a piece of ground cover, the length of the swing of the gate. That should solve that problem.
The gate looks perfect with the rest of the fence. Nice and simple it's always the best design. I like it!👍👍
What I did on my garden gates was to Dig out a bit and put large pieces of slate (countersunk). That way it's easy to mow over. If you go to a stone place, you can get larger solid rectangles or squares.
Great Work!!! Simple, efficient and looks good!!!
Thanks so much for being so easy to understand. Every time you make what you feel is a mistake, I love your demeanor and how you always find a workable solution. What I love is, that you never seem to get upset, you just find a solution and keep moving. I'm not someone that does any type of woodwork, but you are giving me a great way to approach problem-solving. Thanks so much for sharing your videos.
Evan you always impress me at how handy you are becoming at fixing and building things
..GOOD ONE, KEEP SAFE...
I used old trampoline springs linked together and angled across the backside. Works great and it was free