Hi All,
Hope I have posted in the right area? Well the time has come for me to make some gates for the end of my carport and side path. I've always wanted steel frame gates painted black with Merbau timber slats running horizontally. The gates need to be aprox 1800mm high and the pair of gates in the carport will about 1300mm wide each. The problem I have is the Merbau is going to cost a fortune.
Just the other day I was given this mass pile of Modwood (a great product) which I thought will be a great alternative. (See pic)
I was going to rip the wide boards in half to match the narrow ones. This stuff is 32mm thick! Wow! And it's heavy!!! I thought about making the gates from 30x30x2.5 SHS. Do you think this will be sufficient?
i guess the big issue in the back of my mind the whole time is the weight of these gates. I would use 4 x weld on hinges on each gate but I am worried if the brick work can hold such weight. I was thinking about using a heavy duty steel posts on each side which will then be bolted to the brick work at several locations down each side of each post. (To try to spread the load across more than one brick). Then do I use dyna bolts or Excalibur bolts?
This really has me concerned. I would appreciate any advise please.
Thank you,
Derek
Hope I have posted in the right area? Well the time has come for me to make some gates for the end of my carport and side path. I've always wanted steel frame gates painted black with Merbau timber slats running horizontally. The gates need to be aprox 1800mm high and the pair of gates in the carport will about 1300mm wide each. The problem I have is the Merbau is going to cost a fortune.
Just the other day I was given this mass pile of Modwood (a great product) which I thought will be a great alternative. (See pic)
I was going to rip the wide boards in half to match the narrow ones. This stuff is 32mm thick! Wow! And it's heavy!!! I thought about making the gates from 30x30x2.5 SHS. Do you think this will be sufficient?
i guess the big issue in the back of my mind the whole time is the weight of these gates. I would use 4 x weld on hinges on each gate but I am worried if the brick work can hold such weight. I was thinking about using a heavy duty steel posts on each side which will then be bolted to the brick work at several locations down each side of each post. (To try to spread the load across more than one brick). Then do I use dyna bolts or Excalibur bolts?
This really has me concerned. I would appreciate any advise please.
Thank you,
Derek
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