Building a self closing gate for the fenced in Garden

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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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@CentralNH 4 года назад

Get some pavers to replace grass that will help from digging under the gate also

@davidfeatch1436 4 года назад

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.

@ruralcore541 3 года назад

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.

@jonkwin9620 4 года назад

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.

@PlanetMojo 4 года назад

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!

@carolsuesamuelson7935 4 года назад

Same here with my grandma. I had thought may be he would do the same.

@davidgambler1591 4 года назад

Place large flat stones under the garden door swing area, so grass doesn’t affect the swing of the door.

@anthonymiller8979 4 года назад

Was just going to say the same, dig the sod back a little and use a few pavers or flat stones.

@carlahelin5203 2 года назад

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.

@brendanballard2216 3 года назад

Love seeing all the little mistakes along the way. Thanks for showing the whole process! Looks good

@dns938 4 года назад

Dig the grass out in front of the gate and put a couple of patio blocks

@lenpellerin 4 года назад

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.

@innerjon 11 месяцев назад

I like how you showed your mistakes and unexpected situations and how you calmly solved them and kept going till done.

@jansmith8021 4 года назад

Glad your back is on the mend! It is hard to keep a good man down!! 😊

@Me-ov9nw 4 года назад

I agree, self latching hardware will prevent wind blowing open and shutting.... great garden!!!💕👍

@Pinziee 4 года назад

I always put the spring at the inside. The spring always want to go back to the shortest distance ;-)

@wendyjuk4035 4 года назад

I PUT MINE ON THE INSIDE .....good job though.

@fallingzeppelin69 4 года назад

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

@andyteohockguan2235 4 года назад

Awesome

@sharonanspach2734 4 года назад

gate came out perfect for what you need

@richarddazeley9514 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for not editing mistakes. Makes watching so much more real

@wileycoyotesr8623 4 года назад

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. ???

@valeriepritchard677 4 года назад

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.

@MrBigblueford 4 года назад

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

@Bex-rg8pj 4 года назад

Looks great!

@Infinity..... 4 года назад

Perfect! 👍

@silkedavid8876 4 года назад

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!

@davep5972 4 года назад

Great job Evan the gate looks great!

@sandy-001 4 года назад

That looks awesome!

@anitamoolman168 4 года назад

Your garden gate looks like a garden gate should look

@geo52041 4 года назад

Evan you always impress me at how handy you are becoming at fixing and building things

@JimVincitore Год назад

Great video! Very cool! THANK YOU!

@jerreyhiatte7644 4 года назад

love all the things you do on the farm

@MakkIsLooking 4 года назад

Wow. Cool gate. Neato spring.

@yasminghani2073 3 года назад

Beautiful garden

@stevenbushnick7745 4 года назад

Nice solution for your garden door.

@mimicolvin3200 4 года назад

Nice gate, you do great 👍 work.

@FromTheHeart-777 2 года назад

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.

@noocemiller6005 4 года назад

The gate and the whole garden look really great! You do such a good job on your projects!

@AD-zy5gr 4 года назад

Great job 👏

@lorenmeyer5290 4 года назад

Great video Evan! Love love the garden! Always happy to see your videos! You make my day better! THANKS!

@jwiheath1928 2 месяца назад

I love your garden I’m getting there

@suzygarden3329 4 года назад

Great idea thank

@marytucker9404 4 года назад

The gate looks perfect with the rest of the fence. Nice and simple it's always the best design. I like it!👍👍

@clivejackson5265 Год назад

Thanks buddy👍

@Ashleighmermaid 2 года назад

Looks great

@HeritageFarmsTexas 4 года назад

Wow, that is one great looking garden. So impressed. Rockstars.

@petedavis8701 4 года назад

Nice job, well done

@salmonhunter7414 4 года назад

I always say if is out an 1/8 or less. We are not building a piano.

@bobjoncas2814 4 года назад

..GOOD ONE, KEEP SAFE...

@evanmcguire9220 2 года назад

Awesome gate! Great work.

@Tomhohenadel 4 года назад

Looks good Evan. Your garden looks fabulous, everything is growing well.

@MichaelJosephJr934 3 года назад

I like it!

@dennishayes65 4 года назад

Nice job on constructing the garden door Evan !

@tommiejones1072 4 года назад

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

@GAGEICUS 4 года назад

Good job, and your garden is coming along wonderfully.

@EC4400 4 года назад

Nice gate, Evan. Your garden looks like it is doing great. Hope your all better.

@robineggbluebu4371 4 года назад

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.

@WillyLuedtke 2 года назад

This is exactly what I need to do tomorrow. Thanks for the video!

@Ciaramellano.MikeBruno 2 года назад

Great Work!!! Simple, efficient and looks good!!!

@user-jv9qz2bu1r 2 года назад

enjoy yr easy going manner

@joannak4640 4 года назад

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 😂😂😂

@deecooper1567 4 года назад

Love the ease and the look. And I always say... Mother Nature is not perfect but beautiful all the same😍.

@patriciabeyer7824 4 года назад

Nice garden. 👍

@cobrakai399 4 года назад

Looks good Evan!

@stephanieconry148 2 года назад

I enjoyed the problem solving! Good video!!

@csnanny1882 4 года назад

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.

@es5605 3 года назад

Thank you!😊

@margaretpervier8357 4 года назад

The gate looks great 👍🏻

@lindasmith6654 4 года назад

Looks great, as does your garden.

@pa.fishpreacher6166 4 года назад

Nice job

@stevenbradford6824 4 года назад

I like it

@dans4270 2 года назад

You do good work 👍

@markwoslum6754 4 года назад

Garden is looking great. Been following your channel for quite awhile now and your progress on the homestead is amazing. Little by little you have built yourself a HOME...........

@anastasiaserwaczek204 2 года назад

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.

@happytexas6202 Год назад

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.

@stedder8436 4 года назад

Good work bud!

@jjrockjon8610 2 года назад

Turned out cute. Perfect for the whole look.

@olddawgdreaming5715 4 года назад

Great job Evan, I was thinking of a latch also to prevent smart animals from being able to open the gate slightly and getting on in the garden. The gate will prevent most though. Looks great, thanks for sharing with us, Fred.

@pampilgrim2274 7 месяцев назад

Hi, Evan! What a beautiful garden!

@edwinleach7401 4 года назад

Nice gate.

@tammiedyer3225 4 года назад

I used old trampoline springs linked together and angled across the backside. Works great and it was free

@partyof6please 2 года назад

I really enjoyed your video. I love the garden door and you were very informative. Thank you for sharing

@deannaoverstreet4146 4 года назад

Looks great! Garden is beautiful! Weed eat the grass!

@kathyguenther5866 4 года назад

The gate turned out beautifully I like the garden too!!!! Hugs from Minnesota

@peggysizemore4207 3 года назад

yes looks like it belongs.....nice

@deakzoltan5546 4 года назад

Nice garden Evan.

@kornmart 2 года назад

Simple gate idea and you have a beautiful garden bud!

@milkmaid4077 4 месяца назад

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.

@paulvalley5604 4 года назад

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!

@albundy1956 4 года назад

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.

@johncourtneidge 4 года назад

Excellent! Well done! Every project evolves as it goes along. The key thing is to start. Which is what you did. On balance I think that the tight fit at the bottom us beneficial, to stop low crawling 'visitors'. If course, the corollorary is that trimming the grass at the threshold is yet another grower's task . . . Adam's curse!

@sherrykujala9947 Год назад

Nice

@lucyramos1 4 года назад

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.

@sandrascott7026 4 года назад

I love that things don't have to be perfect. Your video was great. I will be subscribing. I like that you show your mistakes. It makes the rest of us think hey i can do this. Great job!

@justinbussey2442 4 года назад

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!

@mandiegarrett1706 3 года назад

Hmmmm...that makes sense...now I wonder if he place it on the wrong side OR maybe either way works.

@CountryViewAcres 3 года назад

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.

@loraineleuschke4186 4 года назад

Nice door.

@michaelmorgan6154 4 года назад

We've had those springs in Australia for years. Great design, last for ever.

@beckjumper5787 4 года назад

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.

@VelvetRedRoses 4 года назад

Good tip, thanks!

@michaelbobbiharris2587 4 года назад

Good video

@JIMJONES-vy4fo 3 года назад

Hey I'm glad you explain your mistakes, i was doing the same thing lol good job like the garden.

@ionaphillips8500 4 года назад

very nice jpb

@batpherlangkharkrang7976 4 года назад

Hi...... Evan I really enjoy your video nice growing vegetables and nice gardening and nice farming and you are great, thank you for sharing your video homestead chicken farmer garden 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐥🐕🐈🌱🐐🎥👍👍👍

@kingkong7617 4 года назад

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.