Do you ever get any bad comments? Well - You won’t get any from me. I’m sure there are other videos that are just as good - But I’m done searching. Thank you. One thing I like about your presentation is that you are to the point. We can always pause if we need to. By the way - I’m 73. I just got married to the most wonderful lady. I’ve got her - But don’t worry - Yours is great - I wouldn’t take her for granted. Thanks again John Zumwalt Moore County, N.C. (A great place to live)
New to the channel, totally excited about putting my fence up! Nobody will believe it because I'm a 50 plus girl... 😂 I'll video the outcome. But this video was very insightful, from the tools and woodworking. BAM...
thanks for this idea. I made a few changes in your design. I ran the pickets on both the left and right side from the bottom to the top extending 1.25 in. used a 2 x 6 for the top and middle board , then cut the pickets to the top of the middle board , then mounted the top of the pickets to the 2 x 6 to the upper 2 x 6 for aprox 7.25 in. I used the 2 x 6 board on top so i can have more strength for the 7.25 picket pieces which are the extension of the lower pieces .
Thanks for watching! If you want to see how I built the fence, Check out my “How to make a fence” video below! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Nst-QWq5Cuc.html
Hello Andrew new subscriber to your channel and after looking at all the DIY on you-tube I found your channel to be the best. Now I'm binge watching all your videos. I'm getting ready to purchase a home and am looking forward to removing that awful chain link fence. So your videos is number one in my book. Stay safe out there and looking forward to your next video. Aloha from Kansas
Thanks for the video. I made the outdoor building you did a few years back during covid. Now I’m doing the fence this weekend. Keep the videos coming my man. I really appreciate them and you!
I've never seen this video. SMH. I just built my fence gate YESTERDAY 😢 using two others videos that I studied and studied. I would have loved the balusters. ❤ Oh. I have the Kreg pocket jig and didn't think about using it.😮 Great job😊
AWESOME VIDEO, THANK YOU! After more than thirty years I recently had to replace my backyard/side yard fence. I hired a contractor to do the job as I'm not a spring chicken anymore. My disappointment was the gate, after a couple of days we had rain and the gate sagged. I knew that the frame was not properly Z or X reinforced for twisting or warping. I informed the contractor that the gate has sagged / warped and hard to open or close. Contractor promised to drop by and sort out the problem sometimes next week. I'm not planning to hold my breath on that promise, but sometimes you have to trust or have a heart attack instead. The price of the gate was $550.00 Cdn. From this experience, I noticed that the quality of lumber in lumber yards (Home Depot) is not what it used to be like 20 years ago. Now A 4x4 post is 3-1/2 sq., and the vertical boards also lost a 1/4". Your lumber in the video looks outstanding. I know the story about the lumber when cut green 4x4 and ends up losing a 1/2"' . Keep up the good work. I have not checked all your videos, I was hoping there's one showing how to correct the problem of sagged wooden gates.
I liked this one primarily because it's along the line of fabricating a gate that will have a view out for my two dogs to see through, at their eye level. I wish you'd mentioned the actual size and make of the nails you used and the size/make of the bolts or screws you used for the hinges.
Another way to do the cross piece: 1. mark a centre line on the cross piece 2. Put the cross piece under the gate with the centre’s lining up with the corners of the gate 3. Mark off the cuts. Benefit of this approach is that you brace against both the top and the side piece.
An excellent tutorial, although I did miss the traditional 'muzak' and the lack of 'Vanna White' to point out each and everything you were doing, or maybe even contemplating to do in your next video. Ha, Ha! Seriously 'tho' I enjoyed watching your video as it was very well thought out and presented. I really liked the use of the tool to "toenail" the screws into the top and bottom frames and will probably have to buy one for an upcoming project; normally I connect the top and bottom frames to both sides with a seven inch by 1/4" lag screw and a fender washer and then an 1/8" steel 'L' bracket with a reinforced strut to keep everything in alignment - which is then backed-up with a diagonal steel rod normally used at the bottom of a garage door to keep it from warping, then every few months I set a four foot long carpenters 'level' to check if the gate has started to 'droop' and if so, then a few turns on the adjustment nut will bring everything back to where it should be - Straight. As much as I wanted to build my gate the same as yours, our house is a 'Spanish' influenced' design so the gate would look out of character, but still downloaded the video for use on an enclosed patio in the backyard and far enough away from the house where it won't look out of place. Thank You for one of the better DIY videos I've seen of how to do a project correctly.
That is something I need to install! They have a bunch of systems, but I think I am just going to rig up a pull chain that you can reach over the fence and pull. Thanks for watching!
With the design shown, you can't open it up from the outside. I added a chain latch with a screw eye at the top later so that you can reach over and open the gate from the outside. Thanks for watching.
Hey Josh, appreciate it! If I recall correctly, we were able to build the gate on a (long) Saturday afternoon and then we mounted the following day. Thanks for watching!
Awesome presentation I am a new subscriber and feel that your channel is well organized and presented, great job!! Thank you!! I do have a question: What size nails for the fence did you use?
Hey John! They will definitely shrink a bit in the sun over time. I tried to let them dry in the sun for a few days before I built the gate to mitigate this, but I think it's inevitable to some extent. Thanks for watching!
If you buy a kreg pocket hole jig, it will come with the drill bit and drill stopper needed as well as the proper square bit for the pocket hole screws.
Hi looks great awesome joh guys.. did it cost a lot to do it yourself? I'm sure it was WAY cheaper than hiring someone. I need anew fence, honesty that looks hard lol.
When you hire someone else your also paying them for the equipment they have. Power tools arent cheap. I see about 220 in drills if batteries came with another 100 minimum for saw nail gun is another 200-400 wether its cordless or off a compressor.
@@dylanwheaton2785 that's insane to pay for thst stuff when they already have it. What kind of money hungry people are they? Like every other business its SAD
@@karens7620 as a person who works in the trade yes i factor my tools into an hourly rate. Have you ever had everything you need to work stolen from you including a truck? Thats a reason why as well as working in trades makes you a target. My truck got stolen all my tools got stolen. Insurance covered the truck (20k) but not the tools that were in it. My truck was loaded with everything except my welder. The batteries for the tools were over 3k.
@@AndrewThronImprovements Hi Andrew, I finished my gate, it looks terrific, I wanted to send you a pic but I can't seam to attach it here. Mine is bigger than yours ( I mean the gate). Thanks for the great video. 🍹Cheers Earl
You should've run the solid brace from the inside top to the outside bottom, and the cut brace from the outside top to the inside bottom. The advantage is that the weight of the gate is "pulling" down toward the bottom outside corner so you have one single piece to work as a tension brace. The weight is "pushing" down toward the bottom inside corner and the weight of the gate will compress the 2 pieces tighter.
If you notice there is a hole on that latch hook. Just add a chain to it and have that chain hanging on the other side of gate. Now pull chain and latch hook lifts up and enter.
@@AndrewThronImprovements Ah, nice. 👍 Actually I noticed another guy had some little angled inserts he used to cover up his screw holes, they may have been specific to pocket screws though
