How To Build DIY Wooden Gates Step-by-Step 

Surely the bottom rail should be the same thickness as the middle rail. That way the t&g covers the bottom rail and sheds water.

Nice work!!! Great to see that some tradesmen still care about their craft.👍

Beautiful gate would be more than happy to have it hanging in my house let alone outside,true craftsmanship.

Great tutorial! Your instructions were easy to follow.

Brilliant. Great to watch a true tradesman do his job . Thanks for sharing. 👌

That is a thing of beauty! Lovely work!

This is definitely skill, awesome demonstration.

Absolutely top job. Thanks for making this video

Such a helpful and detailed video - thanks for taking the time to make and share it.

Beautiful!

You are a good builder... that's quite the DIY project! I design outdoor woodwork... sealing those joints was a solid move. Nice work.

I have been a joiner for 35 years.Heres a tip. Mark out the joints. Put in an extra line for you rebate depth where the joints meet. Now cut the rebates. You will now see the shoulders of the joint are needing to be staggered to allow for those rebates. It will save messing around doing the stopped rebate. It will also prevent end grain in that rebate which will cause the gates to swell and eventually rot.

Lovely job 👌

Proper Job👌

Excellent job...

Great skills. 👍 just wish I'd listened to my shopfitter/joiner father all those years ago and got a trade like him. I would have saved myself a fortune over the years!!

👍👍👍 Thank you 👏👏👏

Fantastic job mate 👌👍

Absolutely massive WOW!!! A damned fine gate I would be proud to make myself, lovely job that. Never seen that saw before that you cut the horns off with, I thought you called it a 'trap' saw??? Brilliantly made video, more please 🎉🎉🎉

Stunningly good job, on just a side gate.

Nice work mate , @ 19:00 is this when the customer calls and says “ I was thinking maybe 1900 high would be better ! “

Tasty work, no fancy workshop only working outside on a bench and skills...some operator!

a damn good effort considering the conditions back to basics chippy work just wish i had ten to do

A framed, ledge and braced gate. If you haven't got the time or inclin to tenon use half lap joints and nail on the rebates, the external glues now available are stronger than the wood itself. Dowel the half laps and hang the gate relatively to the inclination of the brace if only one is used.

Nice job using fairly basic tools. And well explained.

A thing of beauty... even dog couldn't get over that!

Nice hair - like Sonic the Hedgehog. 👍🏻

Those tongue and groove boards will probably swell and bow in the winter, in stead of cutting a rebate you should have milled in a groove so the boards had room to expand without bowing.

What wood are you using for this, and is it treated? What finish would you recommend to last outside in the UK?

Looks great - What wood is that for outside?

Thoroughly enjoyed that . Beautiful job 👏🏽👏🏽🧱👍🏼

if going outside will last about 5 yrs before the T&G boarding rots and also the bottom joints once the rain gets in there's no where for it to go also if painting the gate always best to paint the edges before putting them together they will shrink even though there glued and the leave lines down the door

Gate looked nice tho. Nice job!

I need to built one so...thanks! Very timely :) I find interesting that European on-location carpenters are not...big on miter saws. In the U.S. you wouldn't see one without a very elaborate system even step out of his house.

Great work Sam. 👊🏻🚪

That's a High Quality gate . Could skills builder do , a video on these " metal frame grey composite panel- gates ...I'm sure you've seen them...around Roger .. roaming haha 😊

Cascamite is a great glue for exterior use. It’s a powder you mix with water but it sets into hard waterproof resin.

Very nice gate😊 what gauge nails did you use ? Thanks

Great video !! What’s the long sash clamps your using where did you get them from ? thanks

Lovely gate, and method of construction is great if just doing the odd one now and again, or for the DIY'er, if however someone plans on making a lot of these, or doors, then a Festool Domino machine would be a good investment (the larger of the sizes as it cuts for 12mm and 14mm dominos) it costs around a grand, which is a lot of money I know, but the amount of time it saves will repay your investment pretty quickly. I should point out I'm not associated with Festool in anyway, just a big fan of their Domino machines.

tidy most expensive gate you can get but a gate that will out last 7 cheap gates. so well worth it.

Was the timber planed and thicknesses before filming/after purchase or was it purchased like that. It just looks very straight so would be surprised if it was purchased like that. Love the video.

Does the varying moisture content of the tongue & groove affect how tightly they are fixed together. Out another way, if the board is dry and tight against the next board, will it bow in winter when the gate is wet? Sorry for being thick!

I had a carpentry pun for this that I thought wood-work, it didn't.

Cracking job, just imagine how good he'd be if only he would wear those Specs on his eyes!

👍👍👍👍

Nice video . Can I ask what make is the electric pinner ?

What hinges do you use if the gate has to open uphill?

Nice workmanship. I do bottom rail same as middle rail. So when water runs down t&g it runs down off the gate. If you have rail same as top rail water collects and can rot the rail. Put a hunch on your tenon to keep more strength at top of stiles. Will stop end of stiles spitting.

Love that! I tend to lap join my gates and make from green treated timber

I was going to go through the same length of time making these doors on a job, but my local joinery shop sold the exact same ones for £80. You've got to think, at that price. Is it worth all the effort!

Great video. What were those clamps you used?

Very nice, how long did it take you?

Salve 💥

What size is the timber used to make the outside frame of this gate?

What glue were you using?

Been a joiner now 8 years and never seen someone cut a mortice before tenon😂

Looks great but I thought that you should use treated wood if it for out side?

As an old school traditional carpenter and joiner my comments and observations would be. Haunch on top rail to prevent twisting. Use a sharpened 2H or 3H pencil for marking out rather than a fat carpenters pencil for better accuracy. Clamp 2 rails/ stiles together when using your circular saw to stabilise the base plate when cutting the rebates the same as when you routed the mortices. It is a preference thing but got to be quicker to pare those mortices square with a chisel rather than round off the tenon. A stopped rebate will hold water especially on the bottom rail. T and G the boards in the top rail, stiles and run over the bottom rail which should be the same width as the mid rail. Square the door up after glue up and assembly using a squaring rod on the diagonals not a framing square. Use star nails in the mortice and tenon joints rather than rely on glue alone. Put your nails in at an angle. Could use a longer nail this way. More hold as well. It does not look like you have much nail going into the gate. 25 mm nail what are the boards 19mm? Use a bare faced tenon for mid and bot rails. Tanalised timber (vac vac) will last two to three times longer than untreated European Redwood.

In this video he is building wooden gates with nice tools and an accent.

Glad you noticed the assembly error around 12:45 before the glue went off 😊

How do you treat it?

😂 I just use gravel boards and screws The treated timber lasts years This soft wood gate will start to rot the moment it gets wet Oh well you'll be back to replace it in a couple of years 🎉🎉🎉

No pressure treated timber?

Rodger Busby missing in action again?

Very good tutorial 👌 thank u 👍 i noticed your gate on your workshop🤔 looks like the brace have been put the wrong way around or is it me?🤔 U might have a sagging problem

If you don't mind me asking what would your price be for that job?

Nice job but keep those dangling hoodie ties out of the way!!!

Today I saw a guy stealing the gates from a property at the bottom of my street. I didn’t stop him just incase he took a-fence!

Is this a special glue?

17:58. Aren't those braces the wrong way around on the gate in the background?

what is the total cost of tools used?

Is that really the best wood you could find for a gate??It won't last 5 mins.

Not bad for 120 a day 😝🍺

Hi skill builder, I need some advice I’ve potentially landed my dream job, all apart from the fact it’s in occupied properties, now I no it’s the normal thing for a tradesmen to be in occupied homes but I have anxiety, so if you could give me some guidance and help I’d appreciate it

Why don't gate makers use treated timber?I'm curious...

Seems a little odd to spend all that time and effort creating mortises and tenons only to ruin them by cutting a stonking big rebate into all of them. 🤔

To be fair, nice job but I’m not sure he would make much money making gates like that

Masons mitre anyone ?

Health and safety out of the window straight away so can’t watch any more👎🏻

After you routed the mortises you said now to route the mortises Tenons I think you meant?

2 days labour plus materials? Who paid £600 for a gate?

I might be fussy and highly skilled....I see a whole lot of wrong going on here tbh.

Will be a lost skill soon. Most people won't pay for a decent job like this.