Hi all, Just after some advice on my plan to fit a garden gate at the side of the house to secure the path to the back garden.
I have bought one of these kits...
http://www.wickes.co.uk/ledged-and-braced-gate-kit-1981x988mm/invt/187707/
And am busily assembling it at the moment.
My question is fairly simple, I think, if I can explain it properly...
The path is quite narrow 3ft max and goes along the side of the house between my wall and our neighbours fence.
I want to mount the gate on my wall and have it opening outwards so as not to take up more width on the path.
My plan is to mount a pice of 4x2 to the wall and fix my gate to this with the hinges inside and the gate opening outwards. The gate will be 2" thick when assembled so the 4x2 is to give space for the gate to fold back against the wall.
I know most gates I see seem to open back onto the hinge but I am planning to open away from the hinged side (if that makes sense).
Is what I plan going to work? or am I going to come stuck somewhere?
To my untrained eye it seems to be feasible but I don't want to start drilling holes in my wall only to find I have missed an obvious stumbling block that can't be overcome. So I guess I'm asking for a confidence boost really, or someone to tell me I'm talking rubbish and it won't work.
Either way I wont have drilled holes all over the place untill I know it will work.
Thanks in antisipation.
Regards to all
Clive
I have bought one of these kits...
http://www.wickes.co.uk/ledged-and-braced-gate-kit-1981x988mm/invt/187707/
And am busily assembling it at the moment.
My question is fairly simple, I think, if I can explain it properly...
The path is quite narrow 3ft max and goes along the side of the house between my wall and our neighbours fence.
I want to mount the gate on my wall and have it opening outwards so as not to take up more width on the path.
My plan is to mount a pice of 4x2 to the wall and fix my gate to this with the hinges inside and the gate opening outwards. The gate will be 2" thick when assembled so the 4x2 is to give space for the gate to fold back against the wall.
I know most gates I see seem to open back onto the hinge but I am planning to open away from the hinged side (if that makes sense).
Is what I plan going to work? or am I going to come stuck somewhere?
To my untrained eye it seems to be feasible but I don't want to start drilling holes in my wall only to find I have missed an obvious stumbling block that can't be overcome. So I guess I'm asking for a confidence boost really, or someone to tell me I'm talking rubbish and it won't work.
Either way I wont have drilled holes all over the place untill I know it will work.
Thanks in antisipation.
Regards to all
Clive