Hello- first ever post, so apologies if not appropriate.
I want to put up a wooden garden gate in an alleyway between my brick garage and extension. The alleyway is approx 0.95m wide and the gate will be a sturdy 1.8m, tongue and groove affair that I might need to cut down to fit the narrow-ish alley.
The problem is that the extension is rendered in Weber monocouche over building blocks and I don’t want to crack the render- either when drilling holes to put it up or by the gate slamming shut violently - eg when caught the wind.
So I’m thinking about the following solution:
1) fix ~5cm wooden battens to the walls either side of the gate. Using long stainless bolts (avoiding orange rust on render) and 8mm rawlplugs directly into the blockwork behind the render. Will drill carefully - not using hammer action
2) fix the gate hinge on the render side- so if the gate is slammed, the shock will be transferred from the latch into the garage brickwork side of the gate.
3) use a floor stop so the gate doesnt slam into the render when opened.
does all this sound sensible? Any other advice, tips? I would get someone in, but I am a fairly competent DIYer usually and I’d worry the installer won’t think it through! (We’ve just been burned by a bad experience with a patio / driveway guy).
Thanks in advance!
I want to put up a wooden garden gate in an alleyway between my brick garage and extension. The alleyway is approx 0.95m wide and the gate will be a sturdy 1.8m, tongue and groove affair that I might need to cut down to fit the narrow-ish alley.
The problem is that the extension is rendered in Weber monocouche over building blocks and I don’t want to crack the render- either when drilling holes to put it up or by the gate slamming shut violently - eg when caught the wind.
So I’m thinking about the following solution:
1) fix ~5cm wooden battens to the walls either side of the gate. Using long stainless bolts (avoiding orange rust on render) and 8mm rawlplugs directly into the blockwork behind the render. Will drill carefully - not using hammer action
2) fix the gate hinge on the render side- so if the gate is slammed, the shock will be transferred from the latch into the garage brickwork side of the gate.
3) use a floor stop so the gate doesnt slam into the render when opened.
does all this sound sensible? Any other advice, tips? I would get someone in, but I am a fairly competent DIYer usually and I’d worry the installer won’t think it through! (We’ve just been burned by a bad experience with a patio / driveway guy).
Thanks in advance!
