I Made Some Large Gates For A Driveway

[@johnmazza9432]

Beautiful job. One tip. You can preserve wood using antifreeze, ethylene glycol. It's excellent for preventing mold and insect damage. It does require a topcoat to seal it in.

[@kevin-the-carrot]

Blimey these are a proper set of gates.Great job so far.Looking forward to part 2.

[@brianhill1294]

Hi Keith Several years ago I made a pair of gates similar to these but I jointed it with mortise and tenons. In filled with shiplap boards, after about 18 months I noticed the joints coming apart, actually it was splitting and the panels buckling. The panels had swollen more than I’d thought and it was just pushing the uprights apart. I ended up taking the panels out, strengthening the joints and then over laying the gates with feather edge boards. Problem solved. Beware because those panels are so dry they might expand more than you think, fingers crossed they don’t. Great job 👍

[@masterdaveedwards]

Beautiful work...love it! Craftsmanship is underrated in this fast paced modern world. The most dangerous thing in this world is not A.I. it is men that have little or no practical skills.

[@johannes.f.r.]

Proper job. A small chamfer often aides in hiding small imperfections in the joinery or timber on outdoor projects.

[@erik.reinert]

I love watching your process and hearing your thought process for problem-solving.

[@awantamta]

They look pretty good so far. I'm looking forward to the next part.

[@lorenzopiazza9083]

I've been a builder for many years and have seen quite a fair bit of sheds. The plans in ryan's package kzbin.infoUgkxB7IXYxLzb_Ichhe45zM3Im5xfEiSp9vB have some of the nicest looking sheds i've seen in a while.

[@pitsnipe5559]

Lots of people think building a gate is pretty simple, but as you’ve shown you better understand structure and how wood behaves or your gate will soon become scrap. Nice work.

[@sehd6603]

Oh these will be scrap very soon!!

[@PL-wj9tr]

Nice work and so good to see someone getting the bracing correct!!. All I would say re treated timber from 40+ years experience treat every cut hole drill etc. Yes maybe time consuming but think of the timber, before any cuts or holes being in a bubble every time you brake that seal treat it and keeping doing it as it only needs one unprotected joint to allow the rot to get in and hope you also treated the shiplap all faces, as you did for the ends? before fixing. Sorry for long comment but hope it helps all and again good job.

[@RagnBoneBrown]

Yeah I showed treating them in the video

[@alistairbiggar6830]

Your timing on this video is perfect for me, my next commission job is for a side entrance gate - I may nick the design and show them as the open top section looks great and a makes it look less 'woody'. Fantastic video too, thanks for sharing.

[@RagnBoneBrown]

Cheers Alistair

[@thomasoakleyderbyshire9761]

I absolutely love the clear oil based treatments. Seem to protect the timber much longer than fence paint does. I use the brand Barrettine. Can’t fault the stuff. By the way those gates look great

[@Fight2BeFreeNeverGiveUp]

Old engine oil for ever lasting, my father in law had a old 6 wheel long base transit that he yearly brushed engine oil to the arches seals under the body that would be prone to attack from the elements. He never had rust whatsoever. Its now owned by someone else and very sort after. Sorry for side tracking from wood but any old oil is the best treatment.

[@terristroh3965]

Thank you for showing the drawing to understand how to angle the supporting diagonal

[@thesecilmiskisi]

As an amateur with woodworker, i typically feel overpowered with the entire arrangement kzbin.infoUgkxrYREG3-7f1Aqk9ams3ZESRNzGnfdUtyQ . Be that as it may, this arrangements drove me through with much clarity and effortlessness woodplans. Works i now work like a genius. That is great!

[@benmaltas2682]

As a bespoke joiner I would recommend that anything exterior needs to have mortice and tenon joints and woulnt recommend that fizzy glue I would be using cascamite as I find it is a better glue but a great go at it

[@benjaminreinhardt259]

Nice looking set of gates. Look forward to seeing them installed.

[@andysumpner7741]

Ryan is a great chippy. Love his work and will be copying it for 2 large gates this summer 👍

[@eltigredetejas2328]

3:38 I use a small Handle ax and electric planer to get the cuts out when building pergolas 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@jackirkaldie7222]

I make quite a few large double gates and I would always do a horn about and inch and a half on each style both top and bottom and I would also do a traditional stub tennon for the rails

[@PatrickSkelly-qd7pv]

Great, simple but very informative video. Thanks for making and posting it

[@TNickel555]

I built a gate sort of like this, but somewhat larger, about 25 years ago from Douglas fir. I put my frame together with steel truss plates on both sides, pounded in with a 16 pound sledge. I was very surprised at how rigid the frame was, including torsional twist, or lack thereof. It didn't sag a bit in the five years I lived there, but can't say how it held up over time.

[@brianharris7243]

Large gates! This is gate installation heaven.

[@StamosTee]

Very nice build, well made. I've quit using polyurethane glue for it's short open time and the cleaning I have do after. Construction adhesive is strong enough if not stronger than poly glue, great for outdoor use and with long open time of use.

[@darrengillesdarrengilles8336]

Your concrete not being a continuous pour to above grade will allow for water to sit between the first concrete pour and the second allowing water to sit on the wood posts below grade keeping them wet eventually rotting them off.

[@offcuts4146]

Nice gates mate always amazes me how much mess half laps make with bits on floor. That was a right result with the treatment tub

[@gergemall]

Love the Design and wonderful video . So beautiful

[@rodgerq]

Nice set of gates, should be good for a lot of years.

[@nathalie5064]

woow huge work! Looks already nice. Looking forward to seeing part 2

[@JaceTLittle]

Looks awesome. Great tip, making those notch holders for gate so you can work on it upside down. Well done. Cant wait to see the rest.

[@markwatters6875]

Great looking gates, mate. Looking forward to part 2. All the best.

[@geerttielens4374]

looking forward to seeing the next video , it will undoubtedly become a solid gate , grtzz from Belgium !

[@lukasjackey4309]

when doing half laps I find using a oscillating multitool tool is the fastest way to clean up the half laps. Then going on with chisel afterwards finish up. It's a much faster process.

[@magill4046]

Great. Look forward to seeing them installed 👍

[@cakepanda]

those are some really industrial gates! The hinges are going to have to be extra heavy duty! They'll last a lifetime! fantastic work.

[@ianvicedomini2648]

Those gates look super strong Keith. Great job and great video mate

[@super_straight]

Great job! Nice looking gates, and well explained. Thanks for sharing!

[@Lex-hk4fn]

Very nice. There is something I dont understand: the way you fit that wood at 8:56, doesnt allow the wood to work while its always ´alive´. Why dont you get any problems with tension in this case?

[@Joegoesflying]

really wish I had seen this 6 months ago! Would have avoided me making a few schoolboy errors! Nice work

[@cuebj]

Used to use router for half laps like that. And, to show my age, I used tenons and mortices and pegs. All without mask - silly me - leading to splitting headache if timber was resin heavy pine - might as well have just used straight glue to sniff!

[@fojnica2226]

nice work.......artist work...greetings from croatia

[@joejdl]

Good looking gates & nice work, but wow they do look heavy!

[@BischBaschBosch]

Looking good so far mate. Would've gone for a 175 rather than 150 post on a gate that size but you can always get a wheel on the gate to take some of the load. Been there with the black hands from that bloody glue! Soon learn.😁👍

[@RagnBoneBrown]

Yeah, it's unfortunate that the posts can't be tied in to anything nearby as there are no walls or anything, but agree bigger posts would have been better!

[@KC08RAS]

Now that's a solid gate

[@InTheWorkshop]

Great work Keith 👍built to last. Look forward to seeing them finished 🙂👍

[@Cradley684]

Doin a great job Keith, should look great when finished Stay Safe Mate !!!.

[@Mr7evenIncorporated]

Great work!!!! Very talented

[@michaelking42]

Nice, nice work, well done!

[@FireCrowsWorkshop]

Nice! I've made my gates last year, during first lockdown, I've also used some gravelboards, but as an infill on metal frame! Can't wait to see the final result on this one! Greetings from Mildenhall in Suffolk!

[@danielpreilly77]

really nice design Keith, looks sharp

[@thebeginnersworkshop3094]

Great looking gates. I think you have inspired me to build a small garden gate for my front garden.

[@RagnBoneBrown]

Great 👌

[@anthonyknight5465]

Really good job there mate. I did a poundland version on a smaller scale a few years ago, and to echo the comments of others in here it was the posts that let me down in the end, though of course if that should ever happen to your project you can always detach the gates and redo the posts, so hardly fatal to the excellent gates you've built.

[@jamiesworkshopprojects1617]

Great looking set of gates them Keith. Well done!

[@shannonsell6006]

I lost it at the bum censor. Was not expecting that 😂 Ah, yes "Don't ask me how I know"... my personal favorite slang for "I've absolutely made this mistake before" LOL. Gate looks good so far!

[@alanbrady7116]

This is beautiful work. Well done

[@SMee67]

Loving the design on these heave duty gates!👌🏽 Looking forward to part two. Awesome job, mate 👍🏽

[@PabloBD]

Looking forward for the second part

[@Wordsnwood]

Those look massive.

[@AndYetHereWeAre]

just built a gate. damn it. need to redo it. I do however have two connected 6x6 posts holding them. so there is that.

[@peterhorner364]

Absolutely beautiful job

[@rhyshaines8491]

Keith, FYI, Sadolin Supadec is available in a several colours and is ideal for exterior joinery and especially suitable for rough sawn timber.

[@stevelarkin3285]

They look Great

[@andresmontana4466]

Only thing I would have done differently is used eased edge timber for a smoother finish as you went to all that effort. However, perhaps you wanted the more rugged look. Great work.

[@deliciousadventures4028]

The door looks great 👏

[@DIMTips]

Look amazing. I have only ever built something 1/4 of the size.

[@bucurilie5183]

Nice job. I'll give it a 10years top till you need to repeat. How about some 6x6 steel posts?

[@seandoran6809]

Nice job Keith they look like good strong gates 👌

[@deanreynolds2027]

Good job but if your going to glue the shiplap to the brace it should just be a dob in the centre,Irrelevant to to your expansion gaps,expansion gaps only works if the item is basically free floating or fixed from the centre, Nice gates though

[@guacamolehole9634]

Excellent work!

[@maximusmeridius6610]

A couple of months,😂. I just needed to get started,😂. Too funny man.

[@edmundandrada]

Great work! Can't wait for the next video!

[@fishguts6744]

Amazing. Great job!

[@eyuptony]

Hi Keith. I like the depth stop cut achieved using the mitre saw. That's a great fool proof method using spacers to position the gate middle rail. Oak shop made dominoes, brilliant. Those gates look really substantial and heavy to lift, rather you than me Keith lol. Tony

[@cr-ew8od]

I like your little van!

[@RagnBoneBrown]

It's on it's last legs unfortunately

[@jb-gx8rf]

Hi would it be possible for you uo tell me what size the gates are? Thanks john

[@Embracing01]

Was intending to build a small gate and some fences, but the prices of the wood from my local timber yard is ridiculous. To have a new ready built gate (only about 6x4ft) they are about 50-80 quid lol, and an arched closeboard fence is about 28 quid (excl VAT) which is extortionate. I don't remember fences being that expensive that long ago. The gate at the side of my house, although it's abit knackered is still usable, despite the gate being 28 years old lol. Most of the houses in my area have had about 10 garden gates replaced in that time. The gate at the side of my house didn't have the cross member sections mirrored, yet there has never been an issue of the gate swaying, sagging or being pulled down, so I think that idea is nonsense, unless you have a very big and heavy gate. Business must be doing well if every tool you're using is Milwaukee even the spirit level. Any spirit level like a Stanley will do, same goes for the mitre saw, they all do the same job (I've got a very cheap Performance Power mitre saw that often gets full of damp and rain sitting in a dilapidated garage, still works and it cuts through wood like a knife through butter, no need for an £800 Milwaukee mitre saw). Having said that, I bought a Ryobi drill driver a few months back and for some reason it really struggles driving screws into wood, even softer and thinner wood. They are supposed to be a top power tool brand like DeWalt. I've tried all kinds of screws making sure I'm using the correct screw bit.

[@RagnBoneBrown]

I didn't buy the Milwaukee tools, Milwaukee support my channel. I disagree that Ryobi are a top power tool brand, they are very much for the DIY market - you won't see many tradesmen using them.

[@Embracing01]

@@RagnBoneBrown The Ryobi drill driver I have should still do the job regardless if it's for the DIY market, but it seems to do a poor job, and I know the drill isn't faulty. Noone's going to pay £300-400 for a drill though. I should've bought a DeWalt.

[@paulwestlake4278]

Looks good Keith

[@Fight2BeFreeNeverGiveUp]

Hi thanks for sharing this video. I see you are assembling on the floor. Question is your floor truly level. Just curious as I have just self leveled my existing wavey concrete base its better than it was but still out in areas which would make for errors or no square. So would appreciate your comments. Thank you

[@paulbrigham9287]

Great vid but why the half lap joints. The appropriate joint here would be a mortice and tenon and in particular a wedged haunched double M+T.

[@MrBez007]

Wouldn't worry about the cladding not being pressure treated. The pressure treatment is hopeless ! Put a piece of pressure treaded tile lath on the ground and in a year it will have rotted away. They try to pressure treat it before its dry so it just doesn't soak in. If you treat something with solvent based five star cuprionl it will see you out. Also because pressure treated stuff isn't dried its prone to a lot of movement.

[@RagnBoneBrown]

I think any timber in contact with soil will rot... But it seems to do well when it's in contact with cured concrete from what I've seen... It always bugs me when gate posts are concreted in below ground and then soil is used on top, because that's where they're going to get eaten away

[@FrankWoodPhotography]

I didn’t know it mattered which direction the trusses went. I now realise my gate is warped because they are in the wrong direction!! Thanks!

[@jaimearellano9577]

Really great job

[@tbwoodwork5529]

Hey dude. I'm not an expert in this field but I think that painting pressure treated timber can cause the paint to peel unless it's properly dried. I'm sure others can elaborate more but I've found using Douglas fir is a good option for future projects. Paint it in the workshop and your away... Thanks for the videos mate. Always really enjoy them

[@RELAXnRENOVATE]

Using non treated Doug fir will rot, quickly. It needs to be ground contact treated lumber and something 8x8 or larger. Those 6x6 he’s using are ok for a 4ft wide door but not enough for 5+ wide doors. The posts should be sunk at least 30” -36” into the hard pan with a large amount of cement around them. Doing anything less will cause those beautiful doors to sag in a few months. Even with iron posts they still need a substantial amount of anchoring in the ground.

[@tbwoodwork5529]

@@RELAXnRENOVATE yeah I didn't use the Douglas fir for posts. It was a porch on a brick wall..

[@rivergate]

Great work there 👍👏🙃😺

[@A88A88]

Good looking gates! I’m surprised you didn’t dowel the corners? Would look very smart and help with the twist.

[@niallkennedy23]

great video dude 10/10

[@smallspacecreation5768]

Nice looking gates

[@HalfJobGeorge]

Love the gate design but im skeptical on the PU glue, and on gluing the infill panel in, please let us know how they fair up to seasonal changes because maybe I over engineer my gates haha

[@simonelliott7570]

I was questioning gluing in the ship lap too its not going to like it when it wants to move.

[@RagnBoneBrown]

There seem to be two different approaches - either fix in one place in the centre and let it expand and contract naturally or glue and nail each in two places. I've done both, and whatever I do there's always someone pointing out I've done it wrong 🤣 anyway I copied Gid Joiner's method this time because he has far more experience than me at gates and exterior timber, so he knows better than me and if you watch his gate builds, he glues them in

[@HalfJobGeorge]

@@RagnBoneBrown ahh, well I didn't say it was wrong, id just like a 6 months later video. The last gate I made like this design, I made my infill panel one piece and left it floating in a rebate. If your method works ok, I may try it myself next time, i hope it is ok! Love the channel by the way, been with you since 30k subs!

[@adamandlorraine]

@@RagnBoneBrown last gates I did with infills I didn't glue the t&g boards. Just 18g pins. I set them in a groove at the ends instead of butting. What happened? The t&g boards expanded in winter and pushed the vertical stiles apart, opening the domino joins! I can't have left enough room between each t&g board.

[@1951timbo]

Love your videos. Thank you

[@M6JKW]

Great gates and great video too 👍

[@robertforsberg3274]

Amazing work! What’s the name of the tool you are using for the holes? You maybe say it in the video but I can’t here it. Best regards

[@noskills9577]

Don’t use beech in anything outdoors, moves and rots quickly. Would like to see an update on this job after a year and see how much the gates have moved from the timber drying out.

[@RagnBoneBrown]

I didn't....

[@noskills9577]

@@RagnBoneBrown I know I watched the video - you mentioned you didn’t know about using the beech dominos for exterior jobs...

[@Pychu666]

Wouldn't it be easier to cut the half laps with a bandsaw (like with resawing) and then finish with a miter saw?

[@RagnBoneBrown]

Not really manageable at the bandsaw with such long heavy lengths

[@deconteesawyer5758]

@@RagnBoneBrown Could have put them through the wringer on an old fashioned washing machine to reduce their weight by about two thirds first.

[@talltimberswoodshop7552]

Did you clean off the pressure treating chemical from your tools? It will eat them up if you don't.

[@petedig5809]

In the next video, we’ll talk about how a 6 by 6 post won’t support a gate this heavy as the concrete base will move as the ground swells or cracks depending on the season!

[@cuebj]

Sprung castors

[@jigsey.]

I had the same problem with my timber gate, single span...spring casters did jobs 10 years later still going

[@benjaminreinhardt259]

I had a large gate at my last house supported by a 4x4x1/8" steel post sunk into the ground 4' w/ ~300 lbs of concrete in the hole. That gate never budged an inch. I would've used a wooden post if I could brace it to the next post over (there was only a single post available for the gate - post was against the side of the house). If you can, set two posts and tie them together with a steel cable with turnbuckle from the top of the gate post to the bottom of the next post over. If the post sags any, tighten up the turnbuckle to pull it back over.

[@molnaromatic]

It is a common mistake. Isn't the poest the weekest point then the soil. All of the work like this needs a good soil compaction.

[@paulbrigham9287]

Agreed, and if the found doesn’t move the posts will undoubtedly bend over time. They need bracing inline with the gates or a spring loaded support wheel at the bottom of each gate to relieve some of the load off the posts.

[@johnwkomdat]

Americans don’t use the phrase “offer up,” but I have no idea what we say instead, so it’s interesting that it seems like an indispensable part of British builders’ vocabulary.

[@ChrisFranklyn]

I'm British, I'm not sure I'd heard it before watching Keith :)

[@RagnBoneBrown]

I "used" the mortise to the tenon? that doesn't work!

[@ChrisFranklyn]

Perhaps "presented" if it didn't sound too much like that the frisky pidgeons are doing outside my window at the moment... (I have no issue with offered up - just not heard it before)

[@jean-pierreseychelles5865]

Hello What section of poles did you use? Thanks

[@matthewpickard5575]

Great video love the gates

[@ernieplumley2600]

Beautiful gate. I’m curious to see how you are going to set the posts. I know I would not want them touching any dirt in the ground so as to prevent any wood rot in years to come. Personally I would use steel posts for the strength and durability, but that’s just me.

[@ginobragoli1448]

Very Nice work. Personally i think they should have not been painted and left natural but each to their own. Great Job.

[@fontybits]

Would building one large SINGLE gate with a gate castor have been an option?