How To Build A Wood Fence Gate With Metal Posts

A third option is to use the following u bolt type hinge point mounted on the post.

How to build a wood fence gate with metal posts. Hang the gate frame to the post hinges then drill holes through the top and bottom rail of the frame and attach wooden rails with carriage bolts. First construct a metal gate frame using thinner steel pipes than you used for the posts to reduce the weight of the gate. Alternatively you could drill a horizontal hole through the metal post and install the bolt type hinge pin to be mated with the type of bolt on hinge strap in the second following picture. Then use a lag bolt hinge pin screwed into the gate framing.

Metal posts last way longer sometimes decades than wood because don t rot or warp. Assemble the frame pieces with galvanized steel corner brackets. When using the fencetrac system to build a wood fence with metal posts we recommend using tongue and groove red cedar fence pickets. Wood posts cost less than metal.