Ask This Old House landscape contractor Roger Cook helps a homeowner install a new gate to fence in her pet dog.
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Time: 4 hours
Cost: $200-300
Skill Level: Beginner
Shopping List:
Two 5”x5” pressure treated posts
Two gate sections and hardware
Fast-setting concrete
Tools List for Installing a Fence Gate:
Post hole digger
Iron digging bar
4’ Level
Wheelbarrow
Shovel
Scrap boards
Drill/driver
Steps:
1. Drive the post hole digger into the ground, separate the handles, and set aside any soil the digger collects. Do this until you have two holes each about 30” deep.
2. If objects like a brick or rock are encountered that the post hole digger can’t remove, an iron digging bar can help loosen the object.
3. When the hole is close to the desired depth, the round end of the digging bar can be used to compact the soil in the hole to its final level.
4. Use the level to ensure the post is plumb in both directions.
5. Fill the hole with a few inches of soil to hold the post plumb. Use the round end of the digging bar to compact that soil.
6. Mix the concrete in the wheelbarrow with a little bit of water. Ensure the water is spread evenly throughout the mix, but don’t let the mix get too wet.
7. Fill around the post evenly with concrete until the concrete is 3” below grade. A piece of scrap wood can be used to compact the concrete and remove air bubbles.
8. When setting the second post, use a board and the level to ensure both post heights are the same.
9. Once the post is plumb, use a scrap board the width of the finished gate as a spacer to keep the correct distance between both posts.
10. Predrill and then attach the hinges to the gate sections.
11. Predrill and attach the hinges to the posts using lag screws.
12. Attach locking hardware and drop rod to the gate.
Resources:
For a custom opening like this, a fence contractor could fabricate a custom gate to fit your opening.
Expert assistance with this project was provided by Pro Fence Company (
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Hmmm … I’ve built a lot of fence and some heavy gates and I never use concrete with a wooden post. Always compacted 3/4 crush. Fewer problems with rotting, much easier removal when the inevitable time comes and yet it is solid and secure as long as it is deep enough to accommodate frost.
Concrete not needed; backfill with soil-less cracked rock and vigorously pound the fill with piece of 2×4 frequently while backfilling. This allows water to flow away better
You’re in Boston…. you get snow in the winter and really cold weather I assume… so why do you only go 30 inches deep?? The frost line is 36 to 40 isn’t it? You need 8 to 10 inches beyond that
Post against the house that close bad idea
Great job ask someone else to do your job
You really don't want your post touching that wood trim on the house, what will happen is that both pieces will accumulate water and both pieces will rot, and you will need to replace the fence post and the wood trim piece on your siding. The idiot builders on my home made this mistake and now I have to replace both. Either put some good flashing in between but preferrably get the post about 2" off the house and put a piece of fencing on it to the desired gap.
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love how they say con-crete instead on concrete.
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I say use the post to tamp down the dirt.
Want us to pay $200-$300 for this and make us do half the work to
“This is going to keep that gate from rhauwking”
Overkill for such a small fence 🙂
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Roger, are you really gonna make that tiny woman dig a hole with a post hole digger? That's the worst way to dig a hole! Looks great!
"Fence in her pet dog". Well, I know dog's aren't smart but I'm pretty sure it would just go 20ft around that stone wall at 1:31.
Why didn they design the thing with the handles curving out at the top so avoid a knucklebuster?