How can I make wooden gates with my own hands?

If the theater begins with a hanger, then the country estate begins with a gate. This door in the fence attracts attention in the first place, and in its appearance the person has the impression that he can hide behind it. Today, most owners of cottages outside the city prefer to do wickets by themselves. Benefit the construction market offers a wide range of materials for their manufacture and decoration.

Before making a gate with your own hands, you should choose the material from which it will be executed, develop a drawing and stock up with the necessary tools. These small doors can be of several types:

• Solid - have a completely closed surface, without cracks and gaps. They are great as a continuation of a solid, deaf fence.
• Open - such wickets with their own hands are often made of a fence, connected by a diagonal support.
• Forged - made of metal. Equally suitable for both access to the garden, and for outdoor entrance to the yard.
• Latticed. They consist of diamond-shaped cells and are used for decoration in country style.
• To enter the garden, wicker wickets are often made. They are perfect for fences like "matting".

The most popular among our compatriots are similar products made of wood. Many believe that this is the easiest way to make a door in the fence. Let's take a closer look at how you can make wooden wickets yourself.

Before you start to manufacture such a door, you need to carefully work the tree and impregnate it with special waterproof means. Then it is necessary to assemble the frame. To do this, using brass bars, you need to connect the boards, for stiffness, you need to nail the metal plate at the corners of the connections. Then loops should be screwed onto the support bar. The next step in creating a wicket with your own hands will be the manufacture of a strut, which should also be fixed to a metal plate. The finished frame should be filled with boards, the corners must be secured with self-tapping screws. It is important to carefully check the level when installing the boards to prevent the product from rolling. The final stage will be the installation of the gate and handle wicket. By the way, the door lock can be built by attaching a metal corner to the support post.

Determine the size of the future wicket and think over its design should be before making a fence with your own hands. As you can see, it's not difficult to make such a door, it's only necessary to decorate it a little. For example, nearby you can plant beautiful climbing plants: clematis, wild grapes , etc. To do this, you need to pull a fishing line or thread through which to shoot young shoots. Enveloped with flowering plants, your gate will perfectly fit in the countryside style of the site.

Very nice looking doors with installed on them weathercocks and spiers. Figures can be cut with a jig saw and decorated with carvings or painted with acrylic paints.

Decorate the wicket and you can use the original handle or a figured latch: these elements can easily be selected in retro style.

There are many ways to decorate the fence and the gate. Everything will depend only on your imagination.