We make iron gates independently and together with the gate

24-02-2018

Doors

Gates and gates made of iron will always help to arrange the appearance of the home. After all, this is a kind of business card.

Moreover, there is an opportunity to make a unique design decision than to emphasize the individuality of the design. Metal is quite expensive material, and working with it can cost much more. But it is possible to do the work with your own hands, than to reduce the total cost of the whole structure.

On our site you can see photos and videos on this topic. This will be discussed in today's article.

Preparing for the conduct of work

First you need to prepare. Purchase the right tool and material. This will allow us to continue to be distracted while doing the work.

Immediately you can and will take care of the design. Forging elements can be attached to the metal, which will decorate the structure.

Instruments

To do the job, we need the following tools:

We will need welding, you can use a Poluatomat or 220 W welding. Just do not forget, and will need electrodes of small diameter. They can easily weld sheet metal;
Make the right measurement diagonal help nylon thread;
For metal cutting and stripping seams we need a grinder. Just do not forget to get and cutting and grinding wheels;
For cutting metal sheet, you will need metal shears;
Set the correct angle a construction square will help us;
With proper fastening of the entire structure should use the building level.

Materials

Production of the wicket from iron should be started after purchasing the necessary material (see How to make a wicket). To determine the amount of material to begin with, make a drawing of the whole structure. Dimension. This will help you determine the volume of the material.

After that, it is worth purchasing it:

Calculate the amount of sheet metal. Remember, it should not be taken thinner than 1.5 mm. Otherwise, the whole structure will not be rigid and the material will “play” in the wind. Correctly calculate the size, you should take into account the waste, which, as a rule, make up about 20 percent;
The frame can be made of a corner or a shaped pipe (see. A gate from shaped pipes together with a gate). The second option is more practical, has greater rigidity. For this work you should not take a material with a thickness of less than 25 mm. Our product must be tough enough and withstand gusts of wind;
The design must be durable. To do this, you should purchase an anti-corrosion liquid, a primer and paint (see How to paint the gate correctly). Take paint for exterior surfaces. It should be noted that it should be applied in two layers;
Before buying materials, you should think about what kind of lock for the iron gate you will use. In our time, make the gates and with electric. For this, it is worth buying all the components. And the design will look a little different.

Attention: For the durability of the design is to purchase quality material. Prefer items with high carbon content. The price of such material is higher, but it will also be standing much longer. Do not skimp on this issue.

We need installation and stiffeners. Do not forget about it. They can also be made from a profile pipe, but then it is worth taking more;
When choosing the thickness of the material, consider the weight of the whole structure.. It should not sag under its own weight. The material is not worth saving.

Preparing a place for work

For comfortable work, you need to prepare and place. Not everyone has a welding table at the site. Therefore, you should simply prepare properly. The plane should be flat and in size, a couple of meters larger than the dimensions of the whole structure.

Choose a flat place, as said before;
Here it is necessary to place two channels. Which will lie in the same plane. They will be placed material. Therefore, this work should be done qualitatively. If not properly positioned and the product will have the wrong shape. Therefore, laying out the channel, it should be placed in one plane. This will help determine the construction level;
According to the dimensions of placement, the channel should be 20 cm, less than the dimensions of the structure. Then it will be convenient to do the work;
Do not forget to bring the weight, which can be fixed on the channel. Preliminary it should be cleaned, so that there is a good contact. Fastening can be done with a clamp.

Making the gate

After drawing the drawing and purchased the material, you can begin to perform the work. There is no need to hurry, the connection is finally made after careful measurements.

More details on how to do it right can be found on our resource (see Technique and basic rules - how to weld a wicket).

Attention: Before starting the work should be aligned material. All rental is not smooth. He has a bend. Before performing the work, make the straightening of whole elements and only then can it be cut. If you do not do this, then you will get a wrong geometric shape and the design will not work correctly.

Make the frame sash

Before starting work, determine the dimensions of the door. Do not forget that it should open without any problems in the winter. When there is snow. Therefore it is worth considering this size.

Caution: Make sure there are mortgages at the attachment point. If not, then install it. This should be a metal material no thinner than five mm. Otherwise the item will not be securely fixed.

So:

We cut the profile pipe to the desired size. After that, it is worth removing the burrs on the edges. All work should be done in mittens;
Along the edges for proper docking we make notches of the material. This will help make the Bulgarian with a cutting wheel;
After this, lay the workpiece on the table. Making the right placement;
After laying their elements along the joint, it is necessary to grip them by welding. Just grab. So that the structure can be shifted with a hammer;
Grabbed. Now we put a square and check the angle. He must be right. If there is an offset, then adjust the profile with a hammer;

Attention: If you decide to make a door using a corner, then some people advise you to do the work as a semi-automatic. But here the decisive role is played by the thickness of the material. If it is up to two mm., Then the semi-automatic will weld this thickness. If the steel is thicker, then use welding that can produce a good quality material.

After grabbing the elements and checking the corners, you should also look at the diagonal of the structure. They can be checked with the help of a nylon thread. Do not neglect this. Iron gate must have a regular geometric shape and not have a propeller. The presence of which should also be checked.

Now you need to lift the door and try on the installation site. To do this, you can invite family members to help.

When fitting you should pay attention to interference during installation. If they are, then they should be eliminated. In the presence of protrusions, they can be removed with a grinder.

When hanging we look at the correct placement

It should be said that the work is done in the manufacture of the door from the corner. There is no fundamental difference in the conduct of work.

So:

Try on and put back to the place of work. Boil the seams finally;
Take a grinder with a sweep wheel and fully process the seams. Remove all the sags and irregularities. Hammer check the reliability of the connection;
If you do and the gate, then so do the manufacture of valves. Only here should the measurements be taken correctly. Folds should fit snugly when closing, but also not interfere with each other's work. When you grab the elements for both valves and align them, then you need to check their work assembly;
The gate from iron can fasten and not on mortgages, and to a frame. It all depends on your decision and design input. Then the connection should be made not to mortgages, but to the frame. It should be made of two halves, which are connected by a bus to each other. Only the mount should be rigid enough to hold the entire weight of the structure. For the frame in this embodiment, you should use a corner with a size of at least 50 mm.

Facing the gate sheet metal

After the fitting, we need to perform sheet metal facing.

So:

The wicket from iron keeps within the place of welding. Best of all, when mounted on top of a single sheet of metal. Then we put the frame on a sheet and scribble along the contour with an scriber;
We remove the frame and cut the necessary part from the sheet with the help of a grinder and a cutting wheel. Immediately remove burrs;

Cut the sheet to the desired size using the grinder

We put the element on the sash and then we grab the whole sheet to the profile tube;

Attention: When welding, press the sheet to the profile pipe with a clamp. Then the connection will be better and the mass will work well. And it will improve the quality of boiling material.

Raise the door and try on again. The question is that the element could lead during welding. Now we check it. If everything is normal, then we lay down the door and boil the sheet completely. Although it can be limited to spot welding. This will facilitate the work and save material. Only points should be performed at least every 70 mm;
We remove all flows with the help of grinders and cleanup wheels;
Now we weld the curtains. To begin with, we mount them to the installation base. We make the correct markup and weld;
After that, take the door and attach it to the installation site. We note on it the location of awnings. Remove and grab them;
After this, we hang the door on the veil. We look at the correctness of the design. If something interferes, then trim with a hammer. We remove. We put. We remove nodules with the help of grinders. Now we know how to make an iron gate;
We remove and put on the welding place. Now you need to weld in stiffener. As a rule, this is a common profile tube which is located in the middle of the inside of the door. It does not allow to play material, serves to create a more robust construction. Cut the profile to size and weld it.

We have an iron gate ready, now we need to install a lock (see Installing a lock in the gate: options and methods). You can apply and electric.

Then you need to mount additional equipment. To do this, it is necessary to provide a cable connection. Instructions for the installation of such equipment comes with the mechanism itself.

At installation then it is necessary to provide the place for installation. We will put the usual lock.

We hang the door and make fixing markings:

To install the lock, it is best to trim the caps on the bolts and weld them to the sheet. After that, the lock is put on them and clamped with bolts;
Immediately should be provided and protection from snow and rain. To do this, either a metal box or a regular visor is made, which is welded to the sheet;
After installing the lock, which should be tough we make a recess for the reed. To do this, a hole is cut in the metal with the help of a grinder, and then a recess is made in the reference plane with a chisel to the desired depth.

That iron gate is ready, you can make yourself. Only in the work you should not hurry and mark everything correctly. Now it remains to make the exterior finish.

So:

You can apply forging elements that are in retail. Who wants, can make himself. On this subject we have an article with step by step instructions;
To protect from the weather you need to make protection. To do this, take a degreaser, or gasoline and wipe all the metal;
We are waiting for drying. We see a white coating on the surface. We take a rag and wash it;
Now apply a coat of primer. It is best to apply a primer against corrosion. This can be done with a roller or spray gun;
After complete drying, apply a coat of paint.

Work done with quality. Now you can relax. Properly made door will serve you for many years.