Do-it-yourself metal gate: how to make simple and beautiful

07-07-2018

Fence

Sheathing – сетка-рабица

The fence around the house is a prerequisite - its presence not only protects residents from unwanted meetings and guests, but also is the hallmark of the family. The level and condition of the fence can be judged on the material wealth of the family, as well as the order in the house.

The main part of any fence is the gate through which any person who steps on the land of the owners must pass. Each gate is beautiful, but the installation of a metal gate with their own hands allows you to make the fence even better.

The gate has 4 main parts:

Frame - the base of the gate, which is made of metal profile. Mainly used angles, pipes and channel.
Sheathing - the part covering the base. Various designs and materials are used, for example, a profiled sheet or a chain-link mesh.
Canopies - the detail with which the structure is attached to the bearing part of the fence and becomes functional.
Latch - the part with which you can jam the door and limit its performance.

At any cottage or on a plot with a residential house, a certain entry point is required, therefore there are quite a lot of offers for the sale of gates. But many owners prefer to design metal gates with their own hands and do an excellent job with the task.

Frame

Cladding - Edged Board

Any metal door, whatever material is used as a plating, can not do without the frame. The material is best suited metal corners and pipes, ideal - corners.

Before you make a metal gate with your own hands and install it, you need to decide on the dimensions:

Bottom of the structure must be slightly higher than its pillars in order not to rub against the ground.
Top of the structure - slightly below or flush with the border of the top of the fence, the gate below does not look so profitable.
Width equals the width of the opening, minus 2-5 centimeters, depending on the mounting system.

For the base, you will need two metal profiles as vertical posts, two horizontal profiles, and one additional. The length of the additional metal should be equal to the width of the frame, minus two widths of the applied profile.

It will be installed horizontally, in the middle of the structure, and should provide additional rigidity.

Assembly

Profiled sheet на заклёпках

To detail the process of assembling the frame, the following instructions are provided:

4 profile parts are added, creating the main perimeter.
Butt-welding of parts is carried out so that they all lie in the same plane. During the welding process, it is necessary to check the diagonals of the resulting rectangle to ensure the evenness of the structure.
The grinder and the metal cleaning nozzle are removing and cleaning the weld. As a result, on the site of the seam should get a flat surface without traces of welding.
An additional profile is being welded - horizontally in the middle, pay attention to the video in this article and illustration. If the construction is performed with a profiled sheet, or with subsequent wood paneling, and a corner is used as the material - the additional profile must be a plate (butt-welded). If metal pipes are used, an additional profile is also better to take a cylindrical shape.
Removed, trimmed welds on the middle part.

On this basis is ready, but to make the gate with metal with your own hands was finished, you need a little more time and effort. On the frame you need to attach canopies, latch, after which the design is primed and painted.

Canopies и защёлка

Canopy fastening

Canopies состоят из двух либо трёх частей – одна крепится к несущим столбам забора, вторая к двери, третья по необходимости используется в качестве скрепляющей детали.

Gates, which are subsequently sheathed with lightweight material, can be fastened without additional details, pay attention to the photo in the article.

Gates and gates made of corrugated board weigh a lot, so simply mounting canopies may not be enough. It is necessary to add two more profiles to the base at the installation site and a canopy to use metal strips that hold the canopy along the entire length of the additional profile.

Note! The canopies are fastened with a weld, but for light gates you can use rivets - this is more aesthetic and you do not need to handle the effects of welding.

If a brick serves as the supporting column of the fence and it is impossible to weld the canopy, it is necessary to insert embedded parts into the masonry, or arrange a girdling iron box and fix it to it.

As a latch, you can use any suitable design:

Metal plate extending beyond the door and holding onto the support pole.
Hook or chain - mount on the support pole and frame.
The lock, one part of which is installed in the pole, the second - on the door from the rear.

When constructing metal gates with your own hands, it is necessary to take into account that the base and canopies are the most important parts that are carried out strictly according to technology. When arranging the remaining parts (plating, latch) you can use your own solutions.

Sheathing

The chain-link - fastening by means of a wire

Practically any suitable material is used as a plating; the entrance can also be open - with a pattern of bent reinforcement. To create a deaf door often used:

Solid sheet metal - cut along the perimeter of the frame, superimposed and fastened by a weld. It is recommended to duplicate the fastening with rivets. Do not use thick sheets - the size of 2-3 mm is enough.

Tip! As the front side of the gate, it is better to use a galvanized sheet of metal - the price is more expensive, but without galvanizing the material will soon turn black.

Edging board - it is perfectly combined with a corner basis. The thickness of the boards should be equal to the width of the corner shelf. Boards are inserted into the base and are fastened with screws to the corners and the additional profile.
Mesh fence - The material is more suitable for creating simple country gates. Cut a piece of the grid under the frame area, stretched. Fastening is carried out with screws with a wide cap or wire ends.

Profiled sheet - the most popular material as a covering for the gate. Perfectly harmonizes with the corner base - the sheet is cut to the size of the frame and inserted into the corners. Fastening is carried out with rivets.

Having done the above points, you can make beautiful wickets and original gates, as well as gain experience in order to independently perform other constructions of this type, for example, garage sectional doors with a wicket or sliding gates for the dacha.

Of all the listed options, the technology with the most visually beneficial is the technology with a profiled sheet, it is also performed more easily than others.