Gate too heavy ?

[TomDunreedy]

Hi all,

Bought a second-hand gate the other day and want to place it onto a wooden fence post.
My problem (I think) is that it could be too heavy for a standalone wooden post ?
It's about 35kgs and 140cm in width and 130cm in height. Should i put a wheel on the bottom of it to help the post's support ?
Should i get a huge post and dig it into the ground real deep with plenty of concrete ?
It's quiet heavy.

Perhaps I'm paranoid...

Thanks,
Tom

[Stevenp]

Hi Tom, I would go for a stronger post, rather than a wheel. At 140 Cm it is not such a big gate and a wheel may look out of place.
Is there a post already there? If so then maybe a brace could help.
Hope this helps Cheers Steven.

[TomDunreedy]

nah I'm going to go out and buy a post today. I was going to buy a very strong wooden post, perhaps 100mm x 100mm....??

thanks

[echnidna]

you need a 150 x 150 post

[Fossil]

you need a 150 x 150 post

I agree. I just did one with 125 x 125 treated pine posts. The gates were 1500mm x 1150 high.
I used 100 x 50 gal RHS boled to the back of the posts to strengthen it all up, and sunk the hole lot in concrete 300 x 300 x 600 deep. The client has 4 young boys, so I was concerned that they would be swinging off them as soon as I left the job.

Use proper concrete. Quickset is rubbish IMO

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Use proper concrete. Quickset is rubbish IMO

And use a wet mix. Don't just pack it in the ground dry and rely on Maw Nature to do the rest.

[TomDunreedy]

bewdy - thanks for the tips.

[Ekim]

Tom,

See:
http://www.buildeazy.com/gate.html


<OMike

[autogenous]

put in 150x150 steel post with y12 down the centre of post into footing and core fill with concrete

make the footing 200h x 500w

[journeyman Mick]

............make the footing 200h x 500w

You sure you mean a footing 200mm high? that's more like a thick paver.

Mick