Okay, so what I did for length was I measured between the two posts I had set for the opening and then added 12". My opening was 7' wide and I made the gate 8' wide. For the height of the frame I measured from the top of the wheel support ,that I set up on the ground, to the top horizontal framing board I had up on the panel next to the gate. Should be 5'-5' 6" for frame height if you are using 6' tall pickets. I hope this answers your question!
But what keeps someone from just lifting the wheels off the rails? You can lock the one side all you want, but you can just open the other side. Should have had the bottom rail like you have it with the wheel on top but the top should have the wheel on the bottom of the rail with the rail fastened to the bottom of you 4x4 rail holder so the rails hold it secure so people can't just pick the gate up off the rails.
Very good point. I have not had issues with this. However if I did do that, then only one of the horizontal cross rails would be holding a majority of the weight of the gate. With both support wheels on top of the rails, the weight is distributed between both of the horizontal cross rails. I also think that the gate is quite heavy to be lifting it off the rails, although it can be done. I love the input.
How do you measure frame for gate ? I wanna do a 20ft rolling gate just like this ! Thank you for the video gives a great head start
Okay, so what I did for length was I measured between the two posts I had set for the opening and then added 12". My opening was 7' wide and I made the gate 8' wide. For the height of the frame I measured from the top of the wheel support ,that I set up on the ground, to the top horizontal framing board I had up on the panel next to the gate. Should be 5'-5' 6" for frame height if you are using 6' tall pickets. I hope this answers your question!
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But what keeps someone from just lifting the wheels off the rails? You can lock the one side all you want, but you can just open the other side. Should have had the bottom rail like you have it with the wheel on top but the top should have the wheel on the bottom of the rail with the rail fastened to the bottom of you 4x4 rail holder so the rails hold it secure so people can't just pick the gate up off the rails.
Very good point. I have not had issues with this. However if I did do that, then only one of the horizontal cross rails would be holding a majority of the weight of the gate. With both support wheels on top of the rails, the weight is distributed between both of the horizontal cross rails. I also think that the gate is quite heavy to be lifting it off the rails, although it can be done. I love the input.