Building a self closing gate for the fenced in Garden
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 มิ.ย. 2020
- Ever since we fenced in the garden, I have been needing to building Garden Gates on the entrances. Today I am finally going to get one of the gates built. And I am going to make it a self closing garden gate with the help of a door spring.
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Get some pavers to replace grass that will help from digging under the gate also
We use those springs in the UK. Tie a wire to the hole in that metal locking shim so if it ever pops out you will find it hanging on the spring.
I'm so inspired. I appreciate that you show your mistakes as teachable moments and walked us through how you went forward with each issue that came up.
I loved this video, it was the actual process of building something and all of the things that go wrong and the learning that goes along with it. Love the gate.
Love seeing all the little mistakes along the way. Thanks for showing the whole process! Looks good
Good job, I have the same system - you will need a latch though, otherwise it will bang bang bang all night when it's windy.
My grandmothers garden gate had a weight and pulley system that closed it. Always loved watching that weight go up and down 😊 Nice work Evan!
Same here with my grandma. I had thought may be he would do the same.
Glad your back is on the mend! It is hard to keep a good man down!! 😊
That gate looks nice. Good job Evan. Your garden really looks like you will have ton’s of vegetables. Better get your canning jar’s washed up. You are looking like your back is on the mends.God bless,take care.
Awesome
I love your garden I’m getting there
I like how you showed your mistakes and unexpected situations and how you calmly solved them and kept going till done.
Thanks for not editing mistakes. Makes watching so much more real
Dig the grass out in front of the gate and put a couple of patio blocks
Done is better than perfect
Evan, I really appreciate the efforts you put into your work. You make building things simple and you show very good camera angles that make everything seem unique. We have been following you along your journey since the purchase and you continue to improve. Thanks for sharing with us.
I agree, self latching hardware will prevent wind blowing open and shutting.... great garden!!!💕👍
Your garden is really popping. The plus side is you don't have to weed it. I grew a garden about twice that size, and whew, I had to get out there every week and run a tiller. I'm planning on buying some of this ground cover in the future.
gate came out perfect for what you need
So happy you didn’t edit out the parts that show real diy building. I don’t feel so bad about the little - not perfect- things that happen to all of us. Thank you
Beautiful garden
Looks great! Garden is beautiful! Weed eat the grass!
I always put the spring at the inside. The spring always want to go back to the shortest distance ;-)
I PUT MINE ON THE INSIDE .....good job though.
Place large flat stones under the garden door swing area, so grass doesn’t affect the swing of the door.
Was just going to say the same, dig the sod back a little and use a few pavers or flat stones.
Great video! Very cool! THANK YOU!
You should do a garden update. Cause I’m in south East Indiana and my corn is nowhere near that high and I don’t have any beans yet lol extremely envious of your garden setup too
Nice gate, you do great 👍 work.
Love the ease and the look. And I always say... Mother Nature is not perfect but beautiful all the same😍.
Looks great earl, maybe a pool catch latch on there.💚💙👍
Dig out grass area and make.a wooden landing platform area under the door so that no grass inhibits the spring action of the door closing
Your garden gate looks like a garden gate should look
The gate looks great!! I get so happy when I see a new video posted from you. Thank you for sharing ❤️
Now hurry up and get the next video up 😂😂😂
enjoy yr easy going manner
Looks good Evan!
Perfect! 👍
Looks great
yes looks like it belongs.....nice
Nice solution for your garden door.
Thanks buddy👍
You do good work 👍
I like it!
I love how you keep it real in this video with little hickups and you think up solution to fix it. Thanks for not being mr perfect. 👍 love your videos.
Thank you for doing this video. I like the humble approach. In an ideał world everything would work perfectly. But for amateur do it yourselfers, this is still worthwhile to view.
Nice garden Evan.
I guess the more you walk through and open and close the door the grass will go down. Make sure you do not loose that little bit of metal for the spring, looks like you could attach a little bit of wire and secure it.
The garden looks lush, I miss working on my allotment, but as a single person I just produced too much!
I like the gate. Design, construction, appearance, and function are fine. Ya done good! I suppose some sort of stone at the gate entrance will keep it flush with the ground and not rub on grass. ???
Paving slabs would be great, stop the grass and keep the gap between the ground and the gate as small as possible. Set down level with the membrane to avoid trip hazard.
The gate looks perfect with the rest of the fence. Nice and simple it's always the best design. I like it!👍👍
This is exactly what I need to do tomorrow. Thanks for the video!
Love the way your garden is just blooming. Sorry on the rabbits. They would become part of the meat in the freezer. You remind me of my Dad. No matter what, the man had a plan. Made mostly whatever was needed done himself. Wished we had more time for him to school me. Enjoyed the learning experience. Country at Heart from Shreveport.
Nice gate.
evan, i am reminded of the song on "hee haw" when it comes to things not working out right for you. "if it weren't for bad luck, i'd have no luck at all; gloom, despair and agony on me". everything will work out, just keep plugging away at it.........g
Now you have to mount something to keep the door open when crosing with a wheel barrow or what not... good job Evan. In the sixties, when I was a kid and lived in the city, we all have those spings on the old outhouse door in the back yard.
Turned out cute. Perfect for the whole look.
Hi...... Evan I really enjoy your video nice growing vegetables and nice gardening and nice farming and you are great, thank you for sharing your video homestead chicken farmer garden 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 bye 👋 👕🐔🐓🐥🐕🐈🌱🐐🎥👍👍👍
Forgot to add, your garden is beautiful!
Evan you always impress me at how handy you are becoming at fixing and building things
Nice job
Great job Evan the gate looks great!
I'm in the process of making my garden fence and came across this video for the door. Great idea! love the way your fence/door came out.
Thank you!😊
Great job Evan, I was thinking of a latch also to prevent smart animals from being able to open the gate slightly and getting on in the garden. The gate will prevent most though. Looks great, thanks for sharing with us, Fred.
Nice job on constructing the garden door Evan !
Wow. Cool gate. Neato spring.
Thanks so much for being so easy to understand. Every time you make what you feel is a mistake, I love your demeanor and how you always find a workable solution. What I love is, that you never seem to get upset, you just find a solution and keep moving. I'm not someone that does any type of woodwork, but you are giving me a great way to approach problem-solving. Thanks so much for sharing your videos.
Great video Evan! Love love the garden! Always happy to see your videos! You make my day better! THANKS!
Put a rubber stall mat under the gate fo keep the floor flat and the grass from growing to prevent it interfering with the gate closure.
..GOOD ONE, KEEP SAFE...
Looks great!
Nice door.
Nice gate, Evan. Your garden looks like it is doing great. Hope your all better.
Nice
Great job 👏
Hi, Evan! What a beautiful garden!
Build yourself some GOOD saw horses!
I really enjoyed your video. I love the garden door and you were very informative. Thank you for sharing
Nice garden. 👍
love all the things you do on the farm
Excellent! Well done!
Every project evolves as it goes along.
The key thing is to start. Which is what you did.
On balance I think that the tight fit at the bottom us beneficial, to stop low crawling 'visitors'. If course, the corollorary is that trimming the grass at the threshold is yet another grower's task . . . Adam's curse!
Garden is looking great. Been following your channel for quite awhile now and your progress on the homestead is amazing. Little by little you have built yourself a HOME...........
maybe some thin patio blocks under your garden so you don't have to worry about the grass or animals digging under it? Looks great
The gate turned out beautifully I like the garden too!!!! Hugs from Minnesota
Some clamps would help put that gate together a bit easier. Gate looks good so does the garden.
That looks awesome!
Great idea thank
Good video
Nice job, well done
9:09 - The bane of every project I have done - some nasty little surprise. However, fix it like a pro as if you planned it that way! GREAT video! I love the thorough and well presented tutorial. I have built a couple gates in years past. They never looked this nice and they always sagged a bit. I could have used your video a long time ago.
10:05 - Belt sander, baby! I've had to do that before. With the aid of a belt sander, it became perfectly matched and nobody was ever the wiser. Nice looking garden, by the way!
very nice jpb
Nice piece of work. 2 hints. 1 set a small board on ground when setting gate, when done take board out now you have clearance at bottom of gate. 2 glue your lap joints for a tighter fit. Never even thought of screwing in your cross brace in like you did much easier than a angle jig. I do like some one else's comment about some kind of latch or you might hear that thing slam all night long in the wind and drive ya nuts. lol
Wow, that is one great looking garden. So impressed. Rockstars.
The gate and the whole garden look really great! You do such a good job on your projects!
Great Work!!! Simple, efficient and looks good!!!
I've never seen a spring mounted on the front.. always seen inside. That way the spring can be stretched out while opening. Just my 2 cents 😁 nice design and the garden looks great!
Hmmmm...that makes sense...now I wonder if he place it on the wrong side OR maybe either way works.
The spring is actually being twisted tighter when the door opens. And it wants to untwist to close the door. It can being mounted incorrectly, which would cause it to twist incorrectly.
Simple gate idea and you have a beautiful garden bud!
Hey Evan, good job! If you don't like the door dragging the grass, grab one of those concrete pieces you had laying around and set it underneath, gravel works too. Or better yet, do a concrete /cement slab. No more grass problems and also no digging.
Yes, good advice especially because you want to swing the gate open easily (hands are always full of tools or stuff) and if it is higher, the rabbits and other critters can get inside if the gap is high enough. I do love the gate and it looks like it will last a very long time. I think I will be copying your design.
Looks good Evan. Your garden looks fabulous, everything is growing well.
Good job, and your garden is coming along wonderfully.
Great work. I love the spring idea. I will use one of those for my chicken run
Every person who works on home projects has that moment of "The reason I'm screwing these in by hand is that I can't find my #3 Phillips" loved every second of this!
The gate looks great 👍🏻