Garden gate made of wooden strips – Successful throughout

The passage next to your house gives the neighbors too much insight? Then take a look at our garden gate, because it is the perfect combination of privacy and security.

The art of constructing a garden fence is, on the one hand not to make it look too massive and on the other hand to make it as opaque as possible. This is especially true for fences, the so high (2 m) are like ours and also connect directly to the house wall. A variant with narrow strips, which are placed at an equally narrow distance, meets all requirements and is also inexpensive. With about 180 euros, including the fittings, you are included in our model, with wider passages, the sum naturally increases somewhat.

The only complex thing about the whole construction is setting the foundations including the H-shaped post holders. You may have to remove some of your paving stones from the subsoil to do this, around there as many at least 80 cm deep holes to dig for the concrete, as you need post. A clear dimension of at most applies as a guideline for the post spacing 150 cm, so that the crossbars of the fence elements do not bend. The rest is then a joy for do-it-yourselfers.

The fence was built in one day.

The construction principle is quickly explained: Senkrechte Leisten sind auf Querriegel geschraubt und zwischen Pfosten aufgehängt. These fence elements are fastened with spax screws, which you place diagonally from below through the crossbars in the posts, not without before with about 80 Pre-drill percent of the screw diameter. That's an unconventional, but fast and above all invisible fixation, which can be detached again at any time.

In addition to the three crossbars, the door also has two stiffening struts, which you simply place on the door element, mark and cut. But they must be exactly the same length.

1 Die Pfostenanker setzen Sie in das frisch betonierte Fundament. Short ledge sections keep the center bar of the anchors evenly spaced from the ground.

2 Setzen Sie die Pfosten in die Anker, align them plumb, and secure it against tipping over with a small screw clamp.

3 Bohren Sie die im Anker vorgegebenen Löcher von beiden Seiten durch das Holz. Important: Always drill and bolt both holes, don't forget the washers.

4 Für die oberen Enden der Pfosten markieren Sie die Abschnitte mit Hilfe einer Wasserwaage, a temporary crossbar keeps the correct distance. Take out and cut the post.

5 Die senkrechten Leisten schneiden Sie im Paket mit einer Kappsäge auf Länge.

6 Verschrauben Sie die Leisten mit Spaxschrauben auf den Querholmen und kontrollieren Sie dabei immer wieder die Rechtwinkligkeit mit einem Winkel.