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I cant understand your idea as my gates couldnt roll up the hill though. Like the clip above (which does look peculiar I must say, perhaps not hugely so in palm beach fl there.. but rural stix wales?) my gates open in roughly ' up' along this axis too. But they also have a slope perp to this, - across - both closed gates. Actually it's this slope which is the more problematic. i mean if its 45* slope.. then a pair of similar gates willnot be suitable. But 15*?

Ah yes of course, & it's true Ive never seen gates with my 'weird' oblong idea, but with a pronounced slope offset, the one gate left high n dry (here lhs looking from drive pov) will look kindafunnylookin. If its a small 25, Id think very much so. Im thinking this. And it might be as Ive been in the sun too long, yes. Either make new gates (from tannalised stuff which seems cheap but do they have 3x1 or whatever a gate is mostly made of?) shaped along btms to follow the drive slope (so the H of the lhs gate is say a foot more than house- side upper slope side). Or rejig standard gates along their lower sides. Or do something else even more brilliant? thx zh

Hi Peter, Im just back trying to figure a plan out. But Ill need to open both even 25/75 to get a car out. Plus the longer a gate is, the more problematic with regard to its shape, clashing with the ground or not fitting ' correctly' when closed with the other one. It is not quite as straightforward as to just use these hinges. The gates shape (closed) , both lets just say a 60/40, always struck me as as much of the problem as clashing with the drive opening in (which the odd hinges can solve). Because both gates need a 'trapezoid' (or somesuch fancypants term for an oblongy not-a-rectangle) shape to them (thankfully only one lower side needing to be 'odd', the other three sides being a normal rectangle).. it really fugs up my tiny, birdlike-small, brain. Whether Im on any track thinking this, or its a load of 'utter balls' I've no idea either! thanks. Zoot

Thanks, I'll look into the idea.. but I don't have too much choice out here, which might mean timber ones.

Hi Markc, I think I can get my head round the basics of how the gates hang from their posts, with these unusual hinges.. but what's holding me up, is trying to figure out the shape of the gates, relative to the ground, & to each other (being very differently shaped, due to the slope - across- both of them. The strange hinge idea, relates to the pair of gates when closed, sitting level - across- both of them. But I have a slope. If this slope was perpendicular to those in the strange- hinge- examples, I could probably have cracked on. Thanks, Zoot

Hi Peter. Ok thanks, will look into these: On face value Im wondering if getting two gates doing similarly each side, but perhaps slightly different rising angles, won't be a massive pain getting them to meet correctly. This is my concern with this idea.

Hi markc.. rising gates, do you mean the rising hinge types like Onoff's?

Hi Onoff. Yes cheap options is the idea.. would love motorised! But surely cost alot. The odd hinges is interesting never seen that before. I'll look into it. Does look a bit weird though, & with two split 60/ 40 gates? I was thinking the only option would likely be to flatten the front area, as the drive mostly seems flat, but then its the offset onto the road to consider. Get this wrong & you're stuffed.

Hi chaps- I have a fairly basic job plan of 60/40 timber driveway gates to build- if I could ask advice about here. My drive has an annoying slope going -across- the gates though messing things up it seems. The block wall over the road here gives idea of road slope. My drive flattens out a little, but still on the c*ck a bit at the gates area. Gates to open 'in' onto the drive. I'm just going for ~11sq" shallow-pointed-tip, tannalised pillars, decent but basic timber gates. Thanks, Zooter

Haha. Well then Im happy to keep it flame free bigJ. Thanks all. Zh

Cheers GW. Ive grown more hairs on my chest thats for sure, more confident. for eg setting my nutsack on fire with an anglegrinder is less likely now. Zh

@PeterW Hi Peter, cheers. Another job Im amazed at the results of. Testament to you guys/ this site. Well the cabin minor job gutter bits is easy/ in my own time, a rainy day job. --- SO then.. 2 big jobs left to do. The balcony, yes (& urgh.. a flippin big job bitten off more than i can chew with the idea. Daft). And.. the driveway gates job. Which, with my disgusting n'bors coming onto my property doing xyz for 4 yrs, I really should've prioritised/ done by now.. is the next job in line. Gulp. Thanks. Zh

Final bits fitted. Job done. Turned out fantastic, never thought I could have got this result, tiling especially. Do have some yellowing to the whited lower wall, damp getting thru etc, rhs of door.. but hey ho i expected this. Big thank yous to Joe, Onoff & Co for the advice. Zooter.

Yup indeed. Ive just cut my 6x tiles bits.. no clogging & a breeze of a job too. Great that's one stress out the way.. unnerving things, you gotta keep total concentration. Useful for my balcony project to come, cut metal threaded bar as per my cabin base. Thanks chaps.

Really? I had just packed it up > was going to dive into town & swap for the non-diamond 'stone cutting' one.. because it was offset. Ok but with alot of brick dust going on, it'll easily clog the 3mm or so gap. Seems odd.

@joe90 useful clip that Joe. I just bought a diamond tipped blade for 'stone/ concrete', but confused about the shape. Took my grinder into the store, & the offset ones (none diamond tipped) sat perfectly centrally in the guard. All diamond ones were flat.. which I can only assume, do not fit centrally in the guard. Have I got the right type? Ive no idea. Why are there two different disc shapes?

@joe90 I've manned-up.. got myslf a 4.5" Blk&DKR anglegrinder. How best to cut these tiles with it? does majority (I'm discarding) need to be clamped still whilst I whittle off my offcut > drops off? or set it on the ground & go at it there. I presume I get a stone cutting disc. Thanks, zoot

Thanks chaps- yes it was always going to be imperfect! (actually I like the cr*p grout job now). Much appreciate the help, terrific again. Just finishy off bits: I saw a ~4" (was it?) stone anglegrinder disc, in our fab welsh diy emporium 'Charlie's'- for £1.20. Is this feasable-? if so I'll buy a cheapo Agrinder. It was the discs I was told £15 for cheapest (in toolstation), putting me off.. IE £50 just to cut 2 tiles up. But if £26 then makes sense even if it breaks after the next job. Thanks zH

That's a good point.. I was just looking at your smart curvey ones.. but you'd likely then have 2 courses, of course. Nah sod it I'll just fill the gaps.

My family has roots in shropshire, I'm sure it was a lovely cottage. Yes you're right, it does add a bit of 'old' I guess from a distance.. but looks poorly done up close! hey ho/ never doing similar job again, no way. Porch is a single skin brick/ block of some kind: do you think skirting-? would hide the 3/4" tile gaps to the wall opposite ye olde threshold.

@joe90 Joe looking back at your tiles/ grout.. it's a mile better than mine: I'm dissapointed in the grout tbh. I mixed it super well, but saw this dark 'particle film patch' on the surface (I washed buckets thoughrally before).. thought it was just not mixed in, so went at it again/ & it seemed to mix in. But having done the job, it's appeared back again, in areas Ive grouted. Instead of nice even-colour like yours, I have patches of this dark filmy bits interrupting- rather ruining it tbh. It looks very light grey like a bad cement job's been used, not top quality grout as it should be. I mean it sort of blends in 'ok' to the rough n ready tiles.. but it's not up to par for a new grout job.

Cheers markc.. glad it looks in keeping from your pov. To think I was going to lino this too before being persuaded to go with these old tiles. Shows my choices aren't up to par.

Hahaha!. Tbh 1st time in my life I'm happier, I think, without.. some 'freedom perfect idyll' you just seek after having a vw camper ~I reckon. But you have your cabin, even more rustic than mine! tell her you've had enough & off to kip in it for a few days!