Hi all,
just planning ahead for August / Sept - I'd like to get around to erecting some gates on what hopefully will be our new access. We are thinking of 6ft wooden gates within a metal frame, sort of like:
We would like to use metal posts - with no brick surround. These black metal posts will match some railings that we will also put down. The gates will be between 5ft and 6 ft high and 6ft wide each. How big a post do we need? Does anyone have experience of this?
6" x 6" post? 8" x 8"? 5mm thick metal? Do we fill the post with something to help strenghten them? How far in the ground do they need to be? (6'6" out of the ground - 3' in it?) Would it benefit from a square foot welded to the bottom?
Any advice gratefully received.
CC