European Oak Sliding Gate

[JonnyD]

This is a commision for a european oak gate/screen to allow access into a small courtyard which contains 3 barns. The gate is approx 4200 X 1700 X 70mm thick and is pretty heavy ie it take 4 big men to lift it. The wood was bought as well Air dried and it worked really well.

This is the gate in the shop

There are 4 mortices in the bottom rail to take these 90mm wheels

The track is pressed so that it has a half round profile and there is a matching profile on the wheels. You can get ones that you set into concrete but i went for the easy option and used the screw down one. I am very impressed with the rolling gear as you can open and close the gate with 1 finger bit like an altendorf of gates

The gate is guided by 4 40mm nylon bearing rollers. We didnt know quite how this was going to work so decided to make up some temporary plywood plates and then get some metal ones fabricated to suit once the gate was installed

Looking from the courtyard

looking from the outside

The boards are nailed onto the framework using round head ring shank nails with each board being piloted using a jig to make sure they all line up

Just got to get the metal work fabricated and fit a post to the right hand side to attach some bolts and a lock

Thanks for looking

cheers

Jon

 

[Paul Chapman]

Looks great, Jon.

Cheers :wink:

Paul

 

[slimshady]

Thats very nice.
Might I enquire the thickness of the panels that you used and what finish is/was applied.

Alex.

 

[JonnyD]

Thats very nice.
Might I enquire the thickness of the panels that you used and what finish is/was applied.

Alex.

Hi Alex the panels are 22mm thick. The finish is Sikkens Filter 7 but at the moment has only the sikkens hls basecoat applied. i would have been more than happy to just let it go grey but the customers wanted to keep it looking fresh.

cheers

jon

 

[slimshady]

Thanks Jon.
One of my jobs-to-do is a side gate and I was guestimating on 7/8", so I must be a similar genius to yourself
Then again ... perhaps I'm good at guessing.


thanks again.
Alex.

 

[Steve Maskery]

Hi Jonny
Nice.

I was about to ask why you had no diagonal gracing to stop it sagging - and then I woke up. ](*,)

However, I still have another, rather more sensible, q. Why have you used nails? Aren't they going to cause you rust/stain problems?

S

 

[TEO]

Hi Jonny
Nice.

I was about to ask why you had no diagonal gracing to stop it sagging - and then I woke up. ](*,)

However, I still have another, rather more sensible, q. Why have you used nails? Aren't they going to cause you rust/stain problems?

S

I was wondering the same thing, about the nails that is.

Looks good, where did you get the hardware pls?

Cheers
T

 

[JonnyD]

Hi Steve and Teo The Nails are stainless steel so they should be fine.

The hardware came from here www.rollingcenter.co.uk The hardware is meant for metal gates but worked really well.

cheers

jon

 

[Steve Maskery]

There are no flies on you, are there?
Very nice job, Jonny, very nice indeed.
S

 

[scholar]

That looks very nicely made - I think I agree I would have preferred to leave it natural; I am never sure that "varnished" wood looks right outside.

One other query - the gate looks the wrong way round to me (although perhaps I do not see the whole setting). It would look "right" to have the panelled side on the outside and the frame on the inside. I see board and rail fences fitted with the boards on the inside - I guess the the thinking being that the boarded side is more attractive, but to me it just looks inside out. This gate does not look unattractive as it is, but the frame side still looks like the inside; I guess you are also providing a ledge for miscreants to climb over the gate.

Just a thought


Cheers

 

[scholar]

That looks very nicely made - I think I agree I would have preferred to leave it natural; I am never sure that "varnished" wood looks right outside.

One other query - the gate looks the wrong way round to me (although perhaps I do not see the whole setting. It would look "right" to have the panelled side on the outside and the frame on the inside. I see board and rail fences fitted with the boards on the inside - I guess the the thinking being that the boarded side is more attractive, but to me it just looks inside out. This gate does not look unattractive as it is, but the frame side still looks like the inside; I guess you are also providing a ledge for miscreants to climb over the gate.

Just a thought


Cheers