photo from CCTV (shows opening and that's the blue gates on the left)
opening is 5m wide, (used) gates are 3.8m each (there's a pair) and 2.4m high
plan was to cut one down, so there's a 1.2m and a 3.8m
small gate to the left, big gate to the right - there's no problem opening them, they're fine to open back against the wall (and some small gate overlap next door)
they came with posts... giant heavy RSJs, but they've been cut off above ground level so now they're too short
new posts will fit just inside the opening, flush with the face of the wall we're looking at in picture, so gates can swing right around flush
I planned to use some 2.9m long 100mm (10mm wall) box section lengths I have for new posts, concrete bottom end in the ground 300mm and then resin bolt the very top into the wall
but the gates are bloody heavy, I'm a bit worried that's undersized
wall is 4m high, concrete blocks lay on their side, left side pillar is good and strong, it's stepped away from the wall around the brick pillar from next door, so stronger in 2 directions... but right hand pillar is just 2 block pillar on the end of the wall, I'd be worried about putting too much strain on it as gate swings right out wide
instead of 1.2m + 3.8m gates I could go 1.9m + 3.1m
(1.9 giving me nice spot to cut gate in half at centre post, and not being so long on that side it takes the pee out of neighbour)
I could add spring loaded jockey wheels to the end f the gate to take some weight
I don't really want to dig a massive great holes
I'm tempted to weld the gates together and make one big cantilever sliding gate... but that seams like a lot of work, top guides would be tricky with palisade fencing lats on the gate, I was thinking I could run an extra cantilever gate setup along the top run of the gate turned at 90' with the wheels fixed to the wall... that way bottom runners would hold gate up and level, top runners would hold it true to the wall
track https://www.fhbrundle.co.uk/product...eel_6_Metre_Heavy_Series_12_Metre_Max_Opening
wheels https://www.fhbrundle.co.uk/products/39032010__Support_Roller_Heavy_Series_12_Metre_Max_Opening
I could run lighter weight stuff for the top runner as there's no real weight on it... total still comes to £1000 tho
(normally I just buy stuff and figure it out after/decide if it'll work, find it much easier with things in front of me... but getting a bit pricey for that)
so I see my options are.... bigger gate posts and concrete them in deeper... or a sliding gate system... which would probably be better anyway
anyone have any ideas before I start ordering stuff? sliding gates look like a pain to setup and I don't have much free time to do this
opening is 5m wide, (used) gates are 3.8m each (there's a pair) and 2.4m high
plan was to cut one down, so there's a 1.2m and a 3.8m
small gate to the left, big gate to the right - there's no problem opening them, they're fine to open back against the wall (and some small gate overlap next door)
they came with posts... giant heavy RSJs, but they've been cut off above ground level so now they're too short
new posts will fit just inside the opening, flush with the face of the wall we're looking at in picture, so gates can swing right around flush
I planned to use some 2.9m long 100mm (10mm wall) box section lengths I have for new posts, concrete bottom end in the ground 300mm and then resin bolt the very top into the wall
but the gates are bloody heavy, I'm a bit worried that's undersized
wall is 4m high, concrete blocks lay on their side, left side pillar is good and strong, it's stepped away from the wall around the brick pillar from next door, so stronger in 2 directions... but right hand pillar is just 2 block pillar on the end of the wall, I'd be worried about putting too much strain on it as gate swings right out wide
instead of 1.2m + 3.8m gates I could go 1.9m + 3.1m
(1.9 giving me nice spot to cut gate in half at centre post, and not being so long on that side it takes the pee out of neighbour)
I could add spring loaded jockey wheels to the end f the gate to take some weight
I don't really want to dig a massive great holes
I'm tempted to weld the gates together and make one big cantilever sliding gate... but that seams like a lot of work, top guides would be tricky with palisade fencing lats on the gate, I was thinking I could run an extra cantilever gate setup along the top run of the gate turned at 90' with the wheels fixed to the wall... that way bottom runners would hold gate up and level, top runners would hold it true to the wall
track https://www.fhbrundle.co.uk/product...eel_6_Metre_Heavy_Series_12_Metre_Max_Opening
wheels https://www.fhbrundle.co.uk/products/39032010__Support_Roller_Heavy_Series_12_Metre_Max_Opening
I could run lighter weight stuff for the top runner as there's no real weight on it... total still comes to £1000 tho
(normally I just buy stuff and figure it out after/decide if it'll work, find it much easier with things in front of me... but getting a bit pricey for that)
so I see my options are.... bigger gate posts and concrete them in deeper... or a sliding gate system... which would probably be better anyway
anyone have any ideas before I start ordering stuff? sliding gates look like a pain to setup and I don't have much free time to do this