Steel post for steel or wood gateswooden or brick posts
How do I determine what width and wall thinness a gate post needs to be for different weight and lengh of gates, is there a rule of thumb to go off?
Please don't reply with "heavy gates need heavy posts" haha
generaly 4inch box will take a heavy gate
5ft high each leaf 5ft6in wide approx. 100kg eachWhat size are you talking about, heaviest gate we'll have is 4m long, 50mm x 50mm x 5mm box frame with 25mm x 25mm x 3mm intermediate uprights and 25mm x 3mm flat bar for 4 rails, this then has another gate the same hung from the end of it to total 8m. That's hung from a 100mm x100mm x 10mm posts.