Wooden farm gates

[peartree pumpkin]

Hi All
Need some quality 12ft wooden field gates for stewardship grant- don’t want softwood as they tend to twist/warp- so who do folks go to for them
Thx
Tim

 

[dannewhouse]

im in the same debate myself whats the best gates, im debating if wood gates are worth fitting?
2 ideas, just stand the whole cost and put steel, or replace in 5 years as the wood go rotten at my cost?
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can we still use a decent steel post to hang these wood gates from.

 

[peartree pumpkin]

I’m not sure about posts- I presume they should be wooden-will check on agreement
i am going to go metal gates at own cost for road accesses & wooden internal if I can find decent ones- if not then all metal

 

[Y Fan Wen]

I got hardwood posts and gates from Wynnstay.

 

[Danllan]

I got hardwood posts and gates from Wynnstay.

Have they rotted yet?

Hi All
Need some quality 12ft wooden field gates for stewardship grant- don’t want softwood as they tend to twist/warp- so who do folks go to for them
Thx
Tim

Still softwood, but very well made and treated, could be bought from Fence and Forget a few years ago. They are treated to the middle with creosote and are made by a bloke in a shed.

Alternative, get some decent hardwood gates and treat them yourself... Another alternative e is two 6' gates, easier on themselves and the posts, unless that would be against a particularly idiotic rule...

 

[ARW]

I have a supplier of quality hardwood timber gates, very well built and quality timber and treatment

they are double braced and built to last
Message me if it’s of interest

 

[carpenter1]

I have a supplier of quality hardwood timber gates, very well built and quality timber and treatment
View attachment 1102236
they are double braced and built to last
Message me if it’s of interest

Are those hardwood?

 

[peartree pumpkin]

I have a supplier of quality hardwood timber gates, very well built and quality timber and treatment
View attachment 1102236
they are double braced and built to last
Message me if it’s of interest

Hi @ARW
they look great- do you have price list for 10,12 &15 ft with posts
thx
tim

 

[Macsky]

I have a supplier of quality hardwood timber gates, very well built and quality timber and treatment
View attachment 1102236
they are double braced and built to last
Message me if it’s of interest

They do not look like hardwood

 

[ARW]

They do not look like hardwood

The top spar and ends are soft wood, the rails and braces are hardwood and very tough, these gates don’t sag like the usual softwood gates on the market

 

[S J H]

The top spar and ends are soft wood, the rails and braces are hardwood and very tough, these gates don’t sag like the usual softwood gates on the market

Sure they’re not larch @ARW ?

 

[Macsky]

The top spar and ends are soft wood, the rails and braces are hardwood and very tough, these gates don’t sag like the usual softwood gates on the market

Don’t get me wrong, they look good gates, but that is not hardwood, look how thick the growth rings are.