Adding a Vinyl Gate
I recently installed a vinyl gate into a block opening,
The old wooden gate had seen better days,
In order to complete this project, you’ll benefit from a few tools,
Drilling into block is so much easier with a Hammer Drill, and good masonry bit helps tremendously,
Dewalt makes a preety good set,
DEWALT Masonry Drill Bit Set, Percussion, 7-Piece (DW5207)
A Carbide tip is helpful,
In my case, the vinly gate (Home Depot) was purchased in a standard size and needed the width cut,
A table saw with a non ferrous blade works good for PVC,
The doors come in a box (light weight), two rails..
top and bottom, and two side rails, the vinlyl “slats” slide into the top and bottom rails and the two side rails slide onto the ends,
Add the hinges first, lining them up with the pre-drilled holes in the side rails,
note: put a block under the bottom to have enough clearance on the bottom, you don’t want the door to scrape the ground, a 2×4 works well,
Mark the holes, with the hinges, in my case I chose to use concrete screw, I drillded the holes with a 1/4″ drill
bit for 3/8″ screw,
When drilling into concrete block, start with a pilot hole with smaller size bit, it will speed up the process
After the hinges were secured into the block, I connected the gate to the hinge sleeves with the nuts and bolts that came the door, you’ll need to drill the holes out in the vinly,
After the hinges were connected, the door closure needed mounting, preety straight foward, the latch side was anchored into the block, and the pin side on the door,
Once the latch side was installed, the pin side was lined up with the latch,
Opposite the hinge side, on each corner the door came with two corner sleeves, they slide onto the corners and are bolted in, there designed to keep the slates locked in along with the top, bottom and side rails,
The job is now complete, and you now have a beautiful vinyl gate!
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