Making a Braced Gate That Actually Lasts
There's nothing quite as frustrating as a heavy wooden door scraping against the concrete every time you try to open it, which is why building a solid braced gate is usually the first thing on my weekend to-do list when a fence starts looking tired. We've all seen those gates—the ones that look perfectly fine for the first month and then slowly begin their inevitable descent toward the mud. It starts with a little bit of resistance when you lift the latch, and before you know it, you're having to lift the entire weight of the frame just to get the lawnmower through. ...