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OI OI!

fence panels, 6ft X 6ft = easy enough to grab for 20quid or under from the various major DIY places.... but what about a 6ft tall by 3ft wide panel that we can then add a 6ft tall X 3ft gate to totalling 12ft total width??

any idea on where i can source such a mythical beast? all the 6ft X 3ft ones i've found online are the wrong way round, i.e 3ft tall!


 
Posted : 23/10/2012 5:59 pm
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could you not rotate the first 6x6 panel then the second 6x3 would look correct?


 
Posted : 23/10/2012 6:05 pm
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Get a 6 by 6 panel, cut it to the size you want, carefully prise apart the bits you need for the new edge and nail them on.


 
Posted : 23/10/2012 6:06 pm
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the rotation thing is whats going through my head at the moment but then we'd be stuck with a gate that is panelled in the wrong direction...

possible to cut a 6X6 in half and make a door out of one half? guessing by nailing a bit of wood down the middle and nailing the left anf right halfs then chopping down the middle?


 
Posted : 23/10/2012 6:10 pm
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You want something a bit stronger than a wobbly Larch fence panel as a gate. Just buy a slatted gate and cut the panel (do it in the order I described and it won't fall to bits!)


 
Posted : 23/10/2012 6:17 pm
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the space is 6 foot, so youll need a post in the middle, so deduct that from the width and allow half an inch deductuion for clearance on gate, why not have a double 3 foot gate, a lap timber gate is as about as secure and robust as a choclolate teapot at a chimps tea party.


 
Posted : 23/10/2012 6:25 pm
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true true.

cutting a standard 6X6 panel would be the easiest wouldn't it? few nails, bish bash bosh, jobs a goodun

double gate wont work for our garden unfortunately 🙁 as its being erected (hehe, erected) in front of an old wire thing with concrete posts leaving only a 3ft gap for us to fit a proper gate in front of.


 
Posted : 23/10/2012 6:26 pm
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Cut it down.


 
Posted : 23/10/2012 6:28 pm

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