Installing a chain Link fence gate MM 72
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2016
- Today we install a new gate in one of my fences. New territory for us here, as we have covered wooden fences and gates, but this is chain link fence. Fast paced, as I skip over the obvious stuff, rather concentrating on a few important points.
I make a pretty big error, and then cover it up. Two questions:
1. What was the error?
2. How did I fix it?
The answers are satisfying, in the sense that looking at the video you can clearly see both the error and the solution. - Jak na to + styl
All I have to say is thank you, I had a feeling the gate out back was done wrong and you helped me see a way to fix it.
I watched this on my way home from work in preparation to put a mini fence and gate in for a dog run for my new escape artist puppy. I'll be honest... at *first* it was a little slow for my taste, but as it went on it was truly like listening and watching my grandpa teach-- It May take a little longer but you're going to get more detail and insight than you even knew you needed. Your attention to detail with the level and soil consideration was more professional than some professionals! Your ingenuity and recycling methods are the stuff my generation knows little about, I enjoyed learning something new. Being a new young female home owner with no handyman skills or handy males around your channel is a Godsend. I love your personality and the way you clearly enjoy sharing your knowledge... your bicep curls at the end were priceless!! Haha Keep doing what you're doing! God bless!
same !!
Love your video it was direct and to the point too many of these videos they spend time talking about themselves and not the project thank you
This was posted years ago but I swear the most real gate how-to I have seen today. TY
Thanks for the info. Now, I'm more educated in this area thanks to you.
I'm so glad you needed a gate, so you could make this video. I learned some great, clever tricks for my project. I need to install two gates. I have a fence company right across the street from me, but now I don't need to pay them to do it. Yours came out looking great!
Thanks for taking the time to make this video. I'm installing my new gate this weekend.
I appreciate the tips. Thanks again Sir.
Many thanks for uploading this video. I've learnt a few useful tips for my project. I also loved hearing the birds singing!
Awesome video. Just bought my first house and I have a section of fence with a gate entrance from an alley that I’m wanting to replace all of and I’m wanting to do it myself and this is the first video I found. Thank you for the video, this helps a novice like me quite a bit!
Thanks for the video! Helpful to see all the steps and the work you put into it!
Hey, glad I stumbled on your video and channel. Good work. I'll be back for more.
This video actually took my apprehension (fear), away from doing a similar project of my own. I have a gated area of yard that my riding mower can’t get to, so I’ll need to add a gate (big swing gate) in a spot similar to yours. And I actually have a lot of the (inherited) materials and tools as you. Just didn’t know how to use them! :)
Many thanks for the video. Very informative. Just what I was looking for.
Thanks for sharing! Great job on video. Very helpful
Great video! It help us resolve our problem. Thank you!!!!!!
Great instructional video. Thank you!
Very Helpful DIY Thank you Sir
You are the best...thanks for that wonderful video
great video, very helpful!! ☺ glad I found your channel
Hope to see you around the channel. I have over 100 Memphis Monday videos, covering many subjects.
Thanks for watching, and thanks for the kind words.
Thank you for this video. It helped a lot.
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
Great video. Thanks!
Great job. Thanks Sr
Thanks my fence will go in next week thanks to you
Great job! Thanks
Coolest dude on CZcams!
I usually comment on videos that I watch to call out an error made or etc.. But on your videos I can't do that, I just see your workman-like and quality work you do!! Plus the high\
quality videos you make. I am subscribed now and look forward to more great stuff!! But
some of the "chatter" is still OK. DFF
Thanks, good information.
Good video sir.
Very helpful!
Great job and video
Thanks for the visit
Your gate came out nice and I can imagine what a pain in the butt it was not having it there. I like your idea of the home made stretcher and the idea of reusing the parts for something else. It was nice to see your hatchet get a a workout and I'm with you on all the concrete. If one bag is good, two is better. I didn't notice an error and I usually spot those right away. Hopefully you'll fill us all in on that.
I had to invent two jobs for the hatchet, both being inappropriate. A real "hatchet guy" would have a heart attack seeing me open concrete with it!!
Yep, I'll fill you in on the answer to the mystery, and the answer is "satisfying," in the sense that all the clues are in this video, both the error and the correction. But it is subtle.
It was a pain not having the gate. I have that front of the shop fenced so I can control the dogs, but without the gate it was controlling me.
Thanks for watching and commenting, and hope to see you back next week.
***** I'm a real hatchet guy. The hatchet can be used as a hammer, it can be used to cut open bags of concrete, it can be used for anything. I've had mine for many years, more than I remember, and it's always been able to handle any job I need it for. :-D
How to fit a gate spring
Good job 👍
Please could you answer one of my question? Do people like the powder coated aluminum fence or chain wire fence more? Thanks
Thanks very much.
Thanks so much for your video please make more how tos
Good info. Still understandable at 150% playback rate.
Thank you so much
Good video. Wouldn't use that much cement personally, half a bag is plenty. Come time to remove that post its going to be a hell of a lot of work.
I did this project four years ago, and I've since totally removed the chain link fence. I sure did go overboard on the cement and the post. The other posts I just pulled out of the ground, but this post I cut off with a reciprocating saw below ground level. Thank for watching and commenting.
Super Smart 😎
good video, do you have a video or know of one showing how to remove gates to install chain link fencing?
I fill the hole halfway with water before pouring in the concrete. That way there are no dry pockets in the cement. I just pour til the hole is full. The excess water quickly leaches out into the ground.
Sorry dude! I let another Sunday zoom by and missed your video. So instead of having a cocktail as I watch your video, I am having a cup of coffee.
When I saw the title of this video, I thought, "I love the twists that Memphis puts on his videos, but installing a chain link gate sounds about as interesting as watching grass grow." Shows what I know. You have a way of explaining things that really make them interesting and, as always, you put the Memphis touch on the project.
I actually learned a lot about chain link fencing that I didn't know. Learning how the links are meshed together was a real revolution to me. You see, several years ago we had a local jail break. The prisoners were in "The Yard". It was an area in the center of the building with 20 feet walls and at the top was a chain link fence. They had no tools but were able to separate that fence. That always puzzled me because I always assumed that you would have to have something to cut the fence to do that. You demonstrated how easily they accomplished this. Who knows how those monkeys got up the 20 foot wall?
Is that a commercial system for attaching those levels to the fence post as you drive it in? If not, do you have a patent on those connectors? Very ingenious!
I would imagine in that SC sandy soil, you pretty much have to concrete every post in the ground. Two bags of concrete and adding a couple of extra feet to the post in the ground should ensure this post is there when your great grandchildren are old and gray.
It is good to see you staying in shape and pumping a little iron there at the end. Also, it was good to have a cameo appearance by Mr. Axe/Ax/Hatchet, even if he was performing tasks for which he wasn't designed. It just goes to show what a versatile piece of equipment he is. I hope you are having a wonderful Monday.
Just saw your comment and it is 11:12 PM. Do you know what that means?
Anyway, I'll reply when my fingers are firmly connected to my brain, and I'm not quit so smart.
PS, I'm counting on you to figure out:
1. What was my error in this video?
2. How did I fix it?
You are a wiz at this, so I suspect you will figure it out.
***** Hmmmm. I remember seeing something and thinking it wasn't quite right, but I can't remember. I guess it is back to the video. I will let you know what I think after I watch.
I have watched this 3 or 4 more times and hate to admit that I am stumped! There is nothing wrong with the measurement of the opening. The 130 cm/ 51 inch from center to center should give you a 48" gap if the posts are 3". The top horizontal pipe may have been a little short, but was easily resolved with the connectors on the ends. The end connector for the pipe that was on the fence post looked a little high, but that could have been an illusion on the video. The only thing I can figure is when you were letting the tension off the fence with the come along, I heard you say, "heard something" then you put a little tension back on it. You let the tension off a bit then switched to another scene. Yes sir! I am good and stumped!
I might be too easy for you to figure the mystery out. You are digging way too deep, while the big clue is right out in the open.
I even fumbled a little when I unwound the fence, but those real fence guys do it in seconds - it looks like magic.
That was some rig with those levels, wasn't it. Basically, I had them in place so I could reach over and check the plumb as necessary - no way to watch them while pounding. No patent!! I'm giving that idea away for free. Memphis Applegate is a giving woodworker - another example of making the world a better place.
They mostly do concrete in posts here. The soil isn't even soil in most places, just sand. That post is a keeper, that's for sure. A little extreme, but silly and fun.
Mr. Axe-Ax-Hatchet did a real fine job slamming open bags of concrete. I think Wranglerstar would excommunicate me.
Just a few more days and we will solve the mystery. I think it will be a head-slapper for you: "Well, I saw that, but I didn't think much about it."
***** Ok. I watched it one more time. One thing I noticed this time was that you put the gate post pipe holder on before you cut the pipe then had to go back and do it again. It seems like you looked up as you got the pipe holder on and saw that the pipe wasn't cut. Am I getting closer? Hahahah
Well, considering those fence guys are working 8 to 12 hours a day working with this fence, you are forgiven for fumbling a little bit.
At least the levels kept you aligned until you got a good start. That is the best you can hope for. Never let it be said that Memphis is not a generous craftsman, making the world a better place one free bit of knowledge at a time! Hahahahah. All joking aside, I have learned a lot from watching your videos.
Who cares what Mr. Wranglestar has to say about your use of tools. He is a little too full of himself for my liking. That being said, I was not one of the ones who told TR that I liked his channel better than Wranglestar as TR was bragging about on one of his juvenile camping trips he did with his "team".
Whether I am right this time or not, I hope I don't end up slapping myself too hard. Well, I need to get my sorry butt up and go for my walk.
That post is in there to stay, 4 feet in the ground and two bags of concrete should do the job. I was a little concerned about the levels taped to the post while you were driving the pole in the ground. In my clay ground I'm not sure that would work. Nice job as always.
About anything works in my sandy soil. You could get 5 inches of rain, then drive a dumptruck across my lawn. It is sand, pure and simple.
But that makes digging a breeze, and setting posts pretty easy.
However, I hope I'm not the guy tasked with taking that end-post out!!!! It is there to stay.
Nice video! However you want to make sure the open end of all screws and top rail is facing inside the house not looking outside. Looks like you have it completely opposite. Great work on the video though!
Great video. Could you just use a ratchet strap hooked up to a tensioning bar instead of using the jig?
That post is gonna be there a very long time
Do you still have to get a permit for installing just a chain link gate?
Not in my area.
i NEED HELP-
trying to rehang a chain link gate that is about 8 or more feet wide--it came off the hinges very easily---but now to reset the gate the male part is NOT going into the female part of the hinge. no matter what i do. i even tried reaming out the hole and using a dremel to thin out the male part. i am not that strong at age 71 and cannot afford a handy man.
should i just buy new parts?
or do you know an easy way?
UPDATE-- I BOUght new hing gate parts and it worked as the male part got warped and would not longer fit the hole
You might try loosening the female part from the post, which will open up the hole enough for everything to fit.
@@MemphisApplegate i took both pieces apart but the one part was warped and would not fit back in
Good video just too many damn birds
How big does the opening 😂have to be to install two 4 ft gates
Bought this.
it's always cute when people come up with a name for something when they don't know the real namevyou're supposed to premix the concrete in a wheelbarrow so that way you get it all concrete into a liquid state pouring it into the whole dry into the whole dry doesn't ensure that all the concrete will activate and by the way you installed the gate sideways
Wire on gate is wrong and I wouldn’t recommend hanging it on a single post
Impact is quicker lol
The gate should be swinging from the fence side, not a free standing post. No matter how well it's set, it will eventually loosen up.
Yep, I made that change right after making the video, I think. Don't exactly recall why I tried the free standing post side, but I think I had concerns about access to the yard by the lawn mower. In any case, those concerns turned out to be unfounded and I changed it.
You are so right about that sagging post. As I remember, right after doing it I was already toying with ways to reinforce the post at the top (to limit any sag).
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In the video I link here, MM 73, I show the corrected gate at about time 8:45. I also discuss another error. Thanks for watching and commenting.
I honestly thought this would be an easier job. This looks like a pain in the ass. Probably better to pay someone so its done right and I dont mess it up.
It's almost always better to get a professional, unless you just like doing work like this.
Dude. Your measure and go from inches to centimeter. You stutter around with the part names. This video helpful?? Maybe a bit but I sure still have no idea how to measure out the right distances. Wasted my time watching it.
I stutter, grunt, stammer, weeze, and forget stuff in all of my 220+ videos. I'm glad I didn't know about all my foibles years ago, or I would have grown up with a complex or something. But now it doesn't really matter. I'm just an old man making woodworking videos in my backyard shop, and my foibles don't seem important anymore.
Sorry you wasted your time, but thanks anyway for at least commenting.
Memphis Applegate your awesome !
Hey. My dad is a carpenter. There is much to be said for working carefully. This video was top notch. Daughter of a wonderful carpenter knows good work when she sees it. Disagree totally with your criticism of this man and his video.
@@MemphisApplegate Oliver21165 probably stutters himself. At 5 minutes and 11 seconds; however, you switch units to centimeters. Consistency, ideally stay with one unit of measurement, either US Customary or metric. Not both, unless you do it throughout. Everyone is not an engineer or a scientist that can easily switch. Just a point of reference. Otherwise, good job! Thanks.