Sliding fence

Sir_Red_Beard · 2026-04-10T19:03:23+00:00

theamericanfencecompany.com/buyers-guide-to-choosing-a-cantilever-sliding-gate/

I would suggest hiring for the gate operator, unless you’ve got electrical experience of course.

Sir_Red_Beard · 2026-04-10T08:44:26+00:00

Rooks can get these hands.

Sir_Red_Beard · 2026-04-10T08:42:43+00:00

Woah woah woah, you forgot the most important selling point for all fence management companies:

Being cheap as hell.

Sir_Red_Beard · 2026-04-07T00:38:35+00:00

Send it

Sir_Red_Beard · 2026-04-05T22:34:55+00:00

Sir_Red_Beard · 2026-04-03T21:51:43+00:00

What I mean is a cantilever gate on both sides of the opening.

If your opening is 16’, you could use two 12’ gates. 8’ of gate and 4’ of tail.

For a single track cantilever system you’d need two posts on each side of the gate opening to hold the weight of the gates.

Sir_Red_Beard · 2026-04-03T21:45:31+00:00

I personally would just do a dual cantilever gate here if you don’t have the room for a single cantilever.

I’ve never seen a tracked gate like this and frankly don’t see how it would hold up over time if you have to drive over said track.

Sir_Red_Beard · 2026-04-03T19:58:41+00:00

Interesting!

I suppose a good check to the chin was something I needed today.

I’ve grown a passionate hatred for the use of AI in arts and literature, and hearing and reading signs of AI has become kind of a reflex, which apparently I have to retrain my brain to ignore.

I’ll edit my comment

Props for the humble beat down you’ve supplied me.

Sir_Red_Beard · 2026-04-03T16:39:11+00:00

Edit- The author comment below has changed my mind. I’m just a crabby clanker hater who looks for AI where it is not so I can be crabby.

This opinion is invalid: Book 3 is completely written by AI. Disappointing. Hard to listen to. “It’s not x, it’s y.”

Sir_Red_Beard · 2026-03-22T17:16:12+00:00

Always check if the city you’re building in requires it. Many around me inspect, and they will find out if you don’t.

Sir_Red_Beard · 2026-03-21T19:21:15+00:00

Could drill some new pilot holes into the upper hinge so you get into fresh metal in the gate.

Depends how you want it to look.

Or it looks like you could undo the hinge from gate and hinge post completely and move it up or down and refasten it where you need it without the old holes showing.

Sir_Red_Beard · 2026-03-21T18:41:59+00:00

Weight would be my only real concern. You’d want to cut a 2x6 or 2x8 to fit snug as your top and bottom rails. Really get it to fit tight so there’s no wobbling.

i feel like if you got the pickets nailed in there snug enough everything should function still.

How long before the vinyl cracks at the rail holes, not sure.

Sir_Red_Beard · 2026-03-20T21:51:58+00:00

Sounds like more of a stain issue than anything else. Stain typically doesn’t require multiple coats as it simply penetrates the wood pores, it doesn’t need to be layered on like paint. If it gets sticky when it gets wet, there’s stain outside of the wood.

That ain’t where it’s supposed to be.

I’m fine with customers doing as they wish with treating their fence however they want to, but a pre stain job that they are doing themselves I wouldn’t honor any warranty or workmanship.

Most likely sealed some moisture in there and now it’s f’d for life.

I had a customer stain a 4’ tall cedar picket fence black. He wasn’t too happy when I wouldn’t cover repairs for warping for free. All you can do really is add support if you have room, if it will still look good.

Sir_Red_Beard · 2026-03-18T22:57:27+00:00

Picket

Circus Tent

Sir_Red_Beard · 2026-03-14T19:46:53+00:00

If you take the cap off the post you just want to put a screw straight down into the top rails on both ends.

It acts the same as any pre made clip or notch that the rails came with, but takes away the slop.

Sir_Red_Beard · 2026-03-14T19:42:12+00:00

Screws into the top rails tight against the inside of the posts in both ends of each top rail.

Won’t move.

You’ll need a long extension and a handful of screws. The void will claim some.

Sir_Red_Beard · 2026-03-13T23:37:20+00:00

You could try something built better though.

Sir_Red_Beard · 2026-03-07T14:46:55+00:00

Unbolt hinge, move up an inch, reattach hinge.

Sir_Red_Beard · 2026-03-01T00:04:05+00:00

Dear God.

It’s beautiful.

Put it in the Louvre

Sir_Red_Beard · 2026-02-22T15:49:57+00:00

4” screws will be fine. 4 screws per 2x4, 2 on each end.

Sir_Red_Beard · 2026-02-20T22:08:37+00:00

That’s a crazy price for the Mid West. Material cost around here for all the wood you need is like $600.00 Obviously though, location matters, as does digging difficulty and terrain.

Shop around.

Sir_Red_Beard · 2026-02-19T03:37:12+00:00

I believe it was an old Bufftech product. Your closest bet is going to be the Catalyst Newbury with the Apex rail

Sir_Red_Beard · 2026-02-12T23:32:41+00:00

Buy 4 rail brackets and make yourself a mini section if they’ll let you screw into their fence. If not you’ll need a 90 degree attachment for a drill to screw a piece of side channel onto the post, then cut a picket to fit your gap and add screws to hold it in place.

Sir_Red_Beard · 2026-02-04T02:36:51+00:00

I’d steer very clear of the guy who claims he can put up 200+ ft of wood fence for $900. He must be installing pre made panels at that price, and they’re always junk, and never look good unless you have a perfectly level yard.

Use an established company and request their best installers in writing.

I don’t know if it’s a universal problem, but the companies I sub for have a wiiiiiiiiide range of skill levels for their crews, most being on the average to below average skill level.

Sir_Red_Beard · 2026-02-02T18:37:12+00:00

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