A close-board fence and a matching gate in Ealing

Out with the old fence and trellis. In with a close-board fence across the back of the patio, and a gate that matches it.

Posts first, then rails between them. String lines run from end to end to keep the posts in one straight row, and the rails sit in metal brackets on the posts.

Then the boards. Close-board means upright boards, each one overlapping the next, so there is nothing to see through.

The gate sits near the end of the run, by the brick pier. It is ledged and braced, hung on T-hinges with a bolt and a latch. The braces run up from the hinge side, which is what stops a gate dropping at the latch end over the years. On the boarded side, the boards carry on over the top of the gate, so it reads as a doorway in the fence.

Fence and gate are finished in a warm brown stain.

See the rest of the photos on the job page.

You can open the gate on the 3D model too. It is drawn in SketchUp at standard sizes, not measured, and comes apart into posts, rails and boards.