Vinyl Fence/Gate
Hey everyone, I am researching adding a fence and gate to my property. Here is a rough drawing of my property... I plan on using a 6' Vinyl privacy fence all the way around my property. My biggest dilemma is the gate situation. I have thought about building the vinyl fence gate and using rubber wheels for support at each cross section, but am not sure if that will be stable enough. Also, how would I secure the fence from not tipping over? Does anyone know of a good gate manufacturer that buildings kits like this? Thanks for your help! Brendan Xiphos, Welcome to the forums. A pair of vinyl gates spanning a 25' opening isn't going to happen. The screws that attach the hinges to the vinyl posts won't hold. Putting a wheel at the end of each panel to take the load is an option, but the concrete of the driveway would have to be absolutely level for that to work. Otherwise, you will have to lean the gate posts away from the garage slightly, so that they are exactly square to the slope of the driveway. Other options would include a sliding gate (or pair of gates), or no gate at all -- fence both sides of the driveway and have a walk gate where the sidewalk approaches the northeast corner of the garage. 25 foot wide driveway ? Assuming this is a 2 car garage ?. Regardless,,, as lefty says, 25 feet in span is way too much for pvc fencing. PVC fencing comes in 8 foot sections. Even if you were able to make a gate the sections would not get you past 16 feet total. Using a wheel to support the gate is an option, but it is not a really good one. Pvc gates are not stable gates. The sheer stress of a wheel that rolls along any surface would eventually destroy any plastic gate frame. The hinges would take abuse as the joints and screws and or welds would eventually begin to part from each other. People do use wheels to support their gates but in my opinion you would damage a very expensive gate in a shorter period of time than it would be worth it to try. Options, perhaps if you absolutely need to have a PVC look consistant you might want to try building a gate and attaching your pvc to a steel gate frame. A slider would work nice, but it would be very costly as you would need heavy gauge perhaps sch 40 pipe for the track. The gate frame would have to be 1 5/8 frame at a bare minimum. Using a double gate would also be an option if you used a steel frame and built your plastic onto it, but still you are breaching into an area of stress beyond a plastics normal limits. Another option, although not exactly the same as your drawing would be to turn your fence line up into the yard and towards the garage. Adding a walk gate to access the driveway and garage doors you would be giving the fence more of an out cove look. This would work, cost a little more for the materials to make the turn and then the return to the outside line, but it would be a sound idea . And it is a much used practice in that is a fence line known to happen often. Especially with PVC fencing and its limited applications. Chain link has no boundaries with gate span... and wood although you would have the same basic problem as pvc, it would attach to the steel gate frame with much more ease. Question? Do you absolutely need a 25 foot wide driveway?? Do you leave your cars in the driveway, or do you always put them into the garage?? Could you some how get away with a 12 or 14 foot opening ? If so , that would surely get you closer to a working option with using a 2 sections of PVC attached to a pair of chain link double gates. If there is anything you can do to cut that opening down a little you would be in a much better place with your dilemma ,
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