Steel box section for gate ?

Sep 15, 2005 3 Replies

I am looking at making a sliding gate for my back garden driveway out of square steel box section and cladding it with ply but I am unsure of the strength of the box section, the gate will be approx 3.2m long X 1.8m high, sitting on rollers on a track.



I was thinking of using 50mm X 50mm square section with a 5mm wall and welded together - does anyone have any idea if this will be a suitable gauge steel for this project ?



Many thanks for any input.



Franko


Way too heavy. Use 3mm.

Steve

What about just using timber instead of steel for the framework, does anyone think it would warp much ?

Franko

use 50*50*3mm galvanised box section

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