Turn Vinyl Fence Panel Into Gate

How to convert a fence into a gate.

Turn vinyl fence panel into gate.

Step by step tutorial on how to add a gate from an existing fence. The easy to assemble gate kit includes heavy duty wrap hinges heavy duty gate latch and latch plate. Hold the gate an inch or two off of the ground and attach the hinges to your fence post. It should be attached so that the bottom is about an inch off the ground.

Screw a set of hinges into the face of your gate. The linden gate kit is specifically designed to turn the veranda linden vinyl fence panel not included into a gate. Many manufacturers offer kits that can be used to construct a gate from a fence panel. Swing the gate open to see where to mount it.

Gate kit converts linden privacy fence panel to a gate. Your top hinge should attach through the top rail of your gate and your bottom hinge should attach through the bottom rail. Lowe s vinyl privacy fence is very similar to that of home depot in both price and quality they use 3 rails instead of two because the material of the panel itself is very thin requiring the additional support. Mount the panels only to one side either onto the stationary part or swinging part not both or the fence won t open.

Assemble the vinyl fence gate following the manufacturer s instructions. Do this for the top and the bottom making sure to use a levelor. Pickets lock together into the deco rails and the rails in turn lock into the pre routed posts 49 00 6 x 6 ft separate. Typically all you need to do is cut down the panel then add the gate kit components with vinyl cement.

Use the additional screws to install the panels back onto the fence in the original spots. Screw one side of the hinges to the fence post and align the gate between the adjoining gate posts and screw in the other side of the hinges to the gate.