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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:06:50 PM EDT
[#1]
Inward so the wind cannot blow it
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:07:03 PM EDT
[#2]
side to side is the only answer. On a remote opener
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:09:43 PM EDT
[#3]
Sideways with an opener
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:12:10 PM EDT
[#4]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Inward so the wind cannot blow it What? |
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:12:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Sideways with an opener |
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:14:20 PM EDT
[#6]
+1 sideways
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:14:49 PM EDT
[#7]
Inward seems more fancy for approaching visitors IMO.
I suppose at a certain point, if you have enough guests, you're just gonna have to start telling them to park on the lawn. How often do you throw big parties? Or why not get both? |
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:17:13 PM EDT
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Only The Poors have gates that swing. Stop being poor and have one that drops into the ground.
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:17:36 PM EDT
[#9]
Generally inward.
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:17:44 PM EDT
[#10]
Like the toll gate in Blazing Saddles.
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:18:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Inward so the wind cannot blow it or sideways. |
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:19:16 PM EDT
[#12]
Inward, Unless you want visitors who are mentally challenged pulling up too close and the gate hitting their cars.
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:19:23 PM EDT
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No single right answer. Depends which side has more room for your vehicle and that won’t impair your other activities. Ours swings “inward” away from the street, but if we didn’t have the room, it would swing out.
Don’t know what the wind comment is about. In our area, the wind blows many directions so it doesn’t sway the equation. Some say you shouldn’t be in the position of driving towards the non-hinged edge of the gate, but if you run into the gate from any angle, you have a problem. ETA The point about visitors seems valid. We don’t have visitors parking inside the gate. |
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:20:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Inward, Unless you want visitors who are mentally challenged pulling up too close and the gate hitting their cars. Or people using your own gate as a barricade to keep your car in. |
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:22:42 PM EDT
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Up. Bounus for spikes on the bottom
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:24:54 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:28:16 PM EDT
[#17]
Gate should either swing inward, or slide laterally like a pocket door.
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:28:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryThat’s a sweet gate design. I dig it. |
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:30:11 PM EDT
[#19]
My Dumb Ass neighbors put in a double wide pipe gate that swings both directions,
Occasionally, one of their teenage sons forgets to latch it and it swings out into the road. |
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:31:07 PM EDT
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Quoted: Is there a preferred direction? Open inward towards the property or open outward the street? 8ft board on board. I have enough driveway to pull in to my drive way and stop to open the gate. The gate will not be set up for visitors to drive up to the gate and use an intercom system. The only negative of the gate opening inward is that the sweep of the gate will take up driveway space inside the fenced area that you can’t use. The only situation I can imagine is trying to pull extra vehicles into the fenced area and close the gate. I think opening inward may be best because the house and the fence will help block the wind when the gate is open. Is all just preference? Raise up or roll side to side. Then you don’t have to worry about how close you park on either side. Poors |
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:31:10 PM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Inward, Unless you want visitors who are mentally challenged pulling up too close and the gate hitting their cars. This is why you put your keypad/intercom far enough away they have to stop to use it. |
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:33:02 PM EDT
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@highlighter
Don’t know if you’re in a part of TX subject to ice and snow (panhandle). But if so, be mindful of that when you design the gate. If not, carry on. |
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:33:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Only The Poors have gates that swing. Stop being poor and have one that drops into the ground. Shit don’t work with 18” of snow and -30* |
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:35:26 PM EDT
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Gates always open in. You don’t want your ass hanging out in the road while opening.
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:38:09 PM EDT
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It should slide, not swing. Parallel to the rest of the fence.
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:39:03 PM EDT
[#26]
Pivot!
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:39:14 PM EDT
[#27]
Always inward.
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:40:50 PM EDT
[#28]
You want that gate to open inward. If it opens outward, it's easier to obstruct and block your exit.
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:42:56 PM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Inward so the wind cannot blow it Outward so you can ram your way clear outbound when swarms of fast violent zombies are running after you & yours... Science!!  Bigger_Hammer 
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:43:55 PM EDT
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Gates open in with a cattle guard. Isn't this taught in grade school? No wonder the country is going to hell in a hand basket.
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:45:27 PM EDT
[#31]
It opens down so you can drive over the trench
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:47:37 PM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: It opens down so you can drive over the trench It opens down so you can drive over the MOAT!  Bigger_Hammer
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:48:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: It should slide, not swing. Parallel to the rest of the fence. Uncle Sam agrees!  Bigger_Hammer
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:48:57 PM EDT
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Really the only PROPER way is to have a gatehouse with a lifting portcullis.
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:52:30 PM EDT
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In towards the property.
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:53:21 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:54:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Inward, Unless you want visitors who are mentally challenged pulling up too close and the gate hitting their cars. |
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:55:52 PM EDT
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worked for a fence company, all gates open inward unless something special meant it had to open outward..If you look at mots gates they are right out by the street, so opening it outward won't work well because of you have to wait in the street for it to open enough, inward allows you to pull off the street and it can still open
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Posted: 5/7/2023 7:57:11 PM EDT
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With the direction of traffic. So when looking at from street right opens in left opens out...
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Posted: 5/7/2023 8:08:06 PM EDT
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Do it like they do gates out west. Barbed wire fence with a loop at top and bottom. Then on the other side you pull the post out from those loops.
Make sure the fence is really fucking tight so rookies get all scratched up opening and closing those fuckers. |
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Posted: 5/7/2023 8:15:04 PM EDT
[#41]
For the sake of cultural diversity, you can always try a Mexican gate.
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Posted: 5/7/2023 8:15:45 PM EDT
[#42]
[youtube]shorts/Lsqlx8GWbOk[/youtube]
[youtube]shorts/FBttwdRxKKM[/youtube] Almost the maximum width I could fit in between the garage and the property corner. Just over 16' opening with a 4' mangate next to the garage. Eventually I'll build a motorized opener for it. |
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Posted: 5/7/2023 8:17:40 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/7/2023 8:18:32 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/7/2023 8:18:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Inward so the wind cannot blow it This is the answer you seek |
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Posted: 5/7/2023 8:50:55 PM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Or people using your own gate as a barricade to keep your car in. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Inward, Unless you want visitors who are mentally challenged pulling up too close and the gate hitting their cars. Or people using your own gate as a barricade to keep your car in. Good point. Thank you! |
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Posted: 5/7/2023 8:54:29 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: @highlighter Don’t know if you’re in a part of TX subject to ice and snow (panhandle). But if so, be mindful of that when you design the gate. If not, carry on. I’m in central TX. We get a snow and ice once every few years but it does seem more frequently now days. What complications does snow and ice present? Build up on the gate? |
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Posted: 5/7/2023 8:54:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This is the answer you seek Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Inward so the wind cannot blow it This is the answer you seek Where exactly do you people live where the wind only blows 1 direction?  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/7/2023 9:51:26 PM EDT
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Quoted: Is there a preferred direction? Open inward towards the property or open outward the street? 8ft board on board. I have enough driveway to pull in to my drive way and stop to open the gate. The gate will not be set up for visitors to drive up to the gate and use an intercom system. The only negative of the gate opening inward is that the sweep of the gate will take up driveway space inside the fenced area that you can’t use. The only situation I can imagine is trying to pull extra vehicles into the fenced area and close the gate. I think opening inward may be best because the house and the fence will help block the wind when the gate is open. Is all just preference? Inward if a swing gate regardless of the wind |
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Posted: 5/7/2023 9:59:52 PM EDT
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