Modifying a chain link Fence.....

[Hammer]

I'm moving into another house at the end of the month and it has a decent side yard that I can put my trailers and possibly a boat in. The problem is the fence only had a 3' swinging gate. So I decided I would widen it to put my trailers there . Unfortunately, I didn't take any pics prior to taking the fence apart.

 

[Hammer]

Not shown is the first fence post I had to remove to widen the opening. It was cemented in and I decided to try and dig it out instead of cutting it flush and grinding it down to the concrete. The post was at least 2 ft. deep ! Pain in the ass and not worth the time it took to do it. I ended up hooking it up to my truck and ripping that sum bitch out of the ground I used tie downs to stretch the existing chain link tight and cut the excess with linemans (sp?) . I attached the existing chain link to the new post I installed and secured with quicrete. 2 bags was just enough. Dug the hole roughly 18-20 inches and its plenty sturdy.:thumbsup

 

[Hammer]

The next step was to remove the existing chain link and remove the second existing pole which i decided to cut with my sawzall and grind flush. That went quick :thumbsup

 

[Hammer]

once that was done my new Chain link fence frame that I needed was going to be 6 Ft. long . Went to Home Depot and was able to get the fence frame post and hinge assembly hardware and make the frame. I had some old fence laying around so I used that and some of the old hardware to keep rhe cost way down since this is a rental.

 

[Hammer]

I rolled out the fence on the new frame and attached it with tie wire temporarily since my room mate has dogs and I needed to get the side yard back yard closed up. I tie wired the fence to the new post where the hinges would go so it would stay in place while i installed the hinges.

 

[Hammer]

The final step was re installing the existing swing gate for access to the side yard if we needed to get back there for any reason. Pretty simple I used the existing hinge assembly hardware and flipped the gate so the hinges where on the "house side" post since I removed the existing post that the gate originally hinged on. Instead of prying the fence brackets off the post I just removed the cap on the post and slid them off.

 

[Hammer]

Finished :champagne::thumbsup I've never used concrete or installed a chain link fence before so I figured I make a thread on it for Handyman Do it yourself for cheaper guys like myself To top it off it was the 5 year anniversary of my friend taking his own life and he enjoyed doing things like this, so here's to you MARK ''DOO DA" TURNER March 14, 2007 R.I.P :beer
He Liked drinking "leaded " as he called it

 

[fmo24]

Nice Tribute to a friend. :champagne:

 

[Hammer]

Nice Tribute to a friend. :champagne:

Thanks, I didn't want to put in the lounge because I didn't need a whoa is me thread. I try to do something that day and have a BUD for him.

 

[BoatCop]

How does it stay closed, since they both swing?

I didn't see where there's any spud down between the gates to prevent them from just blowing or swinging open.

 

[Hammer]

How does it stay closed, since they both swing?

I didn't see where there's any spud down between the gates to prevent them from just blowing or swinging open.

Pouring a short slab or driveway from the fence back . I'll drill two holes and mount a "spud" (?) to the fence. The two gates meet where the pole I cut out used to be . That was in concrete, drilling those right now till I pour next week.

 

[Hammer]

I guess I wasn't completely finished