How to fit a Suffolk latch
Also known as a thumb latch, the Suffolk Latch is a very simple latch that as well as being used on gates and external doors can also b...
Guides
Build this Nesting Box to Bring Birds To Your Home
How To Make a Bird Box: Build this Nesting Box to Bring Birds To Your Home
A nesting box is more than likely the easiest thing you c...
How to fit a long throw gate lock
How to fit a long throw gate lock
Long throw gate locks are becoming more popular, they are in truth fairly easy to fit your most diffi...
Gate Locks for Wooden Gates & Garage Doors: a guide.
Gate Locks for Wooden Gates & Garage Doors: A Guide
There's quite a choice of locks for wooden gates and side hinged wooden garage ...
Garage Doors For Sale – A Buying Guide
There is a vast array of timber garage doors on the market, from different timbers to different methods of operation; this guide is s...
Introducing the Wood Durability Guide
Introducing the Wood Durability Guide: A Database & Infographics about Timber Durability
We've put together a handy little resource...
removing dents from wood
Removing small dents from wood
It's all too easy when working with timber to damage it, for example, missing with your hammer and leavi...
How to fit a padbolt to a wooden gate
How to fit a padbolt to a wooden gate
Unless you're fitting a mortice deadlock to your timber gates, then you will probably chose to fi...
Timber Durability
We make wooden garage doors and wooden gates that are built to last – we care about the wood that we use and we choose it carefully.
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Choosing The Right Wooden Gate
There are a wide range of different types of wooden gates on the market: hardwood or softwood gates, ledged gates, morticed and tenon...
how to fit a ring gate latch
How to Fit a Ring-Gate Latch.
The gate ring latch is used, as the name implies, to securely close the gates when not in use; it's a sim...
Keep your hammer clean and avoid hammer rash
Keep your hammer clean and improve your efficiency (and avoid the dreaded hammer rash).
Do you find you cannot hammer a nail home clean...
Oak Gates and Garage Doors
You’re probably more than familiar with Oak, as over the years the country has been built upon it; however, there are several differe...
Accoya Gates & Garage Doors
Are you looking for gates or garage doors that are made from the most durable timber available? Are you also looking for gates or gar...
How to hang your wooden gates
How to hang your wooden gates
We've split the fitting of the gate hinges into two parts; if you've not yet fitted the hinges to the gat...
How to fit band and gudgeon gate hinges
Fixing gate hinges - how to fit the band and gudgeon gate hinges
The hinges we recommend (and supply) are cranked band and gudgeon hing...
How to fit gate posts to a wall
How to fit gate posts to a wall
By far the easiest of the gate posts to fix and supplied in the same material as your gates (softwood g...
How to fix gate posts into the ground
Sinking gate posts into the ground
You have three choices of posts for sinking into the ground, either tanalised softwood posts (availa...
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