How To Install Chain Link Gate Hinges

Dig the post holes.

How to install chain link gate hinges.

A fitting that attaches to the gate post the pintle of which fits into the frame hinge receptor permitting the gate to swing. Male post hinges for chain lin. Install the fence rails. Chain link gate hinges are priced per hinge not by the pair.

These hinges will fit 1 5 8 o d. Gates taller than 8 should have three hinges per leaf. One hinge is installed under the top rail of the gate and the other just above the bottom rail. Set the gate aside then slide the hinge pins into place at the marks and tighten them with the top pin pointing down and the bottom pin pointing up.

The male portion of the hinge is first bolted to the gate post. The female portion which accepts the hinge pin is attached to the gate. Step 4 apply post hardware. 1 terminal post cap 6 fence tie 11 tension bar 2 rail end 7 gate frame hinge 12 top rail 3 rail end band 8 gate post hinge 13 line post 4 tension band 9 gate fork latch 14 bottom tension wire 5 line post top 10 terminal post 15 tension wire clip.

The bands will help hold the mesh in place once it s installed. The larger portion of the hinge simply bolts around the gate post. Put hinges and latch hardware onto the gate posts at roughly their final positions to install later. Install the post hardware.

Installation of a chain link fence is quite straight forward. Install the gate on the post lifting the upper hinge strap onto the top hinge pin and lowering the bottom strap onto the lower pin. A chain link fence gate is a durable and flexible made with net like galvanized metal fencing. Often times we lean a gate up against an opening while installing the hinges a light breeze or bump and the gate will come crashing down on the installer below.

Unlike hinges used to hang wooden gates hinges for chain link fence gates are assembled as you hang the gate. Always use a bungee cord chain rope to tie the gate up against the fence. Hang the fence fabric. Fit them finger tight.

Gate uprights simply by moving the collar on hinge. Each post will need two rail caps a dome cap and three tension bands. Preparing for a chain link fence. Two are required for most single gates four are required for most double gates.

Chain link fence and gate installation instructions fencing without boundaries tm. Mark the fence layout. Slide tension bands onto each corner gate and end post.