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Some time ago I ordered a wooden garden gate to match our new oak porch. After looking at some examples I chose a picket style and waited for the company to come and measure up. I gave up waiting, cancelled the order and decided to make my own. I had some help machining the mortice and tenon joints but the design, assembly, finishing and hanging I carried out myself. I had already built the stone pillars and so I was very pleased when it all came together and fitted perfectly. This was first gate I have made, it is Idigbo, an African hardwood, which was very easy to work with and finishes well with similarities to oak. Hanging was straightforward in the end but I took a lot of advice from colleagues and the web. It has now been up a year and survived some harsh Yorkshire winter weather. It has never dropped and looks just as good as when it first went up. I would reccomend anybody who is contemplating builidng and/or hanging a gate for the first time should definitely give it a go. Take it slowly, plan well ahead, and you shouldn't go wrong