Adjust-A-Gate Steel Frame Gate Building Kit, 36″-72″ Wide Opening Up To 6′ High

Overall an excellent product that could take between two to five hours depending on your skills and experience with DIY repair and installation. I followed the instructions which were clear and well illustrated and took me close to three hours, not counting prep time and a related repair to an adjacent section of fence. All told, the project racked up ten hours of actual work not counting the driving to and fro to get extra supplies. If the prospect of doing all the prep and spending the better part of a day installing, then consider having a handyman install this. The great thing about the product itself is its sturdy build and leeway for variability in specifications like gate width (frame can accommodate 3 to 6 feet of width and between 4 to 6 feet high. Although it’s likely to work best with no posts that are square to the ground, I was able to fit my gate to the opening on which one side had a post leaning outward into the opening, but the angle was not too severe so I did not have to re-seat the post. The hardest thing that you’ll need to do is drill and secure the hinge anchors. I recommend drilling pilot holes of ever increasing diameters rather than trying to bore straight in with a spade bit. My posts are covered with vinyl sheathing so it was hard to get hole large enough for the anchors to go through the vinyl without making the bore too loose for the anchor. Once that was accomplished, the rest of the project flowed together and the gate swings nicely and latches securely. I’m very happy at the prospect of never having to replace the gate again, just do repairs when needed to the attached lumber.