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Install Bottom Support and Tongue-and-Groove Slats

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Building a Simple Gate that Doesn't sag

What happens here

Tools and materials

  • Brad Nailer
  • Level
  • Miter Saw
  • Pine Tongue-and-Groove Planks
  • 16-Gauge Brad Nails

What they say

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beautiful tongue and groove that we [Music] got here's the plan tongue and groove start from the bottom work your way up one Brad nail goes inside the tongue part and the other one goes and hits the previous tongue part so essentially we're only going see one nail now in terms of nails most fencing they use you know certain kind of I don't know gauge of nails nails but we're going to use brad nails and I know I'm going to give some crap for this but we have to conceal the the nail holes so to make sure it's also strong because brad nails aren't really typically that strong we're going to go with a 16 gauge it's a thicker steel we're not far off from a regular thickness of gauge which is probably like what 10 on a regular fence so I think this will keep things nice and clean and strong for what we need need [Music] it piece of advice I'll give you that I just realized myself so it's not like coming from a professional is uh these gaps when it comes to where the hinge side is make sure cuz you want to keep a minimum right but you also got to keep in mind they have to open all the way so as you could see this opens all the way and uh that means our Gap here is almost like 38 to/ an inch that's exactly half an inch so something to keep in mind um when it comes to tackling this [Music]

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