DIG HOLES 30"
DEEP OR TO
FROST LINE
ALLOW CLEARANCE
FOR GATE SWING
ALLOW 1" FOR HINGE
AND 3/4" FOR LATCH SYSTEM
SECURE MID-RAIL TO PICKETS
WITH (2) #8 X 1-1/2" SCREWS,
CAPS AND WASHERS
INSERT ALUMINUM GATE POST STIFFENER
INSIDE POST FOR FASTER, CLEANER INSTALLATION
REBAR
SEPARATOR CLIP
1/2" REBAR
USE (2) PIECES OF 1/2" REBAR IN HINGE,
LATCH AND END POSTS. POSITION REBAR
IN OPPOSING CORNERS OF EACH POST WITH
REBAR SEPARATOR CLIPS
POST SUPPORT OPTIONS:
POST CENTERS
4 X 4 POSTS = 96"
5 X 5 POSTS = 97"
4 X 4 POSTS = 10"
5 X 5 POSTS = 12"
LOCK TOP RAIL IN POST
WITH #8 X 3/4" SCREW
SECTION A-A
LINE POST STIFFENER
ALUMINUM INSERT
EMBEDMENT DETAIL FOR OPTIONAL
LINE POST STIFFENER ALUMINUM INSERT
TO COMPLY WITH THE HIGH VELOCITY HURRICANE ZONES
SECTION R44003.1.2.1 OF THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, A
STEEL INSERT MUST BE ADDED TO THE TOP RAIL AND
THE CENTER PICKET MUST BE ATTACHED TO THE TOP
AND BOTTOM RAIL WITH (2) #8 X 1-1/2" SCREWS, CAPS,
AND WASHERS
TOP SOIL
GROUND LEVEL
CONCRETE 3000
P.S.I. MINIMUM
GRAVEL FILL
30
2
AA
ALUMINUM INSERT
(on Brookline and
Breezewood
Aluminum insert ends
1" from top of post.)
TO COMPLY WITH THE HIGH VELOCITY
HURRICANE ZONES SECTION R44003.1.2.1 OF
THE FLORIDA BUILDING CODE, A STEEL INSERT
MUST BE ADDED TO THE TOP RAIL AND THE
CENTER PICKET MUST BE ATTACHED TO THE
TOP AND BOTTOM RAIL WITH (2) #8 X 1-1/2"
SCREWS, CAPS, AND WASHERS
Max. Post