Peninsula Timber Gates

This week we’ve been building a custom gate with traditional mortice and tenon joins.

On this one we went with a blind double mortice for a cleaner finish around the rails—stay tuned to see the finished product!

Mortice and tenon gates do cost a bit more, simply because there’s a lot more time involved in doing the joins properly. We also don’t laminate our stiles (vertical end pieces), so the oversized timber has to be specially machined by the mill for us.

It takes longer and costs more, but the finished product is worth it for traditional craftsmanship.

We had some extra helpers on site last week 😆

For this beautiful property in Moorooduc, we installed the popular Weymouth Double. With the gate scaled up beyond our standard size, we increased the rail size from 140mm to 160mm wide to keep everything in proportion.

Finished with a black stain and powered by the SOMMER Twist 350, it ties in nicely with the overall look of the property.