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Keeping out water?

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Neighbour has just had these gates installed so I went for a nose.
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The verticals go into a mortise..not sure if it goes through or not.

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I got to thinking if there was a better way to do it as I could see water tracking down very easily. Certainly if it wasn’t a through mortise then that would compound the problem
 
In a gate I made, I approached that problem by beveling the horizontal board 15 degrees in both directions from a centre peak, and beveled the vertical shoulders to match. A through mortice would be good insurance.


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I have a thing about gate design ever since I was presented with this mess

Bottom of the stile, hinge side:-
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Top of the stile hinge side,
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Middle rail:-
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My solution with to fix the rails on top and below the stiles thereby reducing end grain exposure
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And pining the vertical cladding so if one piece did rot it could be replaced easiliy.
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The horizontal faces of the mid rail were all chamfered to shed water.

That was 13 years ago and there is no sign of rot. Chestnut was used throughout.

Not the typical design but I am damn sure it will last longer than the original.
 
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