Introduction

Gates with Inset Colorbond Sheeting have the sheeting riveted into channels that are screwed to No-Weld Box Section frame. Sheeting may be vertical or horizontal and is riveted from the back so no revits are seen from the front. The channels are screwed to the framing before it is cut making corners very neat and quick to do, giving a unique clean look, possible only because there are no welds and no screws or gaps visible. Gates wider than 1.5m with sheets fitted horizontally require vertical supports behind the sheets every 1.5m or so.

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Swing gates can go up to 4m wide x 2m high and sliding gates 6m wide x 2m high. Sliding gates do require a sliding gate channel see No-weld sliding gates and No-weld Telescopic Sliding Gates to learn more.

No-weld frames and Colorbond Sheeting may have many different finishes  READ MORE

What's included in a No-weld Inset Colorbond Gate DIY Kit?

Kits come pre-cut and drilled ready to assemble. Colorbond can be fitted horizontally or vertically.

Getting a Quote and Ordering

You can get an instant quote for a DIY gate kit or if there's an installer in your area full installation from one of our Instant Quote pages:

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Things to Consider 

Colorbond Sheeting of any profile that will fit into a 16.5mm opening in a channel can be used. If the profile is larger than this then consider fitting it to the front of the frame ... READ MORE

Sheet widths. Colorbond sheeting is 820mm wide or so but must be overlapped, which means sheets not at the ends cover 760mm. Generally full sheets are used with the last once being trimmed to fit. The sheets need to be fitted while the frame is being put together when being set into the frame as opposed to being fitted to the front of the frame that can be done after the gate is installed.

Making No-weld Inset Colorbond Gate Kits yourself.

If you're in the gate or fence business and want to save money as well as get jobs done faster (customers like it done fast), you can do so by making No-weld Colorbond gate kits up yourself. All you need is a good mitre saw, lengths of No-weld framing and hardware. If you keep No-weld materials in stock you could custom make Colorbond gate kits up yourself in a matter of hours onsite, assemble them and then install, so you don't need a workshop just somewhere to store the material and a suitable vehicle. This will give you a significant edge over your competition both time wise and price wise.  

You can order No-weld framing and hardware at the No-weld Online Shop.  

Making these gates requires mitred cuts, for technique on how to mitre cut No-weld framing accurately and cleanly with no burrs and drill holes for corner brackets see our our Guide to Cutting and Drilling No-weld Framing. There are other styles of gates too see What can be Made with No-weld. 

Trade Customers 

If you become one of our trade customers we can pass work onto you for free for No-weld gates, infill panels and fencing. You can either work as a fabricator only for others to install or as a fabricator and installer. See below on how No-weld Colorbond in Frame gates are assembled.

For more information see our No-weld for Trade and Wholesale page 

Place the pre-cut and drilled frame members on clean blocks of polystyrene foam or similar non-scratching material laid out on a flat surface with the open back faces up. Gates with horizontal sheets should have the top rail only fitted before the sheets.

Gates with vertical sheets should have only one stile fitted before the sheets, it doesn't matter which stile. 

Corner brackets are required to hold the frame together. These are fitted by sliding them into the ends of one Box Section framing only to begin with, which have grooves in both sides to help guide the bracket in.

Then slide the other box section frame member onto the corner bracket. 

Then fit four of the larger tek screws into each corner bracket to begin with using a cordless drill in the pattern illustrated above making sure there's no gap in the join between framing. The rest of the screws will be fitted later.

Then slide the Colorbond sheets in from the bottom if horizontal or the side if vertical. The frames have channels pre-fitted for the sheeting to fit into.

Make sure the sheets overlap so there is no gap between them. The last sheet will be cut narrower to make up the exact width of the gate unless of course a full sheet fits.

Then fit the bottom rail if sheets are horizontal or fir the remaining stile if vertical. Fit four screws into the corner brackets as before.

Make sure the gate is square by checking the diagonals are the same with a tape measure. If not square, loosen all corner bracket screws a little and pull the longer diagonal in by half the difference then re-tighten and re-check.

Rivet the Colorbond sheets into the Channels where ever the sheeting touches the channel at each end. Holes must be drilled first then a rivet popped in with a hand riveting tool. The remaining screws for the corner bracket can now be fitted.

Gates wider than 1.5m with sheets fitted horizontally require one or more vertical supports riveted to the back of the sheets(one every 1.5m).

Back supports are attached to the frame with small cap screws so an Allan key can be used to screw them in at the required angle.

Drill holes for rivets in the back supports where ever the sheeting touches it. Stand the gate up to rivet the sheeting to the back supports so it looks neat from the front, then lie the gate back down again.

Covers are then clipped into the back of the frame to cover the screws and rivets. See Guide to Fitting No-weld Hardware for technique on how to do this. 

Once the covers are fitted hardware such as hinges, latch, stop or guide rail can be fitted to the back of the frame. See Guide to Fitting No-weld Hardware.