There was a couple of reasons I mentioned 4x4. The first was he stated a difference of 1 and a half inch in width which if most of that is on one side doesn't give much left on 44mm.Given that he has walls to attach the post to there is no need to use a 4by4 post. I would use 2by4 personally 44mm is still plenty of meat for attaching hinges to and as long as the degree of out of vertical you correcting isn't too gross plenty for planing down to taper back to vertical.
So true, don't know if he mentioned type of wall, stone walls are a nightmare
@ Mark A - that looks good
tongue and groove boards look like a good solution for me. what type of screws did you use?
@Mark A, really good work on that gate, looks very professional. What tools did you need for the build? Mitre saw, circular saw?
Its really easy to build a braced T&G gate. If you use some proper 18mm+ T&G boards you don't really need to make a frame. You probably wont find that thickness board from B&Q though and will have to go to a proper timber merchants. I'd use pressure treated timber if you can find it. I wanted mine to be as light as possible, but have had a bit of black mildew appear despite me using 3 coats of clear preservative.
Don't glue the T&G boards together, the tongues are designed to allow the timber to move. One thing I would do though is paint the tongues before you assemble the gate so you don't end up seeing bare timber when the boards shrink in the summer.
T hinges are what I used, but look for some decent 4mm thick galvanised ones. The black ones from diy sheds are usually really thin and not galvanised so will start to corrode in no time.
http://imgur.com/a/HRS7y - Heres a few more pics of it.
If you want to go the whole hog and build a mortice and tenoned frame that that is also possible with hand tools and a bit of time, but even easier if you have a sliding mitre saw.
He means if you wanted to make one with a frame around (these are called frame, ledged and braced or fl&b for short) he made a ledged and braced l&b for short.I appreciate that the way you did it might be far stronger with the mortise and tendon joint, but wouldn't some carefully placed screws and glue done a sufficient job? I'm lazy and I will always take the easy road.![]()