Wooden Gates For Bucks, Berks, Herts & Oxon
Hang your garden gates and utility doors with confidence using the Pair of Gatemate Medium T-Hinges. Specifically engineered for domestic side gates, garden boundaries, shed entries, and lightweight timber doors, these trade-rated tee hinges offer the ultimate balance of rapid installation and dependable performance. Their classic surface-mount design allows you to fasten them directly onto your timber without tedious chiseling or frame mortising.
Medium-Duty Structural Build: Thick-gauge forged steel arms distribute physical loads horizontally across the gate frame to prevent dipping or dragging.
Surface-Mount Simplicity: Eliminates the need for specialized joinery tools—simply align across your timber faces and drive the fixings home.
All-Weather Finish Options: Available in heavy industrial hot-dipped galvanised zinc or a sleek protective epoxy black powder coat to eliminate corrosion.
Complete Hardware Pair: Supplied as a matching set of two hinges, packed alongside all necessary high-torque exterior wood screws.
Collection / Delivery allow 3-5 days
Price range: £10.50 through £13.40 + VAT
Lightweight utility structures like garden sheds, log stores, and side walkway gates need hardware that can cope with outdoor moisture and repeated daily slamming without breaking the bank. The Gatemate Medium-Duty Tee Hinge Pack provides a professional, highly reliable trade solution.
By utilizing an extended horizontal tapering strap, these hinges bridge multiple timber cladding joints on the face of your gate. This wider footprint significantly reduces tension localized around the hinge pin, preventing the wood fibers from splitting or buckling under seasonal wind stress.
High-Leverage Support Strap: Spreads the rotational pulling force of the swinging gate panel across a wide surface area, keeping your gates squared up.
Smooth Pivot Action: Features a tightly machined central hinge barrel with a heavy-duty pin that delivers a fluid, silent opening arc through thousands of cycles.
Countersunk Fixing Layout: Precision-stamped screw locations ensure that all mounting fastener heads sit perfectly flat and flush against the hinge leaf for a premium, snag-free finish.
Anti-Bleed Protection: Premium surface treatment prevents ugly orange rust chemical run-off from bleeding down and staining your beautiful pressure-treated timber panels.
| Attribute | Specification |
| Brand | Gatemate (Birkdale) |
| Product Type | Medium-Duty Tee Hinges (T-Hinges) |
| Pack Quantity | 1x Pair (2x Individual Matching Hinges) |
| Material | Forged Structural Steel |
| Finish Options | Weatherproof Hot-Dipped Galvanised Zinc / Epoxy Matte Black |
| Sizes Available | 16″ / 18″ |
| Suitability | Standard Garden Gates, Shed Doors, Log Stores, Internal/External Utility Panels |
| Fixings Included | Yes (Complete pack of heavy-duty, color-matched exterior wood screws) |
Pro Tip: As a gold standard trade rule for choosing the correct hardware size, your T-hinge strap length should always cover roughly one-third to one-half of the total width of the gate leaf it is supporting. When mounting them, always ensure you screw the long horizontal strap directly over the internal structural frame rails of the gate rather than just fastening into the thin vertical cladding or tongue-and-groove boards. This ensures your fasteners bite into solid structural timber for maximum hold.
| Weight | N/A |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | N/A |
| Size | 16" (400mm), 18" (450mm) |
| Finish | Galvanised, Black |
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