On Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:49:37 -0700, Smitty Two
wrote:

In article .com,
wrote:

On Jul 2, 4:21 am, Meat Plow wrote:
On Mon, 02 Jul 2007 06:17:43 +0000, adgold10 wrote:
On Jul 1, 1:12 am, wrote:
I have a wrought irongate, and my fence has moved so it does not shut
anymore. There are no springs, adjustments etc. The top of thegate
just moved a bit, and it is getting stuck on the bolt holding the
stationary iron tube to the wall. The nut is flush with the end of the
bolt.
I was thinking I could notch thegatewith a hacksaw, and buy myself
some time. I've talked to a fence company who says he can do something
for $100-$150. Sounds expensive, and he's being secretive about what
he will do.
Any help would be appreciated.

OK, more info was needed.
1) Smitty, a picture was sent to you. I don't think I can post pics to
this group.

Post pics to tinypic.com, paste the url here.

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=5xz81gm
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=61xvf6g
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=53ts01t

Thanks for the url, that will come in handy.

Ah, you're back. Those pics are a good start. Not sure whether I
understand what's binding, but it sounds like you could take a grinder
to the bolt head (or nut?) and make it thinner?

If that would work, I don't think it would look ugly like someone
said. Just paint it the same kind of black. You rarely see something
very old that hasn't been fiddled with, and a little grinding seems
minor.

Based on the pics, I would measure the distance at the top and bottom
between the inner face of both pieces of cement. And I would measure
the width at the top and bottom of the gate, and find out where the
problem is. It's hard to tell these things without meausuring. It
looks to me like the outer wall is falling away at the top, although
the problem seems more likely if it were falling into the other wall.