"LouB" wrote in message
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MiamiCuse wrote:
I have a wood fence built in December and is now badly warped. In close
examination the two posts to which the gates attached to are plumb,
however, one of them is out of alignment (shifted by about 1.5") in
relation to the other posts on that side.

Fence is 6' tall, the gate opening is 10', so there are two gates each 5'
wide. Post on the left is OK, post on the right is inward 1.5".

I would like to avoid redoing the post since it is seated in a large
concrete footing that is connected to an adjacent post (I did that to
avoid any possibility of the gate sagging and pulling the post out of
plumb.

The hinges I am using now are the ones like this:

http://www.hardwaresource.com/uploads/285lg.gif

This require the gate and the front of the fence posts to be flushed with
each other. I think if I can mount the gates such that it is shofted
inward for 1.5" then I should be OK.

That would require concealed hinges like this:

http://www.hardwaresource.com/uploads/115lg.gif

to be mounted on the inside surfaces. However I am not sure I don't
think these hinges can take that kind of weight. But may be there are
some made for this purposes, or there may be gate hinges that allows an
offset adjustment?

Thanks,

MC


I have seen big gates with a wheel on the moving end which gives support.
Perhaps that would be a way.

Lou

It is not the outside of the gates that are sagging downward. The problem
is the two posts are plumb but one of the posts are out of alignment with
the rest of the posts for that fence.

Thanks,

MC