On Jun 20, 8:16*pm, "MiamiCuse" wrote:
I just finished a wood fence, using all pressure treated lumber. *The gate
is a double gate, five feet wide each side. *There is a gap of about 1 inch
between the two gates when closed. *However it rained in the last few days
in Miami, and I noticed the gates have expanded, so much so the two doors
are not sort of fused together making it hard to open the gate. *When it
dries it wil shrink and back to original size.

I had no idea it *could expand this much.

I would like to avoid taking it apart and widening the gap, as that means I
need to redo the drop rod concrete block, as well as the latches etc...

When it becomes dry is there something I can spray of paint on the gate to
make it not expand so much?

Thanks in advance,

MC

PT is sold nearly soaking wet and takes weeks to months to dry out.
You say you lost an inch, so the whole fence expanded, is it tighter
at the top, could the posts have leaned with the weight. Why cant you
just sand a bit where they meet together and wait till it realy cures
out. In decking with PT you butt it tight and in 6 months you have a
nice perfect gap inbetween every board, PT shrinks alot when it dries
out fully, but with continual rain it will be a looong time