"Puckdropper" wrote:

My aunt has a wooden gate on a wooden fence about 4-5' wide. It's
dragging
on the ground and the pickets are coming off. I can cut off a
couple of
inches from the pickets so it won't drag any longer, but I'd like to
make
sure the gate will stay in good condition.

I'm not impressed with the way the gate was built, it looks almost
as if
they cut the fence, added a diagonal brace and hinges. (No
pictures, the
gate and I are in two different states.)

If I rebuild the gate, how should I go about it? I've found only a
little
bit on the Internet about building a wood gate.
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First build the post so it will support the cantilever load presented
by the gate.

Make sure it extends to the bottom of the frost line.

These days, guess it is gravel not concrete that is used to hold
the post in place.

As far as the gate is concerned, equip it with a turnbuckle that
runs from lower outer corner to upper inner corner and pivots at
the post where it is secured.

An eyebolt mounted thru the post will work.


Have fun.

Lew