"Steve Walker" wrote in message
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On 24/05/2021 11:29, Chris Green wrote:
I'm looking for a gate latch that will allow a gate to swing both
ways, there are some more constraints/parameters as well:-

It's a fairly light gate, into our chicken run

It needs to be easy to operate from both sides

It can't be one of those U drop over the post ones (see below)


The best sort of thing I can think of is a ring latch something like
this:-

https://www.toolstation.com/ring-han...e-latch/p27158

but without the slotted bit that constrains it from lifting right up
out of the way of the gate post. However I suspect that the above
without the constraint won't be very sound mechanically.

It's made a bit awkward because the gate is quite high and has netting
across all of it so you can't reach through to undo the existing cabin
hook and you can't use the drop-over U type latch because there's
netting right to the top of the gate and the gate post.

Does anyone have any bright ideas for this?

A simple bolt with a a through handle:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/KOTARBAU-Do...7MW9QRGC&psc=1

Main problem with those is that the gate and the post can shift
vertically so that the bolt no longer goes into the thing on the post

Better if the thing on the post is a vertical slot.