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.

The way mine is done is the gate latch is the same as normal but it has
an almost square end. The catch is a thickish piece of steel about 1cm
thick with a notch cut in it to accept the latch bolted to the frame.


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Stand off hinges allow the gate to swing both inwards and outwards.


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Regards,
Martin Brown