On Tue, 25 May 2021 08:54:16 +0100, Martin Brown
wrote:

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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.

On Mums side gate it's more 'friendly' in that the initial faces of
the part on (what would be the) slam has curved faces on both sides so
you don't have to manually 'operate' the latch to latch it (just
unlatch it).

A bit like this but with 'ramps' that are more shallow:

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You just push it shut to about the right place and it latches (from
either direction).

Cheers, T i m