I have a vinyl gate on the side of my house. I didn't put a post against the
side of the house, to save width, because I need to fit a 6 foot wide boat
through the opening. The second post would have made that impossible.
Now I'm trying to put a slide bolt on the gate to lock it in place, but is my
only option to put the bolt into the masonry (the brick on the side of my
house)?

Is there a best practice for this? A sleeve I can put in the masonry to keep
it sealed? Or an alternative bolt I can use?

Any help is appreciated, thanks.

Bolt:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt...-202042229-_-N

Side of house: https://imgur.com/a/5ecJE

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On Wed, 01 Nov 2017 16:44:02 GMT, EB
m wrote:

I have a vinyl gate on the side of my house. I didn't put a post against the
side of the house, to save width, because I need to fit a 6 foot wide boat
through the opening. The second post would have made that impossible.
Now I'm trying to put a slide bolt on the gate to lock it in place, but is my
only option to put the bolt into the masonry (the brick on the side of my
house)?

Is there a best practice for this? A sleeve I can put in the masonry to keep
it sealed? Or an alternative bolt I can use?

Any help is appreciated, thanks.

Bolt:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt...-202042229-_-N

Side of house: https://imgur.com/a/5ecJE

The problem is that brick is soft. You might get away with tap con
screws but they may also pull out.

On 11/1/2017 12:53 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 01 Nov 2017 16:44:02 GMT, EB
m wrote:

I have a vinyl gate on the side of my house. I didn't put a post against the
side of the house, to save width, because I need to fit a 6 foot wide boat
through the opening. The second post would have made that impossible.
Now I'm trying to put a slide bolt on the gate to lock it in place, but is my
only option to put the bolt into the masonry (the brick on the side of my
house)?

Is there a best practice for this? A sleeve I can put in the masonry to keep
it sealed? Or an alternative bolt I can use?

Any help is appreciated, thanks.

Bolt:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt...-202042229-_-N

Side of house: https://imgur.com/a/5ecJE

The problem is that brick is soft. You might get away with tap con
screws but they may also pull out.


I'd drill into the brick and put a metal sleeve into the hole for the
bolt to slide into. If you do nothing, over time the brick will wear
from the bolt. For the sleve, a piece of PVC pipe or metal tubing
should work.

On Wed, 1 Nov 2017 13:52:45 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 11/1/2017 12:53 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 01 Nov 2017 16:44:02 GMT, EB
m wrote:

I have a vinyl gate on the side of my house. I didn't put a post against the
side of the house, to save width, because I need to fit a 6 foot wide boat
through the opening. The second post would have made that impossible.
Now I'm trying to put a slide bolt on the gate to lock it in place, but is my
only option to put the bolt into the masonry (the brick on the side of my
house)?

Is there a best practice for this? A sleeve I can put in the masonry to keep
it sealed? Or an alternative bolt I can use?

Any help is appreciated, thanks.

Bolt:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt...-202042229-_-N

Side of house: https://imgur.com/a/5ecJE

The problem is that brick is soft. You might get away with tap con
screws but they may also pull out.


I'd drill into the brick and put a metal sleeve into the hole for the
bolt to slide into. If you do nothing, over time the brick will wear
from the bolt. For the sleve, a piece of PVC pipe or metal tubing
should work.

Perhaps a two inch box steel mounted vertical on to the brick with tap
cons (3). (?)

Maybe another method. Use a gate do-dad (bolt) that slides down into a
pipe in the ground. Leave the brick alone.

OP at HMH may not see this post.

On Wed, 1 Nov 2017 13:52:45 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote
in

On 11/1/2017 12:53 PM, wrote:
On Wed, 01 Nov 2017 16:44:02 GMT, EB
m wrote:

I have a vinyl gate on the side of my house. I didn't put a post against the
side of the house, to save width, because I need to fit a 6 foot wide boat
through the opening. The second post would have made that impossible.
Now I'm trying to put a slide bolt on the gate to lock it in place, but is my
only option to put the bolt into the masonry (the brick on the side of my
house)?

Is there a best practice for this? A sleeve I can put in the masonry to keep
it sealed? Or an alternative bolt I can use?

Any help is appreciated, thanks.

Bolt:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt...-202042229-_-N

Side of house: https://imgur.com/a/5ecJE

The problem is that brick is soft. You might get away with tap con
screws but they may also pull out.


I'd drill into the brick and put a metal sleeve into the hole for the
bolt to slide into. If you do nothing, over time the brick will wear
from the bolt. For the sleve, a piece of PVC pipe or metal tubing
should work.

How about mounting the bold vertically at the bottom of the gate and
have the bolt slide vertically down into a metal tube in the ground?
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On 11/1/17 11:44 AM, EB wrote:
I have a vinyl gate on the side of my house. I didn't put a post against
the
side of the house, to save width, because I need to fit a 6 foot wide boat
through the opening. The second post would have made that impossible.
Now I'm trying to put a slide bolt on the gate to lock it in place, but
is my
only option to put the bolt into the masonry (the brick on the side of my
house)?

Is there a best practice for this? A sleeve I can put in the masonry to
keep
it sealed? Or an alternative bolt I can use?

Any help is appreciated, thanks.

Bolt:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt...-202042229-_-N


Side of house: https://imgur.com/a/5ecJE

Oren and CRNG mean something like this when they say vertical latch
with a pipe in the ground.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Stanley-National-Hardware-5-8-in-x-18-in-Black-Cane-Bolt-CD1009-5-8X18-CANE-BLT-B/203593259

or http://tinyurl.com/ycz37enq

The gate will wiggle at the top but will stay closed.

"EB" m wrote in message
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I have a vinyl gate on the side of my house. I didn't put a post against
the
side of the house, to save width, because I need to fit a 6 foot wide boat
through the opening. The second post would have made that impossible.
Now I'm trying to put a slide bolt on the gate to lock it in place, but is
my
only option to put the bolt into the masonry (the brick on the side of my
house)?

Is there a best practice for this? A sleeve I can put in the masonry to
keep
it sealed? Or an alternative bolt I can use?

Any help is appreciated, thanks.

You could just drill the hole in the masonry and use that with or without a
bushing. Alternatively, you could mount a piece of wood on the masonry so
the gate closes against it, then mount the bolt so it can enter a hole in
the wood.

On 11/1/2017 6:35 PM, dadiOH wrote:

You could just drill the hole in the masonry and use that with or without a
bushing. Alternatively, you could mount a piece of wood on the masonry so
the gate closes against it, then mount the bolt so it can enter a hole in
the wood.



That would work and if mounted properly you can take it off when you
move the boat in or out. Or cut a slot in the hull of the boat to clear
it.

On Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at 9:00:52 PM UTC-4, Ed Pawlowski wrote:



Or cut a slot in the hull of the boat to clear it.

Only do this if you first buy a roll of that **** tape as-seen-on-tv.