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| The gate post (attached to the wall of the house) is coming away from the wall. This causes the gate to interfere with the other half of the gate (that's stationary) and jam. |
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| Overview showing the gap between the gate post and the wall. It's about 1/2" or so at the top. |
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| Removed three long lag bolts to remove the gate post. |
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| This is the top bolt hole in the wall of the house. There's an expanding anchor but the hole is so damaged and enlarged that it doesn't grasp well. In order to improve it, I put several pieces of hard rubber hose material around the expanding anchor and the hole to take up the space so that when the bolt is installed and the metal expanding anchor spreads, it has something to compress against. (forgot to take a picture after filling the space...) |
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| This is the middle bolt hole. I had previously installed some plastic material to take up the gap between the anchor and the wall. This repair worked pretty well and does not need further changes. |
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| Same with this bottom hole as the middle hole. |
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| After reinstalling, the gap is down considerably. It's tight against the wall but there's gaps because the wall and the post are not even. Right now, it's about as tight against the wall as it can be. I will probably have to repair the top hole again soon. I'll either relocate the hole to a part of the wall or find a better way to fill the existing hole then reinstall a better anchor... |
