How to Fix a Large Sagging Gate

My main gate for our yard is separated into 2 different section. A 6ft section and a 5ft section. I was slack when building these and didn't brace them correctly to begin with and now I am paying for it. I am not having to use extra material to fix this, but it is added time in a more difficult situation with nothing bracing these gates while drilling.

#gate #homestead #diyfix

[Hideaway]

Man, in the beginning, when you said, "I'll come back later and secure it better, " and never got around to it. I was thinking, yup, that's the story of my life on small and easy home projects. 😂

[katemacknight]

Came for the gate, stayed for the cat

[chewar]

That isn't level at all. I would re-do the entire thing. It would drive me crazy.

[tragikk]

Thanks for making this video, man. My mom and dad have the same problem on a new fence and my dad just turned 69 last month.. he can do it, but it's getting harder for him, I think.

I'm gonna get it fixed today while he's at work because you put this up to show me how to get it done

[leemckenzie]

At some point someone added the lock to the gate, while it was already sagging. You 'fixed' the gate by returning it to this sagging (just not sagging as much as before) state. You should have leveled the gate, and then moved the lock to its correct place. This gate looks horrible, it looks worse than before you started. 10 out of 10 for effort, but 1 out of 10 for results.

[paulspk]

Would have been good to get the to of the gates at the same height at least.

[bsrsonptyltd]

Knowing it wasn't level and having to mount the latches to compensate for it, why even bother if you are not going to level it up aesthetically and move the latches. The biggest problem wasn't while you were opening it and having to lift the gate a little, it was that it looked shit while it was shut.

[sukhjinder]

THANKS, I CAN'T WAIT TO DO THIS ON THE NEXT SUNNY WEEKEND DAY. VERY QUICK, SMART METHOD.

[peterbarlow]

That’s still catty wampus! The diagonal brace is depending on screws in shear. Those screws will slowly migrate in the soft plantation grown PT. the gates need full perimeter frames with the braces in the same plane butting said frame. Then the racking loads will bear on wood in compression not just screws in shear.
.

[CVMGAM]

I would look into glasses before your next project. Just a thought.

[jerryw]

That looks like my gate exactly. I would have thought he was fixing my gate.

[AlvinMcManus]

Yeah the dang stringers are sagged! Nicely bowed. Level will depend on where you put the tool. LOL.

[casperloco]

Wooow!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍thankyou for the video. I have the same problem. and now I know how to fix it

[cliffcarlo]

Use a vehicle jack. Works like a charm.

[Weaseldog]

On the long gate, the folks who assembled, made the cross spars crooked.

That's why the gare doesn't look right, when they are level.

[earthwatcher]

4:31 - cat is up on the left side on the fence now 🐈 lol

[TheNanaweaver]

Thank you I m old lady and by myself I need to do this myself .

[Danman]

Pretty simple and quick. Defiantly add the wheel. As a farther step you can mark the outside lines of where the brace and fence rails meet (on the brace and the rails of the fence). The remove the brace and use a circular saw to slit those areas between the lines halfway through the rail and braces where they meet. Then clean it up with a chisel to make a notch in the rail and the brace. This will make a half lap in 3 spots. Then apply water proof wood glue like titebond III joint. Then put the braces in and screw it together. Also from the front can screw the pickets into the brace. It will add a extra step or two, but it will look much better from the back and add another layer of stability with the pickets helping the hold the brace and distribute weight. My gate sags bad for other reasons (posts are week and set in a area where drainage pools). The gate it fine... its the rest of the fence that is not holding. I hope to rebuild it and make some additions to fence this year. Going to set the posts a few feet more down and add a bunch of gravel before the cement to help keep it from flexing. I will also be using thicker walled pipe for the corner post and the gate pivot. They are really close together. Will also be tying them together top and bottom.

[powerstuffup]

I didnt get it at first . But it's a quick fix and very helpful will be trying this out. Thank your sir

[gordonvorenkamp]

My dad's steel gate is dragging. The diagonal brace was done the opposite way with steel rod for tension. The threaded portion of the rod for tensioning and posssibly raising is fully tightened.