In my book, he did it wrong. I have built much heavier wooden gates than yours and installed the diagonal brace as I described, and they don't sag. Two have been in use for many years.
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No. Use bigger screws; eg, #10 if the old ones were #8, etc.
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The cross brace is correct as it is. They should run from top inside corner to bottom outside corner. Their purpose is to help transfer weight to the hinge post to help prevent sagging at the bottom outside.
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"dadiOH" wrote ?
Correct-i-OH! The diagonal bracing is to hold it up, not PUSH it up. With a cable and turnbuckle, it can be tightened as it sags.
Steve
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Cable, yes. Board, no. A diagonal board goes the other way. The difference between tension and compression.
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to those who have responded on fixing this gate. thanx
I've a question for those who've built gates that I'm curious about.
would you have built the gate as is in the pics or would you have built it differently? if so, how differently?