gate repair

I fixed the diagonal brace on my wooden gate from the top hinge down just to keep it square: by the second winter, hearing it scrape the path, I understood which way round it should have gone

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I fixed the diagonal brace on my wooden gate from the top hinge down just to keep it square: by the second winter, hearing...

A wooden gate’s diagonal brace must run from the bottom hinge to the top latch—not the other way. One DIYer’s backwards installation seemed fine for a year, until gravity and winter revealed the structural flaw through an unmistakable scraping sound.

« I thought the gate had warped »: why a sagging leaf almost always comes from a part hidden under the lock nut

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« I thought the gate had warped »: why a sagging leaf almost always comes from a part hidden under the lock nut

That sagging garden gate scraping the path likely isn’t warped wood at all—it’s a worn hinge hiding in plain sight beneath the lock nut. In just minutes and with basic tools, you can diagnose and fix the real problem that’s been blamed on the timber all along.