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Hi folks!
Mother Secure has two side passages, one with a 7 foot high metal gate & one with a wooden one.
The wooden one has rotted and she would like a metal one to replace.
The existing metal gate is hinged on the house side and the latch is fixed to a 6 foot post put in specially for the job.
The wooden gate is adjacent to a 4 foot post.
Without ripping up the blockwork and next doors slabs, it is impossible to change the 4 foot post for a taller one.
Would it be OK to fix the latch for the new metal gate as low as 3 foot 6" on a 7 foot gate?
The other latch is higher as the post is higher.
Will a latch half the height of the gate give it enough support?
Thanks for your help.
Mother Secure has two side passages, one with a 7 foot high metal gate & one with a wooden one.
The wooden one has rotted and she would like a metal one to replace.
The existing metal gate is hinged on the house side and the latch is fixed to a 6 foot post put in specially for the job.
The wooden gate is adjacent to a 4 foot post.
Without ripping up the blockwork and next doors slabs, it is impossible to change the 4 foot post for a taller one.
Would it be OK to fix the latch for the new metal gate as low as 3 foot 6" on a 7 foot gate?
The other latch is higher as the post is higher.
Will a latch half the height of the gate give it enough support?
Thanks for your help.