Drive way gates

[sulking1]

Need to sort my driveway gate out, it normally locks at the bottom into some holes in brick but the bricks are always breaking when i bring my car in, is there any harm in digging up the bit in red all the way across and cementing in a wooden beam bolted in at each post ?

ps gate needs painting.

 

[JohnD]

I think you mean you have bolts going into the ground, but I can't see how in your pic.

If you put a piece of wood in or on the ground it will rot away.

 

[Ian H]

You need to dig down and set some proper driveway edgings into concrete.

 

[sulking1]

I think you mean you have bolts going into the ground, but I can't see how in your pic.

If you put a piece of wood in or on the ground it will rot away.

Fence post ? 15 year anti rot guarantee so it says.

 

[JohnD]

Ian is right.

If you post some better pics I could see how.

 

[sulking1]

Don't have a better pic at the moment, can you save and zoom in ? id prefer the fence post method, i know it will rot but not for a good 10 years surely and wont break away like concrete.

 

[oldbutnotdead]

Concrete with some bits of conduit set in for the boltholes.

 

[Ian H]

Are you going to dig the fence post in and sit it in concrete?

10 year guarantee for burrying it in the floor and driving a car over it?

 

[sulking1]

Yes I don't trust just brick it will crumble like this has so annoying, if i remove those bricks its 7cm deep just enough for a fence post width set it in cement get it level and bolt it at each end, make it a snug fit so it supports the 2 posts.