Gap too large

[stealthwolf]

Finally got round to fitting the gate. In my haste, I put the tee hinges flush against the edge of the side gate rather than allow the hinges to stick out by 10mm. This would have kept a 10mm gap on the opposite side with the wall post. As it is, there's a 20mm gap.

My options are either:
- leave it alone
- bring out the hinges on the fence post by 10mm
- get a thicker post on the door handle side (having gone to the effort of trimming down the current post by 15mm)

What's the best option to go for?

 

[JohnD]

take out screws in gate

drill new holes

put screws in

job done.

 

[stealthwolf]

Would work well if I hadn't put a machine bolt in each hinge (through the door).

 

[Jackrae]

Fill bolt holes with glued dowel and start again in correct position

 

[lostinthelight]

Cant you fix a piece back on the post equivalent to what you cut off?
litl

 

[stealthwolf]

Fill bolt holes with glued dowel and start again in correct position

That would make it like a hash job.

Cant you fix a piece back on the post equivalent to what you cut off?
litl

It'd be easier to get a new bit of timber to replace the wall post. The only time consuming bit would be varnishing/staining it.

 

[Jackrae]

That would make it like a hash job.

Only if you made it so. Filling 'unwanted' holes with dowels or plugs set so's the grain follows that of the parent wood is a standard method of doing a quality repair. Ideally you would use a wood similar to that of the subject and properly done would be virtually invisible.