My wrought iron garden gate cannot close now because next door has rebuilt their garden wall and the wall is slightly further away.
The gate has a padbolt on it. The bolt itself used to fix into a hole in the neighbours wall. Now the wall is further away the bolt will not reach it.
The neighbour is happy to have a fixing for my gate on the wall so that it can be closed shut and padlocked if necessary.
What is the best way to do this? I have had a look at bolt fixings but most of the receivers need to be mounted at right angles to the wall, so I would need to screw on a lump of wood first so that the receiver can be mounted onto the side, which seems not to be a very elegant solution.
The gate has a padbolt on it. The bolt itself used to fix into a hole in the neighbours wall. Now the wall is further away the bolt will not reach it.
The neighbour is happy to have a fixing for my gate on the wall so that it can be closed shut and padlocked if necessary.
What is the best way to do this? I have had a look at bolt fixings but most of the receivers need to be mounted at right angles to the wall, so I would need to screw on a lump of wood first so that the receiver can be mounted onto the side, which seems not to be a very elegant solution.