Tips how to repair the gate

The gate is a simple wooden structure. Very often failure occurs where hinged loop. If the gate does not close or closes with great difficulty, therefore, screws in the hinges loosened and their hats stand out razzenkovannyh holes. This means wood in the quarter pole razmochalilas because the screws were not wrapped and hammered.In this case you should remove the old screws, remove the loop in their nests to drive a small wedge that is smeared with glue, attach a loop in its center hole for a screw to make a prick with an awl to a depth of 10 ... 15 mm, slightly to drive a new screw, which has more diameter and length, and wrap it, but in any case not to hammer hammer. You can not strengthen the hinges nails. If the wood under the loop completely collapsed, it replaces quality at the site consists of at least two lengths of the loop. At this end of the cut and paste pieces attached form "swallowtail". Box made with glue and attach additional screws, which have so that they were not against the holes in the map of the loop. Damaged or rotten bars replaced, not repaired. Inserts and nailed boards segments destruction do not eliminate, but merely slow down. And in the end have to replace not detail, and the gate. At large destruction make a new gate from any material. When replacing the gate should be remembered that the hinge loops can be fastened at both the left and the right side, and pintle are divided into right and left. For the gate, you are opening yourself to the right or left, apply respectively to the right or left pintle hinges. If a loop to hang on the contrary, when you open the gate to be removed from the loop under the action of the masses, and this can lead to injury. Leaning poles, on which hung the gate, straighten, and strengthen shattered. Badly damaged poles replaced. Handles for door closing and opening the gate are the right and left: right-attach to the right of the door, and left - to the left, which corresponds to opening the - on the rural street or inside the Croft. Are fixed at a distance of 900 ... 1100 mm from the floor track.