How to make gates flush?

[Justsam]

Hi y'all. We just finished our garden "FORT" and our gates are not flush at the top.

Is there anyway to solve this problem.

We want it to be a user friendly solution

 can send more pics if needed

 

Thanks

Sam

[JacobZ · Accepted solution]

Hi @Justsam,

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community, we're excited to have you with us.

It looks like there is some twist in the timber, which is causing them to sit less than perfectly.

If you sit the gates perfectly flat on the ground, do all four corners touch the ground?

Because the gate is only a frame without any bracing in the form of palings or a cover sheet, you are relying on the timber being perfectly straight, which it very rarely is, especially with rough framing. You could try to remove the twist in the timber through the addition of extra bracing, but if the timber is rather twisted, this could be tough.

A fairly simple solution would be to add Pinnacle 100 x 10mm Galvanised Steel Single Eye Padbolts to the top of the frame. When the gates close, closing the pad bolt will ensure they are held flush with the frame.

Allow me to tag @Noyade, @AlanM52 and @Dave-1 to see what ideas they have.

Let me know what you think.

Jacob

[Dave-1]

Good Afternoon @Justsam 

As @JacobZ has mentioned, an uncovered gate will have a fairly high chance of twists that would show up like you have. I know there is a stay across the gate but that dosnt effect the frontback movement. 

Another way from @JacobZ 's that you could fix it is to trim off a 1cm from the top and bottom (if needed) so the gate will slide in easily. I would also put some mesh that hangs past the join on the inside so the top of the gate butts up against it (so whatever cant get in or out)

Dave

[AlanM52]

Hi @Justsam,

Try this:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jFGhDtps2aI

Hope it works for you.

Cheers