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Originally Posted by GordonBlue
need some advice.
in my back yard, the latch for the gate was affixed to the siding of the garage. needless to say this didn't last.
there isn't much room between the gate and the garage, but I thought to use an epoxy adhesive to put in a pole I could put the latch onto. do I have the right idea?
I'm thinking that or put a couple of long screws right through the wall of the garage.
would appreciate some direction.
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Is your garage drywalled inside? It would be easy to screw from the inside of the garage into the post rather than through the post into the garage. Also what kind of siding is on your garage? You'd want to attach any post right to the wood sheeting and preferably framing or backing in the garage, not just to the siding. Or if you don't want to do that you could put the post into the ground with cement just like a normal fence post. That way you would not need to attach it to the garage but it would take up more space for the gate opening for sure.