Outdoor gate - how to remove/lift off?
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Hi all Ive got double metal gates in the drive.
These gates dont just lift off the hinge, the upper hinge pin points downward and the lower hinge pin points up. Upper hinge looks like this:
Lower hinge is just an upside down version of that.
so how would I get the gate off? "Just" undo the bolts fixing the hinge to the wall? Is that likely to end well?
Gate shown is the right hand one. The one on the left I think someone has climbed over in the past and the horizontal bit that connects to the hinge pin is now bent so it slopes upwards. This means I have to manually lift the gate in order to get the gate up far enough when opening it on the latch in the middle of the gates.
If I manage to get the gate off, could I hammer the bent bit connecting to the hinge pin, straight, to try and get the gate to open without having to manually lift it?
It would probably be easier to paint the gates with them off as well, could flip upside down to do the undersides of the whorly bits etc.
Thanks all.
These gates dont just lift off the hinge, the upper hinge pin points downward and the lower hinge pin points up. Upper hinge looks like this:
Lower hinge is just an upside down version of that.
so how would I get the gate off? "Just" undo the bolts fixing the hinge to the wall? Is that likely to end well?
Gate shown is the right hand one. The one on the left I think someone has climbed over in the past and the horizontal bit that connects to the hinge pin is now bent so it slopes upwards. This means I have to manually lift the gate in order to get the gate up far enough when opening it on the latch in the middle of the gates.
If I manage to get the gate off, could I hammer the bent bit connecting to the hinge pin, straight, to try and get the gate to open without having to manually lift it?
It would probably be easier to paint the gates with them off as well, could flip upside down to do the undersides of the whorly bits etc.
Thanks all.
Thanks all
Very tempted to leave them as is then.
Any suggestions on how to lever the bent one straight? I have rubber mallet could try whacking it with that but head probably to big to get at it.
Ill probably warn the neighbours first as its their house the "bent" gate is fitted to (and I suspect its them who climbed over in the first place bending it in the process)
Very tempted to leave them as is then.
Any suggestions on how to lever the bent one straight? I have rubber mallet could try whacking it with that but head probably to big to get at it.
Ill probably warn the neighbours first as its their house the "bent" gate is fitted to (and I suspect its them who climbed over in the first place bending it in the process)
shtu said:
I think I'd try to use a trolley or bottle jack to bend the gate back up, without undoing anything.
This I like. Edited by shtu on Thursday 23 March 10:40
I have no metal bars I can think that could be used as levers. Only issue with the jack method is I think its the top hinge of the two thats bent so jacking up the whole gete probably bend the bottom hinge wrongly or something. Need something to jam between jack and top hinge. I have an old fence post 3x3 somewhere, sawn to length may work...
ColinM50 said:
Angle grinder to get the pins off, then new hinge pin for under a tenner> How tight are you?
https://www.diydirect.com/heavy-duty-gate-hinge-br...
or
https://www.screwfix.com/p/hardware-solutions-hook...
Thing is the hinge bit isnt bent, its the bit from the metal gate to the hinge thats bent.https://www.diydirect.com/heavy-duty-gate-hinge-br...
or
https://www.screwfix.com/p/hardware-solutions-hook...
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