|
Posted by David Combs on June 29, 2008, 10:20 pm
>z wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, or a correctly-placed diagonal brace if one isn't already there.
>>> (High side on latch, low side on hinge; don't put them in backwards
>>> like I see them all the time on TV ...)
>>
>> what's the difference? (innocent question)
>
>If correctly attach a brace from top of the latch side of the gate will
>transfer the load from the latch corner down to the bottom hinge essentially
>creating a small crane like structure within the gate. The weight of the
>gate presses down on the connection points and less likely to move them
>(unlike the opposite scenario below).
>
>If reversed (cross brace from top hinge to the corner below the latch) the
>sagging of the gate pulls on the two connection points and will most likely
>not last very long.
>
>It should be noted that a turnbuckle would be attached from top hinge to the
>corner under the latch as it function is to pull and lift and not push and
>hold as would a diagonal support.
>
>I have built many gates over the years and not one has ever sagged.
>
>
Hey, you know what you're doing, how to fix gates, etc.
This post is NOT a challenge to you in any way -- just
an opportunity for you to say a bit more for all of us
to learn from. Really.
Question: again, what's the difference between the two?
1: compression support between latch and bottom hinge,
(can't be a simple rod, since that might buckle?)
vs
2: tension support (eg small cable or rod? Tension meaning
it won't buckle, so can be small) from top hinge
to bottom of latch-side of gate.
Seems like the force being resisted would be the same
in either case.
If so, then the durability would depend on how the thin rod
or cable -- or the thicker compression-support -- get *attached*
to the gate.
Perhaps something inherently different in durability between
a connection being pulled vs being pushed?
Thanks!
David
| 
Yahoo! 
Google 
Windows Live 
del.icio.us 
digg 
Netscape 
XML Sitemap