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December 2022

yep... I was thinking that maybe the hinges are slightly out of alignment and that's giving enough resistance. I can't just lift the gate off the hing ...

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December 2022

Hi @Noyade , new spring is identical to the old. Your arrow is pointing to the holes on the gate that the spring attaches too (it's swinging in the wi ...

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December 2022

@EricL @Noyade @JoeAzza @TedBear Thanks all for your responses - thought I was onto something with changing the spring to the other side! Alas, the g ...

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Hi everyone, I have a garden gate with a gate spring on it - but it won't close completely. Photo shows a new gate spring but I can't get enough ten ...

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Need to replace a low deck and trying to work out how, before pulling it up! Deck is 3150 x 3300 with one corner removed - two remaining edges each ab ...

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Bunnings Team Member EricL
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December 2022

Hello @Offcut Does the gate freely swing or does it catch on something on its way back? When you say it won't completely close does it catch on the ...

TedBear
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December 2022

Hi @Offcut, further to @EricL's thoughts... Is that spring in the same place as the original? It seems to be very angled. It may be just a blur of ...

Noyade
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December 2022

Hi @ Offcut. I'm not a smart man - but to my eyes and logic, you have the spring on the wrong side of the post. Those springs "push" not "pull" the ga ...

JoeAzza
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December 2022

Hi @Offcut @my gate has a spring device like yours, my spring is installed on the inside of the gate , where the gate opens inwards same as @Noyade ...

Noyade
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December 2022

Gday Eric! @EricL One of the many great things about this site is it triggers memories for me. "it comes with a tensioner bar and a holding pin." I h ...

Bunnings Team Member EricL
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October 2022

Hello @Offcut Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community. It's fabulous to have you join us, and thanks for sharing your question about building a l ...

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December 2022

@EricL @Noyade @JoeAzza @TedBear Thanks all for your responses - thought I was onto something with changing the spring to the other side! Alas, the g ...

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