Are concealed hinges strong enough for wood fence gates?

Are concealed hinges strong enough for wood fence gates?

I have a wood fence built in December and is now badly warped. In close
examination the two posts to which the gates attached to are plumb, however,
one of them is out of alignment (shifted by about 1.5") in relation to the
other posts on that side.

Fence is 6' tall, the gate opening is 10', so there are two gates each 5'
wide. Post on the left is OK, post on the right is inward 1.5".

I would like to avoid redoing the post since it is seated in a large
concrete footing that is connected to an adjacent post (I did that to avoid
any possibility of the gate sagging and pulling the post out of plumb.

The hinges I am using now are the ones like this:

* w w w .hardwaresource . com /uploads/285lg.gif

This require the gate and the front of the fence posts to be flushed with
each other. I think if I can mount the gates such that it is shofted inward
for 1.5" then I should be OK.

That would require concealed hinges like this:

* w w w .hardwaresource . com /uploads/115lg.gif

to be mounted on the inside surfaces. However I am not sure I don't think
these hinges can take that kind of weight. But may be there are some made
for this purposes, or there may be gate hinges that allows an offset
adjustment?

Thanks,

MC

Re: Are concealed hinges strong enough for wood fence gates?

MiamiCuse wrote:
> I have a wood fence built in December and is now badly warped. In close
> examination the two posts to which the gates attached to are plumb, however,
> one of them is out of alignment (shifted by about 1.5") in relation to the
> other posts on that side.
>
> Fence is 6' tall, the gate opening is 10', so there are two gates each 5'
> wide. Post on the left is OK, post on the right is inward 1.5".
>
> I would like to avoid redoing the post since it is seated in a large
> concrete footing that is connected to an adjacent post (I did that to avoid
> any possibility of the gate sagging and pulling the post out of plumb.
>
> The hinges I am using now are the ones like this:
>
> * w w w .hardwaresource . com /uploads/285lg.gif
>
> This require the gate and the front of the fence posts to be flushed with
> each other. I think if I can mount the gates such that it is shofted inward
> for 1.5" then I should be OK.
>
> That would require concealed hinges like this:
>
> * w w w .hardwaresource . com /uploads/115lg.gif
>
> to be mounted on the inside surfaces. However I am not sure I don't think
> these hinges can take that kind of weight. But may be there are some made
> for this purposes, or there may be gate hinges that allows an offset
> adjustment?
>
> Thanks,
>
> MC
>
>
I have seen big gates with a wheel on the moving end which gives
support. Perhaps that would be a way.

Lou

Re: Are concealed hinges strong enough for wood fence gates?


"MiamiCuse" <nmbexcuse@hotmail . com > wrote in message
news:PcudnR4858KzSrjVnZ2dnUVZ_oPinZ2d@dsli . com ...
>I have a wood fence built in December and is now badly warped. In close
>examination the two posts to which the gates attached to are plumb,
>however, one of them is out of alignment (shifted by about 1.5") in
>relation to the other posts on that side.
>
> Fence is 6' tall, the gate opening is 10', so there are two gates each 5'
> wide. Post on the left is OK, post on the right is inward 1.5".
>
> I would like to avoid redoing the post since it is seated in a large
> concrete footing that is connected to an adjacent post (I did that to
> avoid any possibility of the gate sagging and pulling the post out of
> plumb.
>
> The hinges I am using now are the ones like this:
>
> * w w w .hardwaresource . com /uploads/285lg.gif
>
> This require the gate and the front of the fence posts to be flushed with
> each other. I think if I can mount the gates such that it is shofted
> inward for 1.5" then I should be OK.
>
> That would require concealed hinges like this:
>
> * w w w .hardwaresource . com /uploads/115lg.gif
>
> to be mounted on the inside surfaces. However I am not sure I don't think
> these hinges can take that kind of weight. But may be there are some made
> for this purposes, or there may be gate hinges that allows an offset
> adjustment?
>
> Thanks,
>
> MC
>
>

Should work. Those type of hinges come in various sizes. Some are quite
large and heavy duty. You could use as many as you needed as well. 3 or 4
hinges should be enough.

Re: Are concealed hinges strong enough for wood fence gates?

In article <i3vb2455oigav2brhansi1k9fp5o3plqn5@4ax . com >,
Oren <Oren@127.0.0.1> wrote:

> On Sat, 10 May 2008 11:15:26 -0700, Smitty Two
> <prestwhich@earthlink . net > wrote:
>
> >In article <PcudnR4858KzSrjVnZ2dnUVZ_oPinZ2d@dsli . com >,
> > "MiamiCuse" <nmbexcuse@hotmail . com > wrote:
> >
> >> I have a wood fence built in December and is now badly warped. In close
> >> examination the two posts to which the gates attached to are plumb,
> >> however,
> >> one of them is out of alignment (shifted by about 1.5") in relation to the
> >> other posts on that side.
> >>
> >> Fence is 6' tall, the gate opening is 10', so there are two gates each 5'
> >> wide. Post on the left is OK, post on the right is inward 1.5".
> >>
> >> I would like to avoid redoing the post since it is seated in a large
> >> concrete footing that is connected to an adjacent post (I did that to
> >> avoid
> >> any possibility of the gate sagging and pulling the post out of plumb.
> >>
> >> The hinges I am using now are the ones like this:
> >>
> >> * w w w .hardwaresource . com /uploads/285lg.gif
> >>
> >> This require the gate and the front of the fence posts to be flushed with
> >> each other. I think if I can mount the gates such that it is shofted
> >> inward
> >> for 1.5" then I should be OK.
> >>
> >> That would require concealed hinges like this:
> >>
> >> * w w w .hardwaresource . com /uploads/115lg.gif
> >>
> >> to be mounted on the inside surfaces. However I am not sure I don't think
> >> these hinges can take that kind of weight. But may be there are some made
> >> for this purposes, or there may be gate hinges that allows an offset
> >> adjustment?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> MC
> >
> >Maybe you can slice 1.5" off the post, on one side, and add a 1.5" slice
> >of wood to the other side.
>
> Hard to do on a 2X4 post :))

Huh? Did the OP actually say he used 2 x 4's for posts? That would be
pretty damn lame.