Fixing a sagging gate in 20 minutes with a turnbuckle cable kit
Difficultyeasy
Time20 minutes
Cost$15
Gates sag because the hinge-side post leans or the frame racks into a parallelogram. Check the post first: if it moves, that is the real fix (dig, plumb, concrete, 1/3 of the post below grade). If the post is solid, a $15 anti-sag kit: a cable from the top hinge corner diagonally to the bottom latch corner, with a turnbuckle in the middle. Tighten until the latch lines up. Wrong diagonal does nothing, so: top of the hinge side to bottom of the latch side.
#gate#sag#turnbuckle#fence#garden
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Upvoted for the safety notes alone.
The "what went wrong" section is the most useful part of this. More people should do that.
Unplug it. Always. Takes two seconds and the worst case otherwise is a trip to the ER.
I did the same repair last month and your step 3 is where I got stuck. Wish I had this then.