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Dynabolt not holding The dynabolt holding this steel gate has cracked the brick underneath, it has been like this for a few years. With cycles of heating/cooling weather the gate moves and as a consequence it won't latch easily. My question is replacing the brick would be a fair effort, what other fixes could one use here?
How about a chemical anchor of some sort?
weld/screw/bolt a bigger plate to the existing one and anochor it to the bricks above and below the cracked one
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I rotated the photo on my computer but it didn't when I uploaded it. The hinge is on a vertical wall so just imagine the image is rotated clockwise. Reason I point that out is, does the chemical anchor work on a wall and does it work when the brick is cracking? Thanks.
Originally Posted by havabeer
Best option, the current brick is cracked and it’s mortar bond is most likely compromised as well.
And if you use the longer metal plate option, consider using Ankascrews rather than a dynabolt.
Thanks for the replies, so if I go for the longer plate option there isn't enough space behind the existing plate to get a nut in, does this mean I'd have to tap a thread into the existing plate to connect the longer plate to the other one?
Best option is welding a larger bracket to the existing, don’t have to remove anything to do it.
What's the dimensions of the gate??
Other options are:
1. Fix a long flat plate to the wall in 3 or 4 locations to spread out the stress points. They look like hollow core bricks, so use a chemset and bolt anchor (not in the old holes). You can then just weld your old hinges to this plate.
2. weld 2 smaller plates either side of the existing hinges as previously mentioned but use a chemset bolt anchor
3. What on the other side (the side the gate latches to?), could also spin the gate around to swing off a deep solid post and latch to the wall.
Thanks for clarifying, the gate is approx 1.5 m by 2 m, that probably explains why the dynabolt gave way as the gate is heavy. It's one side of a 2 gate set-up. The popular sentiment here is to weld some steel plate and this makes sense, time to get out the arc welder which I use about once every 2 years.
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