Stan in Oly, WA
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Last summer I built and installed a big, heavy wooden back gate. I thought I had allowed sufficient leeway for expansion of the wood during the damp part of the year, but I didn?t. Right now, following months of hot, dry weather, the gate is about half an inch from the gatepost on the latch side when closed. By the end of last year, it was so tightly swollen shut that we couldn?t use it. I need to remove ?? or 3/8? from the gatepost, a pressure treated 4X6, the full 80? height of the gate. For a number of reasons, removing any wood from the gate rather than from the gatepost is not an option. Moving the gatepost entirely would be the worst possible solution, so I'd do almost anything else first---including just not being able to use the gate for seven months of the year. The result will be highly visible for as long as we?re in this house, so I?m willing to go to quite a bit of trouble to get this right. I?d appreciate suggestions that would give me more methods to consider. Thanks.
Stan
Stan