Vent: my neighbor looked at my new fence gate and said "that latch will outlive the post," and he was right

Robin Wood · 2026-11-05T05:30:05.050651+00:00

I hung the gate on treated 4x4s I got at the ReStore for $12 but used a $30 galvanized latch kit, so the hardware is way beefier than the wood holding it. Two weeks in and the post is already wobbling while the latch is rock solid, so now I'm digging it back out to sister a brace on. Any of you ever beef up the wrong part of a build like that?

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Vent: my neighbor looked at my new fence gate and said "that latch will outlive the post," and he was right | Bad Build Review - Rigidtalk