Over the Christmas break, the post which bore our gate hinges finally gave way. I went out one morning to find the gate, plus a section of fence, lying on the ground.<\/p>\n
\nThe weather wasn’t terrible, especially for January 6, but not optimal for repairing the fence. I dug out the bottom of the collapsed post then substituted a landscaping tie, a few of which I’d on hand. Next, with my younger son’s help, I reinforced the fallen section of fence, stood it up, and screwed it to the upright landscape tie, which had become the new corner post.<\/p>\n
With effort, I got one of the hinges loose from the old post, but not the other: one of its screws was seized to the hinge plate, and too rounded to turn with a screw driver. With a saw, I cut its part of the post from the rest, keeping it aside until an opportune time would arrive to retrieve the hinge from it.<\/p>\n
Yesterday (about five months since), was the day I finally retrieved the stuck hinge from the post and rehung the gate. Both my sons helped, but once again the younger was more involved. How it took place, I will follow up in tomorrow’s post (or, if not, then soon:).\n<\/p>\nJack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Self-tutoring about yard chores: the tutor begins about repairing the fence and gate following a storm. Over the Christmas break, the post which bore our gate hinges finally gave way. I went out one morning to find the gate, plus …<\/p>\n