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Leaning fence post just after driveway done

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LittleRebelGirl · 23/03/2024 01:37

I noticed that the post that the side gate latches on to appears to have leaned slightly, as in the pictures.
I had a new drive, patio and side done, completed 3 weeks ago. I can't say I have looked closely at the gate until today when the wind picked up and it was rattling. I went to lock the gate to reduce the noise and noticed I could no longer lock it.
Is it likely to have been cause by the work done? Should I be contacting them and asking them to take a look/repair? Or is it a house insurance job? The post itself is less than a year old. Previous owners had it done last summer just before we moved in (been in 6 months). I'm not sure what I should be doing, or if it is expensive to sort out.

Leaning fence post just after driveway done
Leaning fence post just after driveway done
Leaning fence post just after driveway done
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DarkDarkTimeOfLife · 23/03/2024 06:10

Did they do that paving under the gate when they did the drive? If not then you can’t really expect them to sort it.
It’s not something I would claim on insurance for, I’d just get someone in to fix it. Fencer/good handy man. If the post feels secure I’d probably just move the bolt or the bolt loop receiver bit so it locked tbh.

LittleRebelGirl · 23/03/2024 09:49

Yes, they did the whole area. As I said, drive, patio and side. It's one continous run.
DP said he will move the bolt down. That seems like the best option for now. But I need to decide if it is likely to have been done by the guys doing the work before approaching to discuss. I'm ust not sure. I'd like to be confident when talking to them as I'm sure they will deny it.

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Seeline · 23/03/2024 10:20

Did they remove the gate, the gate post or the wooden strut attached to the garage when they were doing the work?

If they didn't, I can't see it's anything to do with them.

Do people really use house insurance for a wonky gate?!

LittleRebelGirl · 23/03/2024 10:59

They took the gate off, I don't know about the other things, but it does look like the strut was taken off.
No need for the sarcasm. I'm asking a question to make sure I do the right thing.
And it isn't a "wonky gate" it is a leaning post, and is leaning to a neighbours drive, we are at a higher level and I'm concerned about liability if it falls that way. As well as injury if someone is walking past and it falls. I assume that is the right thing to do.

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woahboy · 23/03/2024 12:22

The piece at the top of the actual gate (door for want of a better word) has come off the resting the door. Was that already like that? Shouldn't be separating on a year old gate.

Pic 2 did the post get dug up and removed from the ground when they did the work? Surely it wasn't actually removed. They are concreted in and the whole fence is connected to it.

If it was concreted in the ground with the whole fence connected to it then how would the recent virus have moved it?

Leaning fence post just after driveway done
Leaning fence post just after driveway done
woahboy · 23/03/2024 12:24

OP there would be no way they removed that post and then replaced it afterwards. There would be no need. And they would have had to remove the whole fence which again, was not something they would have needed to do.

And you would have known if the whole fence was removed and replaced.

ten2one · 23/03/2024 13:17

I have a similar wooden gate. I have two middle bolts because the gate wood swells and contracts with the seasons so the bolts don't line up all year round.
I should really just change the style of bolt to one which can adapt to these small changes, but as a quick fix I just added another one.

I doubt very much it's anything to do with the paving work

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