How to Repair a Fence Gate

Tack a nail to the far side of the nearest fence post, about a foot above grade, and tie a mason’s line to it. Pull the line around the post’s corner and several feet past the latch post. Attach it to a stake so that the line touches the latch post. Move the hinge post over until it just touches the line, and make it plumb. A post is plumb when a level shows that two adjacent sides are vertical.