mikeyr
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I am putting together my fence and have friends coming over this weekend to finish it. 380ft. of boards to nail up, all the posts are in 
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The gate is a metal gate with wood boards on it and I used 2 3/8" pipe for the posts BUT I screwed up on one gate and did not use what the fence company calls "structural pipe", the other gates I used the structural pipe as they recommended, I am guessing I screwed up and put in the structural one somewhere on the fence.
I have a few options here, remember my goal is to be fully ready for the morning when friends show up to board up the fence and drink beer with a BBQ to finish it off.
1. leave it alone, the pipe is still a good thickness and it does NOT sag at all right now, just worried about long term, like my wife says we can worry and replace it if it sags down the road.
2. Take the post out and replace it...that will be a ***** as there is a lot of concrete down there and getting the new post in exactly in the same position for the gate, etc.
3. I have some rebar left over from an other area, thinking throw a rod down the pipe and fill it with concrete, it sure wont sag after that That would stiffen up the pipe greatly and should be fine (Its also the easiest to do)
My question is, is it worth worrying? I really don't want the gate to sag down the road, its a 5ftx5ft gate made up of 1 1/2" square tubing welded up and has 5ft. 1x6 boards screwed to it. I am wondering if this structural pipe **** is just a way for the fence company to get a few extra dollars out of me or is it really needed, its thicker pipe but not that much thicker. This is a corner post by the way, not a true corner as the other side is at a 45degree to the gate so there will be some support from the other side of the post.
.The gate is a metal gate with wood boards on it and I used 2 3/8" pipe for the posts BUT I screwed up on one gate and did not use what the fence company calls "structural pipe", the other gates I used the structural pipe as they recommended, I am guessing I screwed up and put in the structural one somewhere on the fence.
I have a few options here, remember my goal is to be fully ready for the morning when friends show up to board up the fence and drink beer with a BBQ to finish it off.
1. leave it alone, the pipe is still a good thickness and it does NOT sag at all right now, just worried about long term, like my wife says we can worry and replace it if it sags down the road.
2. Take the post out and replace it...that will be a ***** as there is a lot of concrete down there and getting the new post in exactly in the same position for the gate, etc.
3. I have some rebar left over from an other area, thinking throw a rod down the pipe and fill it with concrete, it sure wont sag after that
That would stiffen up the pipe greatly and should be fine (Its also the easiest to do)My question is, is it worth worrying? I really don't want the gate to sag down the road, its a 5ftx5ft gate made up of 1 1/2" square tubing welded up and has 5ft. 1x6 boards screwed to it. I am wondering if this structural pipe **** is just a way for the fence company to get a few extra dollars out of me or is it really needed, its thicker pipe but not that much thicker. This is a corner post by the way, not a true corner as the other side is at a 45degree to the gate so there will be some support from the other side of the post.