For vinyl privacy gates wider than 5 you may have to add a secondary diagonal brace.
Vinyl fence gate cross brace.
Wide vinyl gate does need a additional bracing to prevent failure over time but the bracing can be made from vinyl and it can just be a diagonal cross brace.
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How to add the bracing.
Compression bracing a compression cross brace takes weight from the top bar and transfers it by pushing down against the bottom hinge or a vertical component that transfers load to both hinges.
Gate will actually need a metal frame to prevent failure and it needs to be an actual frame not just a diagonal cross brace.
Simply cut a piece of heavy gauge vinyl gate bracing and attach with stainless steel self tapping color coded screws available at bryant fence.
Building a pvc gate utilizing a cross brace.
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Vinyl fence gate brace used to strengthen longer heavier gates hardware included with fence gate cross brace.
Really easy fix for sagging gates where the gate panel itself is sagging.
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