Winter salt and fence hardware in Bridgeville

A latch that's been sitting in salt slush will complain in March.

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Gates near a drive take salt and slush. Latches freeze, hinges get gritty, and a closer can give up. A spring hardware visit is ordinary and often cheaper than a new gate.

If the post also moved, hardware alone will not last. We'll say which you have.

Don't force a frozen latch with a tool that chews the hardware. A planned thaw and service is the calmer version.

The same visit can include a look at a loose deck rail if that's already on your list.

A Monroeville driveway gate takes the same slush; Monroeville handyman will treat a failed latch as hardware when the post still stands, and as a fence repair when it doesn't. Carrick gates that drag after a wet season have the same post-first diagnosis on the Carrick deck and fence page.

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