Onetap1 t1_iynofbs wrote
The weight of the gate (more relevant, the bending moment exerted by the gate) is overturning the column.
Maybe fix a wheel to the end of the gate and install a quadrant track for it to run on. No more weight that's overturning the column, the weight is supported by the wheel.
tsully93 t1_iynqve6 wrote
It’s leaning away from the gate…that’s definitely not the cause. And the weight of that gate is inconsequential to the brick column.
JCPRuckus t1_iyntb9q wrote
Maybe he's thinking it's one of those anti-grav gates?
Onetap1 t1_iyod1d9 wrote
>It’s leaning away from the gate…
So maybe you should have said that.
barto5 t1_iyoj8oq wrote
Or maybe you should have looked at the picture before offering advice.
Onetap1 t1_iyok30o wrote
Better idea, maybe don't offer free advice to ill-mannered dullards.
Have you thought of anything that wopuld explain it leaning away from the gate yet? It's not good.
barto5 t1_iyol5j8 wrote
Yes, I have.
The most likely explanation is unstable soils. Clay based soils shrink and swell with every wet / dry cycle. This sort of cyclical movement often leads to settlement.
And the location of the column in relationship to the surrounding soil has far more to do with how the column moves than the gate does.
And I’m not your average ordinary dullard. I’m a foundation repair professional with over 15 years in the business.
What are your credentials to support your ill founded opinion?
Onetap1 t1_iyomj6c wrote
> Clay based soils shrink and swell
Which would cause subsidence cracking in a wall, due to unequal movement; under pin & make good etc..
it's not a wall; think on.
>What are your credentials to support your ill founded opinion?
I retired from the free advice business and will offer no further opinions. I'm sure you'll get there eventually.
barto5 t1_iypy6mf wrote
Glad to see you admit you’re talking out of your ass.
Retirement is probably overdue for you.
Onetap1 t1_iyr0mwj wrote
>Glad to see you admit
I seem to have missed that bit.
Shrinkable clay sub-soil may be the phrase you're struggling to recall, Mr foundation repair professional. It's probably not the problem. You should look up the word 'Professional' in a dictionary; it doesn't mean what you seem to think in this context.
Bye.
barto5 t1_iyr6zul wrote
Dude, just take the L.
You’ve been wrong. You are wrong. And you will always be wrong.
Onetap1 t1_iyrw0gh wrote
The 15 year-old internet foundation expert says I'm wrong, so it must be true.
Bye.
barto5 t1_iyspw6g wrote
I’m actually in the business.
You’re in the business of spouting uninformed opinion.
Keep trying though. You might accidentally say something smart. (Hasn’t happened yet, but I guess anything is possible).
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