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March 31, 2009
Banging Gate
Our landlord is in a tizzy about people banging the gate. We've got a classic brownstone setup: iron gate at the top of the stairs, a foot of space and then a solid door.
The gate does seem to bang dramatically if you aren't careful with it and it has rattled a brick loose on the hinge side.
Is there a way to fix this?
A better gate design?
He's talking about getting one of those hydraulic things, which seems kind of overkill to me but maybe that is what we need?
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You might try rubber bumpers as a cheap way to start. You can get stick on ones but they'll probably fall off eventually but there are also ones with screws through the middle that should work well. Otherwise the hydraulic closing arm is a good idea.
Posted by: daveinbedstuy at March 31, 2009 3:01 PM
Landlord's property, landlord's problem, landlord's choice of solutions...unless he prefers the loud-clang, loose-brick, blame-it-on-the-tenant aesthetic.
Posted by: vinca at March 31, 2009 8:43 PM
Yeah - why are you involved in this? His problem - he solves it.
Posted by: Putnamdenizen at March 31, 2009 10:16 PM
Thanks dibs. The rest of you people are cold.
For one thing, he'll do crappy renovations unless I steer him straight. For another, he asked me. I like him. He's a nice guy. He doesn't charge me a ton of rent, and he asked for my help in figuring this out.
and yeah, I have two logins. It's a long story.
Posted by: serpentor at April 3, 2009 3:28 PM
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