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Last Updated: Tuesday, January 27th, 2004, Created: Tuesday, January 27th, 2004

Speciality gate / door latches

Have you ever tried to run a string up from the gate latch, through the post and then put a ring or something on the outside. Of course it gets stuck in the wood or breaks, requiring you to either go through the house with your muddy boots, or over the fence.

So finally one of those inventive Canadians came up with Catch-A-Latch, a spring loaded handle mechanism for regular gate latches. It comes in a kit complete with the drill bit for going through the post. Essentially it has guide pieces for going through the post, a spring that will keep the latch down in its locked position every time you close the gate, and a sturdy handle. This is one latch handle that works and lasts.

One of our viewers wanted to know if there existed special latching hardware for sliding French doors. There certainly does, as you can see in the second photo. It has a little handle that pops our to pull the door closed and a handle on one side, a screw head on the other side, which pops out a little hook which will catch in a latch on the other side. (The big hole on the right was just so the camera could see the hooking action, inside the door.) This is actually fairly common hardware wherever good door hardware is sold. If they don't have it on the shelf, check their catalogues and they could order it for you.

Keywords: Catch, Doors, Fence, Gate, Hardware, Innovations, Invention, Latch

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