Well….after building the new gate yesterday, I went out to depot and got the hinges to hang it and got that done this morning…I also got some exterior adhesive to attach the stop to the side of the house without drilling any more holes…now, I only need to get a hasp and install that tomorrow and the job will be done…and before winter! I did take Tom’s advice and got some powder coated black hinges that look pretty stylish and are rated to hold 60 pounds each so I think they’ll handle the gate okay….one cool thing about them is that you can just pull the hinge pins if you want to remove the gate for maintenance and I think that is a pretty cool feature…they weren’t cheap at 17 bucks but I think they’re worth it…so now, the last big job outside is done before winter and that is kind of a relief….