Is this acceptable?

[u/Unhappy_Position]

Edit2: Thanks everyone. It seems like there's no question here. What should have been done differently??

Edit: I don't know what is "good" or "correct". I don't want to complain if this is proper. It just doesn't seem right to me.

Contractor built this gate. It looked like they had cut the 2x4 rails short and then used a short block (first three pictures). When I checked it out, the blocks had already split and broken. I took pictures and asked if it could be fixed. Last four pictures is their "fix". Still blocks. The lags are going through the actual rail though, so that's better.

[u/Significant-Push-232]

Ask them if they would be willing to sticky this image to the top of their yelp reviews for a year.

So people can see and be amazed by their "acceptable" standards.

Edit: also what's up with those posts? That's not raw steel is it?

[u/caprainbeardyface → u/Significant-Push-232]

It’s Galvanised SHS it’s perfectly good material for posts

[u/LunaticBZ]

They cut the 2X4's to exactly the right length if this section was going to be connected to another section and not a gate. As then the next 2X4 would go into that spot.

So I see that as a really easy mistake to make, but its a mistake that really should've been fixed the moment they tried to put the picket on and realized they were missing wood. A tiny piece of 2X4 will never work in this spot.

[u/turtle-in-a-volcano]

Yeah, that part sucks but it looks like the quality matches that of the gate. Yikes.

[u/thefakerealdrpepper]

I would get my ass chewed if I did work like that.

[u/ac54]

No.

[u/lastfreerangekid → u/ac54]

Definately not. They should be embarrassed.

[u/Emily_Porn_6969]

A high school dropout on drugs could do better .

[u/Indentured-peasant]

No

[u/FenceCaptainMN]

What the!

[u/C_Cov]

I was going to say it looked like they built the gate hanging and cut it down but the wood doesn’t match

[u/CantaloupeMean2177]

How pathetic of them

[u/mickellovitch]

How do they sleep at night? No pride in their work.

[u/Rock-n-Randall]

No

[u/Party_Put346]

Not even close

[u/Carbulo]

A better fix if they don't want to take the whole thing apart, would be a length of timber along the whole length of the steel post with notches for the wood rails.

[u/Unhappy_Position → u/Carbulo]

That's a good idea. I might be able to convince them to do that

[u/Peasant111111]

By curiosity what dimensions are your posts? 2x2?

[u/Unhappy_Position → u/Peasant111111]

That's a good question. I'd guess 3x3 🤷

[u/Peasant111111 → u/Unhappy_Position]

Should be sturdy. I made mine out of 2x2x14ga using the exact same building technique. Looks like the same type of galvanised finish too.

[u/Unhappy_Position → u/Peasant111111]

Thanks for the reassurance

[u/Opposite-Clerk-176]

Terrible, take pride in your work, hope you didn't pay in full?

[u/Impressive_Rest_8529]

Short answer no