The new fence was put in just last year, and it has worked fine. But somehow, over that time, the space between the left gate (by the garage) and the stationary part has grown.
To the point that the latch no longer reaches from the fence to the post.
This isn't a problem for the gate on the other side of the house.
The simplest solution seemed to be to move the stationary latching mechanism closer to the gate. So we removed it, found a piece of 1x3 oak (leftover oak flooring), and attach it to the post, moving the latching mechanism about an inch closer to the gate.
That still leaves the wider gap, but means that the latch properly works with the stationary locking mechanism.
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