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MrsT809
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Gate for bottom of the stairs
Any that you do or don't recommend? DD is finally brave enough to climb up on her own so I need something asap.
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Posted 11/21/13 10:57 AM  |
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caps612
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Re: Gate for bottom of the stairs
we had the gates at the top and bottom of the stairs professionally installed cause I was not comfortable with how the ones off the shelf could fit with the wall and spindles and the bar across the middle on the floor (which would be in the middle of the step and I feared people would trip on it).
Message edited 11/21/2013 12:13:04 PM.
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| Posted 11/21/13 11:00 AM |
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nycgirl
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Re: Gate for bottom of the stairs
Posted by caps612
we had the gates at the top and bottom of the stairs professional installed cause I was not comfortable with how the ones off the shelf could fit with the wall and spindles and the bar across the middle on the floor (which would be in the middle of the step and I feared people would trip on it).
Same here.
Yes, you need it!
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| Posted 11/21/13 11:02 AM |
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MrsA714
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Re: Gate for bottom of the stairs
I have this Evenflo gate on both the top and bottom of my stairs. We've probably had it up for 2 years. No complaints.
eta: DH also installed a banister installation kit similar to the below before installing the gate:
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| Posted 11/21/13 11:03 AM |
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MrsT809
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Gate for bottom of the stairs
I think we'd need to install one on the second step since we have a big rounded step at the bottom with the newel starting at the back of that. I think DH is going to flip if he has to screw something in to the newel since he spent two years building this staircase. I just don't really know what our options are though.
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| Posted 11/21/13 11:06 AM |
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MrsT809
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Re: Gate for bottom of the stairs
Posted by MrsA714
I have this Evenflo gate on both the top and bottom of my stairs. We've probably had it up for 2 years. No complaints.
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This screws in on both sides? Does it swing open
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| Posted 11/21/13 11:07 AM |
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MrsA714
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Re: Gate for bottom of the stairs
Posted by MrsT809
I think we'd need to install one on the second step since we have a big rounded step at the bottom with the newel starting at the back of that. I think DH is going to flip if he has to screw something in to the newel since he spent two years building this staircase. I just don't really know what our options are though.
See my edit above. We installed a banister installation kit before installing gate.
Our gate on the bottom is also on the 2nd step since we have a rounded step also and the banister curves out.
It does swing open. It can be set to swing open both ways or one way so as to prevent it from swinging open over the stairs (good for when you're using at the top of a staircase).
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| Posted 11/21/13 11:10 AM |
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MrsT809
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Re: Gate for bottom of the stairs
Posted by MrsA714
Posted by MrsT809
I think we'd need to install one on the second step since we have a big rounded step at the bottom with the newel starting at the back of that. I think DH is going to flip if he has to screw something in to the newel since he spent two years building this staircase. I just don't really know what our options are though.
See my edit above. We installed a banister installation kit before installing gate.
Our gate on the bottom is also on the 2nd step since we have a rounded step also and the banister curves out.
The banister we have is a large square and the first post is less then an inch from it so I'm not sure something like that would fit.
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| Posted 11/21/13 11:14 AM |
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LIRascal
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Re: Gate for bottom of the stairs
Yes I got this gate at Petco
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| Posted 11/21/13 6:42 PM |
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Beck
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Re: Gate for bottom of the stairs
Posted by MrsT809
Posted by MrsA714
I have this Evenflo gate on both the top and bottom of my stairs. We've probably had it up for 2 years. No complaints.
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This screws in on both sides? Does it swing open
The gate screws on one side (where it swings open & closed.)
On the other side you screw 2 metal pieces on the wall that the gate locks into.
I like it!
I got them almost new on ebay.
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| Posted 11/21/13 10:01 PM |
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FTM427
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Gate for bottom of the stairs
What about a freestanding gate? This works for us because its open on the bottom of the stairs and we also have a very wide rounded step.
Pet Gate
Message edited 11/21/2013 10:52:20 PM.
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| Posted 11/21/13 10:51 PM |
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pumpkinmom
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Gate for bottom of the stairs
We put the cardinal stairway special at the top of our stairs. We didn't have many options because we needed a wide gate.
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| Posted 11/23/13 2:15 AM |
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