this is exactly what i did at the upper floor except with pressure gates. recommendations say not to use a pressure mounted gate at the top of the stairs but i've had one for over 5 years now with 4 toddlers running around. Never had any issues. However, I do have a landing and then a turn before the stairs exactly like that posted by altezza86. I might have been a bit more cautious if the gate led directly to downward stairs. Personally, I would go with what altezza86 suggested but when i was researching, i never came across to a product like this. Previous owners drilled into the wood on my main floor and i still haven't patched it up.fordmaple wrote: ↑ Grab a piece of wood strapping and screw the gate to the strapping. Now zip tie the strapping to the spindle with as many zip ties as you'd like. This way it doesn't damage the railing spindles with screws. Easy peasy. From experience that's what I did and it worked well for many years.
One of the main reasons that they’re not recommended for stairs is that there is a bar across the bottom which is a tripping hazardotaknap wrote: ↑ this is exactly what i did at the upper floor except with pressure gates. recommendations say not to use a pressure mounted gate at the top of the stairs but i've had one for over 5 years now with 4 toddlers running around. Never had any issues. However, I do have a landing and then a turn before the stairs exactly like that posted by altezza86. I might have been a bit more cautious if the gate led directly to downward stairs. Personally, I would go with what altezza86 suggested but when i was researching, i never came across to a product like this. Previous owners drilled into the wood on my main floor and i still haven't patched it up.
the one i bought is very similar to this picture
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This type of mechanism is exactly what my parents bought for the top of their stairs, with a very similar bannister, for when we visit with our toddler. It works very well.altezza86 wrote: ↑ I was told not to use pressure-mounts when installing at the top of the stairs for safety reasons. As a result, we got this to help protect our banister (no drilling). Gate is from Evenflo.
https://www.amazon.ca/Summer-Infant-Ban ... aby&sr=1-1
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Those look great. Well done.LionHardwoodFlooring wrote: ↑ I made some custom matching gates for clients before.
