Our opening to our stairs is wider than most typical gates are. Gates tend to be really expensive for the time frame we plan on using this. So - we went to the garage and figured out a free solution!!!
We took wainscoting - and "trimmed it out". There is baseboard on the top and bottom - or is it trim - either will work. The top lines up right with the board, and the top we left about 3 inches so it hits against the wall. We can even slide it to the left - so we don't have to keep lifting the kids over it when the puppy is in the crate. Overall it is working pretty well. The back still has to be painted - but for 90% of the people that walk in the house - what they see is finished.
I would not recommend this as a child solution - it would not protect a child at the top of the stairs or probably even the bottom - but to keep our puppy from going up - it is working perfectly!
This is great. I needed one of these a few years back. My daughter knocked down one of those (excuse me) crappy gates and went down a flight of stairs. I spent the night in the hospital with her. She was fine. They just wanted to observe to be sure. That gait just gave way like it was nothing!
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