Baby Gates

Stina2012

I have some down time at work today to Google stuff!

I'd like to get a big baby gate to put in the new house. I'd prefer something that's not a total eyesore. The opening I need to gate is pretty wide.

Do you have to screw all baby gates into the wall? I don't want to put holes in my new house!!!

jennipalmer

Most of the long one do need to screw in the wall.

coco2787

jennipalmer said:

Most of the long one do need to screw in the wall.

This. Holes in the wall are pretty easy to fix though.

Stina2012

Hmmmm.

Anybody have a gate they like?

madicase

We are installing our gates this weekend.  We just moved in the fall and we have beautiful dark wooden banisters we would have to drill into which would break my heart.  I found this on amazon that we are going to try - 

https://www.amazon.ca/Hole-Stairway-Mounting-Safety-Innovations/dp/B004CEN62O/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1401372881&sr=8-3&keywords=baby+gate+mounting+kit

Doesn't help you for not drilling into walls - but just wanted you to know I feel your pain as most top of stair gates are hardware mounted.

coco2787

Those retract-a-gates look awesome!

jennipalmer

I like the idea of the retractable gate to. I just sent link to DH!

EagleWife

madicase said:

We are installing our gates this weekend.  We just moved in the fall and we have beautiful dark wooden banisters we would have to drill into which would break my heart.  I found this on amazon that we are going to try - 

https://www.amazon.ca/Hole-Stairway-Mounting-Safety-Innovations/dp/B004CEN62O/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1401372881&sr=8-3&keywords=baby+gate+mounting+kit

Doesn't help you for not drilling into walls - but just wanted you to know I feel your pain as most top of stair gates are hardware mounted.

@madicase: 

This is an option for banisters also:

https://foxfamilyincary.blogspot.ca/2011/07/installing-baby-gate-without-drilling.html

We used this method with these gates for our stairs and are very happy with them:

https://amzn.com/B000BQKWHE

EagleWife

Stina2012 said:

Hmmmm.

Anybody have a gate they like?

@Stina, we have these for our stairs https://amzn.com/B000BQKWHE but I'm not sure that they will help for wide spaces.

KKinATX

We have this retractable gate and are very happy with it

https://www.amazon.com/Dreambaby-L820-Retractable-Gate-White/dp/B002R2BFVM/ref=sr_1_1?s=baby-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1401374029&sr=1-1&keywords=retractable+baby+gate

We've had it for over 2 years and it's lived through one toddler and two dogs and still going strong so I think it's a pretty good value.

[Deleted User]

We have the Dreambaby gates.  They are tension mounted so no holes.  In our house they have been tested by 6 one year olds banging and trying to get out and they have not moved.  Our opening is 4 feet wide.

They also have extensions so can add to make it bigger. They say with the extensions it can fit an opening up to 15 feet.

https://www.amazon.com/Dreambaby-Pressure-Mount-Hallway-Extensions/dp/B000F1MUKM/ref=pd_sim_ba_12?ie=UTF8&refRID=0MKDGENFNH1JYG4X69ZB

[Deleted User]

@madicase we have a nice wooden staircase and if you just stain the holes they're barley noticeable I know this because we stained some holes from the previous tenants and I don't even see the holes now. 

madicase

@eaglewife Thanks for the link!  I think I'll try that way first and maybe I can return the mounting kit.  

@asbromle After years of gates being on the stairs regardless of how they are mounted I would assume I would need to do a few touchups when I take them off - so I'm relieved to hear you can't see the marks!

so sorry @stina2012 for crashing your post!!

Stina2012

Thanks ladies!!!

DenverBride2005

I have this one--I think it's the same one that Audrey posted: https://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=10963317&cp=&parentPage=search

we have it in a wide doorway like in the product picture, so we don't have it screwed into the wall, only very tightly pressure mounted. It's held up for two years so far with DS1, we put it up when he was about 9-10 months old. He did finally figure out how to open it when he was about 2.5.