"banister" baby gate recs please??

efujan · January 2013

So DH & I got our registries started this weekend. (Yay!) But the biggest issue we had was figuring out what the heck to do for a baby gate!

We live in a tri-/multi-level house with way too many stairs. The main floor has steps leading up to the bedrooms right next to the stairs down to the entry - and both have banisters/rails and not solid walls.

We registered for this bad boy - but I think this is going to eat up a lot of our already small living room.

https://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2265804&fromRegistryNumber=49223170&product_skn=258854

Does anyone have a baby gate that works well on stairs w/ banisters and doesn?t require drilling into the banisters - or have some other sort of fix that won't break the bank?? TIA!!!

ETA - tried to make clicky - sorry. . .

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efujan · January 2013

and sorry about all the garbage @ the end of the post. :-( The Bump's hating me today & I've got no idea why.

elbou · January 2013

I saw this one in store when I was there last. Maybe it would work for you if you bought one for each set of steps?

https://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=10963379&fromWidget=BRU%3ACategory%3ATop+Sellers

TnArichmond · January 2013

My dad had just redone their entrance way when DD and I moved in (when DH was deployed) and DID NOT want to drill into his new banister. He ended on nailing a piece of wood to the wall side, and tightly zip-tying another piece to the banister. Then we used the pressure-mount kind of gate between the 2 pieces of wood. originally he just used plain unfinished wood, but one day he was bored and replaced it with finished wood that matched the banister and brown zip ties instead of the clear. It has now been there for 4 years and they can still put up the gate when other kids are there to visit, and for the most part, it blends in!

Jalberha · January 2013

We have a small dog and when she was a puppy we were worried that she slip through the banister. We bought some plexiglass, drilled holes in it, and then zip tied it to the banisters. No one realized we had it up. Most of the time we had to point it out. At the top of the stairs we just used regular baby gates. This was an easy solution and easy to remove later on. FYI, If you buy a big sheet of plexiglass from Lowes or another home improvement store they will cut it for you in-store.

efujan · January 2013

Awesome - thanks for the input. I don't know how I missed that - I honestly never even thought of using zip ties to make mounting a pressure-secured gate (or plexi-glass) to the banisters possible . . . .great ideas!!!

Thanks so much ladies - and if anyone's got other tips - keep them coming!!! Big Smile

can_can · January 2013

elbou:

I saw this one in store when I was there last. Maybe it would work for you if you bought one for each set of steps?

https://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=10963379&fromWidget=BRU%3ACategory%3ATop+Sellers

We bought something similar to this, by Kidco:

https://lloydschoicepetsupplies.com/kidco-safeway-white-wall-mount-stair-top-gate-g22-white.html

Kidco also sells an adapter that doesn't require drilling into the banister. Same idea, it comes with a long piece of wood and zip ties, that allow you to zip tie the wood to the banister, and then you drill into the wood instead of the banister. Pressure mounted gates are not recommended for the top of stairs, so you want a "top of stair" gate that is mounted instead.