confused about stairgate - any advice.

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Want a safety gate for our kitchen door.

Don't want to drill any holes so opted look for one of those pressure mounted thingys without cups. The door is 82cm wide so these would need an extention.

Went to John Lewis who advised that if you use an extention on a pressure mounted door you'd need to do some drilling. So went to mother care who said their own version needed no drilling even with extentions.

I get it home to find you need to drill cups. AAAGH.

Anyone know of any gate that you can use with pressure mounted and do not need to drill cups and will fit 82cm door either with or without an exention.

Alternatively, what's the view on those travel doors made of mesh.

In a real tizz as not a great fan of shopping!!

you don't have to drill the cups. we didn't bother using the cups with ours at all, as we fitted it really nice and tight.
most of them come with sticky things though, so you can just stick the cups on if you don't want to drill

We used the Mothercare wood and metal one with an extension without drilling for the cups. i think that bit's optional.
But after a while you will get pressure marks on the walls, ie the paint comes off. But then you can just touch it up with a bit of paint, which is better than having to fill in holes.

I have wide doors and use a travel gate (mesh) on ds' bedroom door.
I like it but am too short to climb over it which is a pest. Not v.practical to use all of the time if you are going in and out of the kitchen. You would have to keep taking it down.
Babaydan do a playpen that can also be used as stairgate and would easier for everyday use than a travel gate.

We have to have pressure mounted ones. My 15 month old DS can pull them over now (and they are mega tightened).

If it's your house, I'd get the drilled ones.

Really - can I be hopeful? The thought of braving the traffic to brent cross to return the blasted thing does not fill my heart with joy.

I've just got their premium thingy in white metal. I guess they're all the same. I've just had a sneaky look in the accessories box and actually, I reckon it would be ok without.

Does anyone know if the travel safety gates are any good.

My ds is 14 months. We've left this so late..........

I think the pressure mounted gates are only really intended as temporary/portable options IMO. I would

well, we have 3, haven't used cups with any of them. they've been up for nearly 2 years and ds has never managed to pull one down or anything.
we do tighten them now and then, but I would have no qualms about using them as they are.

Lucius. I too am short but might consider one for his bedroom door. Absolutelty - not for the kitchen.

We've got a small kitchen I would sometimes like to take the safety gate off to shut the door if I'm cooking something that's likely to set the smoke alarm in the hall off.

We used ours for about 4 years without the cups and it was never pulled over. have only recently taken it down as the DSs can now open it so it's pointless.

the mothercare one only needs you to use the cups if the red and yellow bits don't disappear when you've tightened it as much as you can. IIRC

we didn't have red and yellow bits.

DS is ridiculously strong ... plus maybe the fact that the banisters are very glossy is making a difference?

I've just pulled out the gate but given the time I'm a bit optimistic about doing it tonight!

I'm sure it will be fine - the instructions say that with one extion it goes from 80-86cm - my door is 82 so I'm sure there'll be plenty of tension (and I mean that!).

I have a mothercare one that I did have to drill the holes for. I did get a pressure mouned one but I couldn't ever get a great fit with it.
It is fixed to the door frame and it extends quite far as it is 2 bits that overlap if that makes sense it is beech wood and the door still shuts with it on. It is also great for clumsy people like me as it doesn't have the bar that runs along the floor so I can't trip oer it.