Stair gate for turned banister not level with wall.

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Our newell (sp?) post comes out of our top but one step so isn't level with the top step. The stairgate we have will not fit because in order to screw it to the newell post level with the top step it would be at an angle across the step and not flush with the wall. Imagine it as an 'N' shape maybe?

God, that sounds complicated. If you understand what I mean can you suggest anything. I can't put it across the hall either because its bannister on one side and I don't want to put it across a room as all bedrooms are tiny with no space for DS to crawl. HELP

Tricky one, we had a similar situation and here's what we did:

(1) Take one section from a Baby dan or other playpen (must be very sturdy)
(2) Buy four D rings from a hardware store
(3) Use ring hooks or indeed keyrings on one side (to hold it steady and two two ended hooks from bungee cords (outdoors stores sell these) - or a karibena will do it. Use these for the other end to make an adult openable gate.

I think I understand what you mean as it sounds a bit like what we've got. We've had to attach additional bits of wood to the door frame on one side in order to get it just about straight enough to work and be secured. We have this gate (they come in different widths) with these Y spindles on the bannister side.

Thank you whomoved for your swift suggestion but I can't decipher what you mean. Can you explain it as if to a very stupid person (which I obviously am )
I think we've unwittingly created the thread forever to be called the unintelligable stairgate fixing thread.

stairgates are evil. give you a false sense of security. you are far far better off teaching your child to crawl downstairs backwards safely, as well as always always watching them. less painful

Know what you mean ladysybil, and we do teach the kids about coming down backwards - DS (9m) is currently at beginner level, but he is getting it. However we still use a stairgate at the top, mostly for when they are playing up there, or at night when sleepy kids wandering around (as they do a lot at night in this house) is more than my nerves can take.

We have the roller-blind type ones, and we had to attach some blocks to the newell post to make it flush with the opposite wall.

Hard to teach him at 7 months but it is an option to just do without. But he is my PFB and need to know there is no easy fix that I'm missing.

I did look at the roller ones but dismissed them as too expensive and thought they might not be as sturdy.

Lionstar does it stand up to weight? DS is already over 25lbs.

Okay in simple terms, your problem is that a standard stairgate will go in the space but you can't fix it right?

So you get either a standard stairgate or a panel from a baby cage baby dan and hardfix it to the walls using iron bits from the hardware store.

So what you want is this

D-----D
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D-----D

where D is the fixings and - is the gate.

The roller one works really well for us. I believe it can withstand an impact of 100Kg (about 200lbs??). The kids lean on it, and try and pull it down at the top (obviously cardinal sins!) but it has always been secure. The catch is too tricky for little hands to work, and if they release the catch then try and open the gate it make a ratcheting sound (which you can avoid as an adult by holding the catch on one side and unhooking the gate on the other). The other advantage to it is that unlike many other gates there isn't a bar along the floor to trip over, and once rolled away it is not very intrusive.

You can also get an extra set of hooks for it and use it to close across more than one gap e.g. we can close off the stairs, but also contain 2 of the bedrooms by stretching it across the landing (prevents access to the bathroom and our bedroom)

We have exactly the same problem. We have a heavy chest of drawers on the landing and the stair gate fits between that and the wall. (stair gate can't move as there is another piece of furniture then a wall on the other side - very small landing!)

I use one of the travel ones. You can usually fix it at an angle if necessary and it's sturdy. Not openable though. I end up clambering over which is not good but it serves it's purpose.

we have this one which I think will solve your problem (although I may be thinking od the wrong arrangement - I am thinking the following arrangement where | is a wall and __ is a step)

|......|
|......|
|......|
|.....|
_

as there attatchments are on all 4 corners and can be adjusted seperately. So for example if you have the uneven wall on the right you can make the top attachment longer to reach further to the wall.

A minor word of warning though - if you put the hinge on the uneven wall it will be lopsided when open - and in hindsite we might have been better attatching a block of wood to the wall for the top attatchment so that the hinges were level with each other.