Stairgates

[fifitot]

Help - we have narrow stairs with walls either side. The only place to put a gate at the top has a normal wall on one side but the newell post on the other which is rounded. It won't withstand the pressure of a pressure fix gate but because the post is rounded it won't fit the fixed in type.

Any ideas? The only thing I can think of is putting a block of wood on the post and fixing the gate to that.

ours are round and quite narrow and the fixed one went in

how much space is there at the landing?

Not that much, I think a gate would fit but wonder how to fix it to post. it would fit with screws on one side to the wall but because it's a carved wooden post, not easy to screw right in. i think we would have to put an extra bit of wood on to it.

Thanks for reply.

That is annoying

i was going to suggest you use the room divider around the stair (we have this at the bottom of ours - it does take up room though)

how about the retractable ones?

Yes thinking of the retractable ones but they are very expensive. They are my last resort as up to £90 each!

We have something similar to http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lindam-44341-Extending-Metal-Safety/dp/B002GKC0L4 this fitted between a wall and a banister. The banister is wide enough to take the fittings that the gate fixes in to.

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ah! this !!

Thanks. I will either have to have a bit of wood attached to the wall and stair post or get the retractable one. Nothing is ever simple!