ratwoman
09-05-2001, 01:01 PM
Here's the problem:
I need to put a gate at the tope of our stairs. The directions say that you have to leave no more than 4 inches of space at the bottom of the gate (presumably so baby can't crawl under), but we have moulding on our wall right where the gate needs to go, and the moulding is higher than 4 inches. But we can't mount the gate on the moulding, because then the top part of the gate on the wall where the moulding is at the bottom won't be flush with the wall. In other words, because the moulding sticks out from the wall at the bottom, the gate can't be flush with the wall at the top. We'd have to use a really long screw at the top, and I'm not even sure that's safe. Any suggestions? Thanks!
I need to put a gate at the tope of our stairs. The directions say that you have to leave no more than 4 inches of space at the bottom of the gate (presumably so baby can't crawl under), but we have moulding on our wall right where the gate needs to go, and the moulding is higher than 4 inches. But we can't mount the gate on the moulding, because then the top part of the gate on the wall where the moulding is at the bottom won't be flush with the wall. In other words, because the moulding sticks out from the wall at the bottom, the gate can't be flush with the wall at the top. We'd have to use a really long screw at the top, and I'm not even sure that's safe. Any suggestions? Thanks!