RE: Ikea baby gates: Pics
Just saw this... let me see if I happen to have a pic of DS on the stairs that shows how we did it at the bottom....
Hmmm. Nothin that shows enough of it. I'll try to remember to take one tonight! I'll get one of each upstairs (KidCo) and down (IKEA).
Edited to add the pictures, and again to add a couple more notes:
Upstairs: the KidCo gate with their bannister kit (the two lighter pieces of wood to the right are attached with long screws):
http://www.windsorpeak.com/dc/user_files/28451.jpg
Downstairs: the IKEA gate with DH's handiwork to attach it to the bannister.
http://www.windsorpeak.com/dc/user_files/28450.jpg
Another view of the IKEA gate.
http://www.windsorpeak.com/dc/user_files/28452.jpg
The 2X4ish-looking and small blocks of wood are DH's handiwork. He had to rig both sides at the bottom due to the details of stairway and bannister, not the gate.
Hope this helps!!!
RE: Ikea baby gates: Pics
Cheryl,
Does the Kidco gate come with the banister kit? Does it involve drilling holes into the banister or is it a "no-holes" kit? Sorry-am not very good at figuring these things out- couldn't tell from the pic.
In the downstairs gate, I can see something like a clamp holding the 2X4 to the banister -what is that?
We have a banister post that's square at the base above which is a round spindle that's a lot thinner than the square post. Plus on the other (drywall) side, there's baseboard in oak :-( . We are going to try and use the pressure mounted one at the bottom of the stairway.
TIA!
RE: Ikea baby gates: Pics
For the KidCo gate, the kit was extra. I don't remember how much more $$, but it did add to the price. There are no holes drilled into the bannister (ours is entirely metal!). The two upright pieces are held together with a bolt and a wing nut each. (My DH did add a small bit of wood at the bottom to hold the two uprights apart in parallel -- the kit assumes the top and the bottom of the bannister to be the same width, and our bottom doesn't have anything to hook on to!) (The gate is screwed into the wall on that side, but there are no screws that go into the bannister on the other side.)
On the bottom, the board is screwed in at the bottom. Here's a pic:
http://www.windsorpeak.com/dc/user_files/28582.jpg
At the top, the board is held in place with two small pieces of wood, one on each side of the bannister. These were necessary because of the gap between the top of the board and the bannister. It looks like DH's original intent was to put a bolt from the stair side of the board to the outside of the outermost piece, but it looks like the bolts were too short. (He's out of town, so I can't ask!) So, the bolts run through the board, and each is held in place by washers on both sides and a nut on the inside (the "head" is on the stair side). There are also washers and nuts on the stair side of the middle block. Despite appearances, they don't actually go into the block to the outside of the staircase... that one is held in place by screws!
Here are some pics that may or may not help:
http://www.windsorpeak.com/dc/user_files/28583.jpg
From the outside of the staircase. (Looking in the downstairs direction)
http://www.windsorpeak.com/dc/user_files/28584.jpg
From above.
I hope this helps!
RE: Ikea baby gates: Pics
Here's a post with a link to pics that I posted a while back about my gate dilemma.
http://www.windsorpeak.com/dc/dcboar...ng_type=search
HTH!
~ deb
DS born at home 12/03
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RE: Ikea baby gates: Pics
That looks like a much simpler solution for those without somewhat handy DHs!
My DH plays a bit with carpentry. I'd say he's still learning, the stuff he does rarely looks really professional, but it almost always works. In this case, I think he did well, and I'm sure all the wood was stuff he had lying around, so if there was any cost, it was just the bolts. (In general, though, he is quite handy... and for those without handy DH's, this was a case of skipped generations -- his dad is hopeless, but his grandpa (on mom's side) was quite handy...)
Of course, I should reserve judgement about his carpentry skills for a bit. He's about 2.5 years late on a birthday present for me: a jewelry box. I think the box is made, or nearly so, but it isn't "done" -- I don't know the details. I could end up with a pleasant surprise!