[ScooterLV]

Hi,
We are trying to install baby gates. We tried to put one on the top of our stairs but are banister is wacky.
It sits on a ledge before the banister starts. So it is very thick on the bottom and thin on the top. So there is a huge gap on the top part. Like we would have to put a piece of wood there before we could attach the top part of the gate. We tried to attach the gate higher but then little guy can roll under it. That won't work. Hmmmmmm..... any ideas out there? My husband thinks he can wing it. I don't want him to wing it on the top of our stairs. That is an important place to have the safest gate. Not a wing it gate.
Thanks

[McNally720]

I feel your pain--not a gate to wing it on, that's for sure! I know in the one step ahead catalog they have an "install at any angle" kind of gate, I don't know if that will help or not. You can probably find on their website.
I've also known people to fasten pieces of wood to the banister, then install the gate on the wood. Good Luck!!

[SchmennaLeigh]

Munchkin's parents had to install a piece of wood like you mentioned. D said, "What about when we go to take it down?" J said, "We'll deal with that in five years," as they have a few youngsters.

[Lovebug]

We had to use an additional piece of wood, too, but instead of screwing that piece of wood into the banister, DH zip-tied it on very tightly. It doesn't budge one bit.

--Renee

[ScooterLV]

Thanks all,
We ended up using an extra piece of wood and zipties.
It worked.