Stair Gates You Can Step Over

Many people have a smaller pets and don’t need stair gates that require a great deal of installation or their opening is too wide for a pressure stair gate.

A step-over stair gate is usually shorter than mounted stair gates and may be the better suited for them. This kind of gate stands by itself on the floor and can be removed quickly if necessary. Typically these are wooden stair gates and that could be a factor if a pet likes to chew on the wood stair gates.

Step-over stair gates can come with extensions to make the gate more of an extended barrier within a room.

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What to look for in Stair Gates

First of all, you need to make sure your stair gates are JPMA certified. Your application may direct which type of safety gates you purchase. If you have a top of stair gate that needs to be mounted at an angle so you can secure to a stud then you should get angle mounted stair gates.

If you are concerned about wood posts for your stair gates and you want something something that looks a little nicer on your stairs then you should look into wood stair gates.

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Using Stair Gates with Stair Posts

Most people don't want to ruin their nice wood stair post by attaching stair gates to them. The way around this is to use a round clamp for stair gates or square clamp for stair gates. When you are finished with the gate you can remove the clamps and the post is in good condition.

Quality Stair Gates for the Safety of Children and Pets

Many people think that cheap quality stair gates are good enough for their children or pets. Soon they find out they want a stair gate with a little more strength because their child or pet has broken through it or can climb over it or it is damaging the wall.

In order to prevent these problems there are several quality stair gates. There a also extensions for stair gates to make them wider and higher and harder to climb over.

There are solid panel clear pet stair gates that prevent small pets from getting stuck between the gate bars.

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