How To Make A Baby Gate Fit

Pull the panels away from one another until they extend to fill the entire doorway or wall space.

How to make a baby gate fit.

However the gate is relatively useless without the ratcheting mechanism so you need to determine the narrowest opening it could cover with the mechanism attached. Use the rivet pins you just removed to loose fit the linear ratcheting mechanism and the two panels together. Making a baby gate of your own is the best idea to go for because it would be best fitting and suiting with custom measurements and style as well. Just cut all the pipes to the correct length assemble add hinges and a latch and hey presto your done.

Some pressure mounted baby gates have two sliding panels that you can adjust to make the gate fit the opening you ll remove the panels or slide them to the side to walk through. Compare that measurement with your door opening. In this video i show how to fit a lindam baby gate. This stair gate is perfect for odd shaped spaces where a straight plastic gate simply won t fit.

In this example i use a lindam sure shut securus gate but the fitting instructions are the same for each. That gate just rests between the spindles of the stairs. Additionally you can modify it to fit with your home s decor.