Requirement of Baby Gate A baby gate or safety gate is a protective barrier used to prevent babies and toddler from accessing unsafe zone whether it may be kitchen or stair. It is also used to keep the pet at a particular area and it should be sturdy to manage all abuse of baby or pet. The baby gate is constructed with metal, wood or plastic where it comes with different sizes according to the opening. You can also add extension for fit the doorway width and there are safety gate which designed for indoor and outdoor use. There are two types of gate like Pressure mounted and hardware mounted baby gate where the pressure mounted gate rely on pressure and it is used in hallways as well as doorways. Hardware mounted baby gate is attached to the surrounding wall with screw and it is the safer option for top of stair baby gate. While buying the baby gate check for safety standard and also it should be atleast 22 inches to get certified by JPMA. The gate should be atleast one third of the height to stop children from climbing and it is not suitable for children above age 2. Baby gate should come with the straight top edge with vertical slats or spindles to prevent climbing or a finely woven screen that does not trap finger or it encourages to climb. Safety gate mainly depends on easy to use latch where the latches should be easy for the adults open and difficult for the child. Better to go with Hardware Mounted Baby Gate for Top of the Stair(indoor) Take measurement of all opening carefully whether at the lower or higher threshold as the opening will not be the same at the old home. There may be some gate that include extension to fit the doorway where you have to purchase extension separately. Test models of the gate before you buy and if you are going to use the gate in top of stair, then you can go for hardware mounted baby gate. The hardware mounted baby gate lets you to install the permanently and can be removed from mounting hardware when not in use. You can also get features like one hand operation, auto close feature, lock indicator and more. Hardware mounted baby gate comes with different height, span and bar spacing. You have to identify he place where you want to install it and it can be used for top of stair or even as room divider. It is a quick release hardware and the hinge side hardware can be mounted on an angle. Hardware mounted baby gate gives you more safety to child rather than pressure mounted baby gate.

Outdoor Safety Gate The outdoor safety protects your child from stairs on your deck, patio, pool area and more. There are many brands in outdoor baby gate which is easy to install and most of the gate is weatherproof. It comes with adjustable width and you can add extension which is sold separately. Outdoor baby gate comes with all kind of feature for better security and for easy workflow. Customers can get outdoor baby gate with different price range.