The North States Supergate Easy Swing and Lock Metal Gate keeps your child or pet always safe and secure. Easy one hand operation. Gate swings out of way when not in use. Gate fits openings 28″ 48″ wide and is 31″ high. Extra secure hardware mount, perfect for stairs. No threshold to step over, will not swing over steps. Includes all hardware for mounting as a swing gate. Durable metal construction. Color: decorative matte bronze. This North States Supergate Easy Swing and Lock Gate Metal will give you years of durable service.
Product Features
- Adjusts to fit openings fits openings 28″ 48″ wide and is 31″ high
- Extra secure hardware mount, perfect for stairs; includes all hardware for mounting as a swing gate
- Easily swings to self lock
- No threshold to step over, will not swing over steps
- Swings out of way when not in use
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Will fit up to 46″ (NOT 48″) Our hallways are 47″-48″ wide and we needed to add 1×4 strips of wood on each side so that the gate could reach the latches properly. Yes, we tried fully extending the bolts to no avail. It’s not pretty, but the price is ok, the gate holds up well, and it is otherwise a fairly elegant solution. On the bright side, the additional 1″ spacer means that the gate won’t likely bang against the wall when it swings open with typical force. This gate is very much like the Kidco Safeway Gate with some improvements in the latching mechanism (such that no lifting is required to close and the directional stopper can’t be removed and become a choke hazard) and width adjustment mechanism (so that no unused drill holes are visible). I’m no expert in welding but I was surprised to see that the welds were just dabs on either side of each post and didn’t go all the way around the metal posts where they contact the top and bottom bars. Oh well, it probably doesn’t matter. In any case, although the gate is a metal construction, if you aren’t careful, the top might latch but there is enough flexibility such that the bottom can still remain unlatched without an extra tug (either upwards to drop the gate in, or laterally further down one of the vertical bars).Update on 7/27/2012. Well, as soon as our #2 was able to climb, she climbed up onto the gate. After hanging there regularly/repeatedly, the small welded plate to which the latching bolt attaches came out of the top rail. I’m sure that hanging on a gate is not recommended but the gate design is perfect for that very activity by small toddlers. (It’s not like I can do much about it while she stares at me sitting on the potty. :D) Surprisingly enough, the gate, albeit sagging, still does the job to this day. It is NOT at a stairwell so I simply pop the keyed plate and bolt back into the top rail and the gate holds (not only the latch, but my 20 lb toddler) just fine. We’ve been doing this for a few months now. Anyways, I definitely would not recommend for the top of the stairs unless you have some welding skills of your own.
Clean, simple, strong — a little tricky on the set up We bought two of these (matte bronze) and love them. It is very clean looking and goes with most any decor/look. It is set up so the vertical bars are always even (none will be offset) and the screws that go into the wall mounts can go in and out to get it to the right width. I don’t really love having to have the screws almost all the way out on one of our stairs, but I would like it less if the vertical bars had to be offset, so I’m not sure there’s a way around that. My husband did have some trouble getting the wall mounts installed in the correct position & level, had to redrill a couple times but all of the extra holes are covered by the hardware still, so ended up not being too big of a deal. I would buy these again!
Looks good but does hang well Looks good but does not hang well. It won’t open to a 90 degree angle. So if you want to leave it open it will hang in the walk way. I perfer a gate that can lay against the wall when opened. Hanging in the walk way will put wear and tear on the wall and hing or someone could walk into it. If you need to remove it from the wall you can’t pop the gate from the hing you have to remove all the hardware.Very nice looking gate but I will look for a gate that will open all the way and pop off the wall when needed.
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