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The beauty of todays homes is the diversity of designs and materials used for stairways, room openings and doorways. Because of this, the installation of child safety gates can be difficult since a one size fits all gate design does not exist.
In the Stairway Gate Installation Kit (Model K12), KidCo has assembled the materials and fasteners necessary to properly install any child safety gate to stairway banisters, without drilling into your expensive, decorative wood.
One kit is required for each side of the gate that is being mounted to a banister; and only the most basic tools are needed to assemble any good child safety gate.
For use at the top or bottom of stairs with hardware or pressure mount gates. The hardware is designed to fit square posts 2 1/2in – 3 5/8in wide or use the included insert for round post installation.
FOR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE PLACING YOUR ORDER PLEASE CONTACT KIDCO AT 1-800-553-5529
Product Features
- No Drilling
- Easy Attachment
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Functions Well, But Instructions Are In Small Print, Do Not Depict Parts, Fail to Mention Tools Needed, and Have Swapped Figures (This item is not to be confused with or or model K10 which has hardware such as screws and plastic tie straps, but no clamps.)I wanted to put a pressure-mounted baby safety gate at the bottom of stairs that have a banister (i.e., handrail and balusters) on one side, but I didn’t want to drill holes into the newel (i.e., the thick post typically at the end of a bannister). Also, the newel was about 3″ wide, which looked too large for or Safety Innovations GM6 Baluster Mounting Kit by Safety Innovations.This product worked great after installation on the square and round parts of the newel. The pressure-mounted gate is secure against it (and the manufacturer claims that it also works with gates that would otherwise be screwed into a wall).However, installation took about 30 minutes, which could have been shorter if the trilingual (English, Spanish, French) instructions had been better. You can see the instructions (aka “user guide”) at the Kidco Web site. It has the following problems: (1) The font is quite small. (2) It has no diagrams of the 10 types of parts (clamp fronts, clamp backs, bolts, wood blocks, shims, round post adapters, finish washers, 1-1/2″ screws, 1-3/4″ screws, and a 36″x1″x2″ wood piece). These would have been especially helpful for people who are not mechanically inclined, or for people whose first language is not English, español, or français. (3) It does not specify what tools are needed for installation: a Phillips screwdriver (to attach the clamps to the baluster), a level (to make the 36″ wood piece perpendicular to the floor), a drill with 5/32″ bit (to connect the 36″ wood piece to the wood blocks inside the clamps), and a saw and sandpaper (if the 36″ wood piece needs to be cut shorter). (4) The pictures for Figure 2 and Figure 4 are swapped. Figure 2 is supposed to show the round post adapters and Figure 4 is supposed to show the installed gate.So I’m giving the product 5 stars and the instructions 3 stars, for an average of 4 stars.
These saved my vintage railings and son from harm at the same time! What a find. We really wanted to securely fasten gates at the top and bottom of our stairs but couldn’t find anything that would work properly until we found these. They really did the trick. They are perfectly secure around the posts as both square and with the round post inserts. Note: mine were sold through Target but not available from target.com.
Make sure you have enough space around your newel post The instructions for this product suck but it’s sort of a commonsense type of installation anyway. Upon opening and beginning installation procedures, we realized that the newel post is too close to the next baluster/spindle and the entire installation kit has been rendered useless!WARNING: Must have at least 1.5 inches of space next to your newel post in order for the bulky plastic clamp in this installation kit to work. I would just take out the spindle, but then my toddler could just crawl through the sizable hole that would be left in its absence which would defeat the whole purpose of having a baby gate on the stairs.I felt kind of stupid for not thinking about how much room might be needed next to the newel post before I ordered the product, but I didn’t want anyone else to make the same mistake. Measure how much room you’ll have for the clamp before you buy this kit and waste your money like I did.
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