To protect the child gate products to the door and stairs in one of two ways. Hardware mounted baby gates using screw brackets. Pressure mounted baby gates to use screw-out pads that press against a door frame, wall or pole. Pressure mounted gates is dead easy to install without tools, but hardware-mounted gates offer more security, the final position of each child brings.
Hardware mounted models are usually made of wood, aluminum, PVC or steel, and feature releaseLocks for easy adult access. While it may be placed in each opening in the house, are usually placed at the top of the stairs, so they are often referred to as a gate scale.
Choosing the right size
Unlike retractable baby gates, openings with different widths expand the range of hardware depends on the width of door opening in which they are installed. Make sure you measure the width of the door or stairs, to avoid buying a gate for thewide or narrow. Most of the marks are between 28 and 42 cm wide, but wider doors and extensions. Standard heights 30-34 cm high, with models available, when the children are older, this is probably old to be effective for extra-large security gates.
The gate of the best scale
Gates for children are designed to be versatile enough to be installed in different rooms, but a hardware-mounted version is more or less permanent. Holes must be drilled inDoor frames, or thrown out of place by the frame of the drywall so that the brackets can not be. This makes them safer than the pressure mounted gates, and is particularly suitable for use stairs gate. A top of the pass into the child, the situation is slipping worse than useless, it is definitely dangerous, taking into account the possible duration of the event.
Unlike the more pressure ports, which offer a smaller gate in the middle of his horse, the hardware mounted gates usually have their hinges on the one handSide so that the oscillations around the gate, when the adult pressed or crushed to open release. Without mechanisms vary from brand to brand - from electro-mechanical buttons for manual pedals.
Some units have spring hinges to close automatically for you. This can be a great feature, because the extra step of closing the door after walking through it at times seem like a hassle, what to leave open for him. The whole point of a protective door remains closed forChildren and pets when adults are not present.