Baby gate and skirting board?

[Gareth]

This is a very simple question but I'm stumped.

I've given up trying to use a pressure fitting baby gate - it was a lazy
option anyway.

But how do I install a screw fix gate when the skirting board means that the
upper part and bottom part of the gate is not flush (and the skirting is
slightly curved)?

[The Medway Handyman]

Do you mean that the protruding skirting fouls the bottom of the gate? If
thats the case screw a batten to the wall & fix the gate to that & a batten
opposite for the catch.

Picture of baby gate would help.

--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

[Cash]

Not sure what you mean, but can't the gate be installed above, or resting on
top of the skirting boards?

I must admit mind, that it's around 40 years since I had to do that sort of
job and I'm a bit rusty on that sort of technology. ;-)

Cash

[Gareth]

"Cash" <.............\\@...............//.com> wrote in message
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Thanks Cash and Medway.

I haven't even been alive for 40 years ;-) Not far off though.

I think I'm going to have to admit failure on this one - although it should
be simple it's not really a job that you can afford to botch. Oh well, I
might try again on the weekend.

[The Medway Handyman]

Can you take a photo of the problem?

[Cash]

Gareth,

Is it possible for you to post a picture of the job on www.tinypic.com (and
post the link to it here) so that the group could have a look at the
situation, and possibly come up with some suggestions?

Cash

[fred]

In article <4a9426d1$0$2480$db0f...@news.zen.co.uk>, Gareth
<hotmail.com@dgareth_nospam.com> writes

>>>
>>> I've given up trying to use a pressure fitting baby gate - it was a
>>> lazy option anyway.
>>>
>>> But how do I install a screw fix gate when the skirting board means
>>> that the upper part and bottom part of the gate is not flush (and the
>>> skirting is slightly curved)?
>

>Thanks Cash and Medway.
>
>I haven't even been alive for 40 years ;-) Not far off though.
>
>I think I'm going to have to admit failure on this one - although it should
>be simple it's not really a job that you can afford to botch. Oh well, I
>might try again on the weekend.
>

I used a pressure type gate a while back that came with shallow cups to
fit to the door (or stair) opening. The cups stopped the pressure pads
slipping around and the whole thing worked quite well. Does your
rejected one have those?

As to the new one, a pic really would help show the problem, tinypic is
my fave upload site too.
--
fred
BBC3, ITV2/3/4, channels going to the DOGs

[Stuart Noble]

dave wrote:

> No directly related but hope may save an nasty accident. In our
> bathroom we had a towel, rail mounted a couple of feet above a
> cork-topped laundry box. When she was a youngster our daughter climbed
> on the laundry box and decided the towel rail was an exercise bar! The
> bar pulled out and she fell backwards onto the bathroom floor. Apart
> from the shock of it, she was T.G. fine but the cast bath was not far
> away. I write this in the hope that other mums and dads will watch
> out for this one. I still feel guilty about being so incompetent to
> this day - almost 30 years ago...

They have to learn caution at some point. If it hadn't been the
bathroom, it would have been somewhere else. You are officially absolved
of all blame :-)