Protection to the ladder from children with their own hands

Modern two- or three-story houses can not be imagined without a ladder. And when it is originally designed, it becomes a "highlight" of the interior. But if you have a child in the house - the ladder is fraught with a danger for the baby. Curiosity of the crumbs and complete absence of fear can lead to irreparable consequences. But let's not talk about bad things! It is better to think about how to protect a child in a multi-level house and how to equip the protection on the ladder from the children.

The karapuz, left for a few seconds without supervision, can fall from the steps, get stuck between the balusters, or try to climb them. All this pushes parents to create a reliable partition that protects the child from entering the unsafe area of the house. Protection on the ladder from children, made by own hands, perfectly copes with this task.

What is the design of the security gate for stairs

There are two variants of such partitions: mounted gates or drilled to one of the side walls. Therefore, you have to choose one, the most acceptable.

After selecting the concept of the structure, familiarize yourself with the specific features of the partitions and determine what parameters should be protected by the ladder from the children.

Principal features of the gate

Distinctive features of protection for children from falling from the stairs are as follows:

• The mechanism of the locking device must be too tightly closed so that the child can not unlock it, or be located outside the access area of the baby, but so that the adult can easily unlock it with the child in one hand;
• The gate should open in a direction from the ladder, if there is no provision for lifting the structure upward;
• When open, the wicket should not touch the interior items, so it is worth considering the stop for the door;
• Abandon the lower struts, because even an adult can stumble through them;
• The gates themselves should be safe: do not contain sharp parts and corners that can injure the child;
• Each of the used structural parts must have mechanical strength, be environmentally safe and hypoallergenic, that is, made of steel, aluminum, plexiglas or other kind of non-toxic plastic.

Such a design is often installed in other places not safe for the child, for example, at the balcony, attic, at the natural fireplace, near the fragile interior items.

Gate security with your own hands: where to start?

The technical side of the issue is not as complex as it might seem. Experts distinguish several methods of construction. We will become acquainted with the most simple, but popular methods.

Plexiglas partition in wooden frame

Materials and tools for assembling protection on the ladder from children:

• Bar with rounded ends for the decoration of a wooden box with a diameter of 25-35 mm in cross section;
• Saws: standard and circular;
• Bruski with grooves for inserting the main material;
• Plexiglass with a thickness of at least 4.5 mm - 1 pc .;
• Veils - 2 pieces;
• Self-tapping screws;
• Magnetic lock or automatic latch;
• electric drill;
• Screwdriver or cross-head screwdriver;
• Sandpaper of small and medium density;
• Putty for wood (in the tone of the stairs).

How to collect?

Assembling the protection of stairs from children with their own hands:

1. Saw the beam into parts of the desired height and width of the future product.
2. Similarly, enter with a sheet of plexiglass (with allowance for the stock to enter the grooves of the frame).
3. Cut out the details of the future box using circular grooves, if they were not provided by the manufacturer. Make a depth of at least 10 mm.
4. Using a drill, drill the holes for the screws.
5. Fix the frame, placing inside it a sheet of Plexiglas.
6. Strip the wooden box with sandpaper and paddle.
7. Mount the side beam to the wall, tilting it to the side of the staircase. The angle of inclination should be such that the gate closes itself when it is forgotten to close.
8. Screw the hinges on the side support.
9. Put a ready frame on the free part of the curtains for future gates.
10. On the side facing the ladder, securely fasten the latch or magnetic security lock. If you did not have such a mechanism, use a conventional bolt or bolt. But keep in mind that such a system does not guarantee complete security.

The protection for the ladder from the children (the photo is shown below) can be made for the design of the room, without getting out of the general style of the interior.

Wicket with vertical bars in the frame

Required inventory:

• A piece of timber with rounded edges and a cross section of 40 mm;
• Wooden rods with a cross section of 20 mm in the required quantity;
• A file on a tree;
• Veils - 2 pieces;
• Self-tapping screws;
• Automatic latch or lock on the magnet;
• electric drill;
• Nazhdachka: small and medium level of rigidity;
• Putty in the tone of the stairs or paintwork materials;
• Glue for wood.

Basic stages of construction

The wicket door assembly for the child protection ladder consists of several stages:

1. Sawing of wood species under the guise of bars in the required parts for the height and width: 4 - the height of the stair rail, 2 - the width between the balusters.
2. Rounding and grinding corners for greater child safety.
3. Preparation of the box: in the uneven bars used as the upper and lower base, drill out the required number of holes from 20 mm in diameter with a depth of 10 mm - these are the holes under the bars. At the same time, leave the distance between the rods no more than 100 mm so that the child can not climb between them or throw the big toy down.
4. Preparation of holes for self-tapping screws.
5. Assembly wicket: wooden rods plant on the glue, collecting in a single unit the upper and lower railing of the gate and the lattice.
6. Assembling the frame together: fold the door on a horizontal surface as the finished product should look, and twist the screws.
7. Two longitudinal sections of the beam are attached to the balusters, keeping the minimum inclination towards the ladder, as described in the previous case.
8. On one side (bar) we fasten veils, on the second - a lock or a bolt from the side of the staircase.
9. The finished protection of wooden rods hangs on the hinges.
10. The finished wicket is covered with varnish or paint.

Experts say that from the design point of view for the gates, fastened to balusters, the upper and lower crossbar is better to take with bent ends.

By the way, there is another interesting variant of the formation of protection on the stairs from children - the grid. All that is required is to protect the banister on the top floor and the balusters, as well as to create a secure barrier at the entrance to the staircase. This method is effective when using strong rope grids. In addition, this design successfully complements the interior, made for example in the marine style.

How to collect protection for stairs from improvised materials

If for some reason you do not manage to purchase materials and design protection for the stairs with your own hands from specialized materials, you can use improvised means. Often used for such purposes are the structures present in the house. These include the backs of children's beds with vertical rods or plastic grilles. Such obstacles are installed end to end. The only thing you need to take care of is the width of the passage that you want to protect. The partition must fully fit the width into the measured space and reliably "sit" in it. Naturally, this is a temporary solution, with the prospect of replacing it with a more reliable design.

Despite such extraordinaryity, even the simple partition itself is better than unrestricted access to unsafe places in the house.

If you do not have time to design, you can always purchase a ladder for the ladder from the responsible manufacturer. For example, protection for the ladder from children "Ikea" is in great demand, and given that the company offers a wide range of products, different in design, functionality and type of material used, it will not be difficult to find a gate.

Choose what will prove to be a more reliable item and will serve qualitatively to protect your kids. If your house has children, protection of the ladder from children - gates and fences - Will serve as a good barrier that separates them at this stage of life from possible dangers.