Make Your Own Safety Gate

From start to finish this project should take you approximately 1 hr if you are already familiar with using a power drill and the basics of hanging hinges a little longer if you are not.

Make your own safety gate.

I built each gate for around 48 00. I thought i d take the time to share a bit about it in case any of you have large openings for which you d like to make your own custom baby gate our opening was about 8 feet. The cheapest manufactured baby gate we could find for a space this large would have cost us around 200 and were made of cheap plastic and mesh fabric. Some wood hinges and a few screws is all you need to get going.

While this tutorial creates a 42 inch wide gate you can scale the gate width up or down as needed by adding or subtracting boards. This rustic wooden baby gate is a stylish indoor gate that can be used as a half door gate or as a full height dutch door baby gate. Sure you could pay someone to do it for you but why spend the extra money when it s something you can easily do yourself. Since we re talking about staying within a budget i think 25 for something this perfect will certainly get some attention.

To build a wooden gate start by measuring your gate opening and cutting top bottom and side planks that are slightly smaller than the opening. Just to trim down your expenditures you can prefer the barn wood rather than the new wood to build the desired models of baby safety gates. As for the height many local building codes cap fence and gate heights at 6 feet. If you absolutely can t stand the thought of making your own diy baby gates we ve rounded up a great list of gates you can get with the click of a button.

Make your own deck stair gate. I plan on augmenting this instructable to make a baby corral out of the same thing but making legs that jut out from each side for stability. This stair gate is perfect for odd shaped spaces where a straight plastic gate simply won t fit. You can slide it back and forth to get through.

Look for that one soon. With this custom gate you can paint it any color you want to fit you theme. Check with your local permitting agency about heights and whether you need to obtain a fence building permit. Then use deck screws to attach the top and bottom planks to the side planks making sure it s square.

Additionally you can modify it to fit with your home s decor. The 25 barn baby gate. In our new place we have two young girls and a set of steep stairs which is a bit of a safety issue. I tried to make it with features that other baby gates incorporate such as being attached to a wall or door frame can be removed and swings.

That gate just rests between the spindles of the stairs.