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childproofing spiral staircase
Any thoughts on childproofing an iron spiral staircase while still making it
look presentable? All we can come up with is a gate at the bottom and wrapping carpet around it (ick). A gate system will not work the way the staircase is placed within the room (or would cost a zillion dollars and take up half the room) thanks! |
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On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:22:44 GMT, "RobR" wrote:
Any thoughts on childproofing an iron spiral staircase while still making it look presentable? All we can come up with is a gate at the bottom and wrapping carpet around it (ick). A gate system will not work the way the staircase is placed within the room (or would cost a zillion dollars and take up half the room) How about something like this? http://tinyurl.com/8qa8m Nan |
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I wouldn't worry too much on making it look presentable. It's only for a a
year/year and a half, then you can un-baby-proof it. That all being said, what about a 6 sided play yard around the base? If they are too small, you could get two and hook them together. Then the child can't walk close enough to the steps to bump their head, plus it would keep them from going up the stairs. I assume bumping the head is why you'd be wrapping it in carpet? -- Jamie Earth Angels: Taylor Marlys, 1/3/03 -- Little Miss Nature Girl, who got her first wasp sting! : ( Addison Grace, 9/30/04 -- Little Miss "I'm On My Way!", who has taken her first unassisted steps, and has two new teeth coming in! Check out the family! -- www.MyFamily.com, User ID: Clarkguest1, Password: Guest Become a member for free - go to Add Member to set up your own User ID and Password "RobR" wrote in message newsD9Ne.4310$_D4.3425@trndny05... Any thoughts on childproofing an iron spiral staircase while still making it look presentable? All we can come up with is a gate at the bottom and wrapping carpet around it (ick). A gate system will not work the way the staircase is placed within the room (or would cost a zillion dollars and take up half the room) thanks! |
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hadn't thought about the bumping head issue 'til Jamie mentioned it, one way
would be to get the foam tubes that are used for insulating pipes, they are slit along the length and are reasonably bendy, I've seen some very neat head protection jobs done with those. As for preventing going up, we have a funny layout at the bottom of our stairs and went for nothing, we just taught him to go up and down stairs safely and made sure he knew it wasn't for playing, just for getting from A to B and we've had no problems. We do have a gate at the top to prevent from unintended trips down the stairs due to taking a tumble on the landing, the top of the stairs are between our bedroom and his. It also helps if we want to restrict what part of the house he is for any reason. Personally for stair gates I'd definitely be looking for one that doesn't have a bar across the bottom, I call them trip bars, in our house hold they would cause more accidents than having the gate could possible prevent! Anne |
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RobR wrote:
Any thoughts on childproofing an iron spiral staircase while still making it look presentable? All we can come up with is a gate at the bottom and wrapping carpet around it (ick). A gate system will not work the way the staircase is placed within the room (or would cost a zillion dollars and take up half the room) thanks! I like Nan's idea for the safety net along the rails but I'm not sure you'd need to do anything with them. I'd put a gate at the top and a gate at the bottom. Go up a few steps if you need to find a place where a gate can be attatched. A few steps won't be such a big deal to watch baby from, a while stair case would be another matter! -- Nikki Hunter 4/99 Luke 4/01 EDD 4/06 |
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On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 17:07:47 -0400, "JennP"
wrote: And good luck trying to find one second hand. No where to be found. HTH, I bought ours on eBay. It cost $30 with shipping, so they can be had, but they're definitely not plentiful. Nan |
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"RobR" wrote in message newsD9Ne.4310$_D4.3425@trndny05... Any thoughts on childproofing an iron spiral staircase while still making it look presentable? All we can come up with is a gate at the bottom and wrapping carpet around it (ick). A gate system will not work the way the staircase is placed within the room (or would cost a zillion dollars and take up half the room) We have a spiral staircase at the lake and while I'm the first person to try to make something blend in with my decor I had no luck. What I finally did is buy one of those Superyards, bolted the ends to the wall, reversed one (attached with heavy duty zip strips) to make a gate at the opening that we latch with a bungee cord. When she gets older we'll have to change that but it works for now. It was definitly a challenge. And good luck trying to find one second hand. No where to be found. HTH, JennP. |
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"Jamie Clark" wrote in message ... I wouldn't worry too much on making it look presentable. It's only for a a year/year and a half, then you can un-baby-proof it. That all being said, what about a 6 sided play yard around the base? This is exactly what we did. In fact, it worked because you can take out sections. We had one extra. JennP. |
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"Anne Rogers" wrote in message ... hadn't thought about the bumping head issue 'til Jamie mentioned it, one way would be to get the foam tubes that are used for insulating pipes, they are slit along the length and are reasonably bendy, I've seen some very neat head protection jobs done with those. We've never had a problem with bumping heads and ds is now 4.5. Just FYI. JennP. |
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"Nan" wrote in message ... I bought ours on eBay. It cost $30 with shipping, so they can be had, but they're definitely not plentiful. Ah, ebay! I didn't even think about ebay. Would have saved me about what you spent! JennP. |
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