Mounting in a Doorframe or between Two posts

installation notes

Mounting in a passageway or on stair (with at least one wall surface)

installation notes

Installation Overview for your Custom Wood Gate

• Gate is assembled. Hangs just like a door. You need to attach the hinges and latch that we include in your shipment. or use your own latch. Adding a caster is optional (why?) Using a caster is optional but is helpful if dogs or kids will swing on the gate.
  We predrill the caster holes for you.

• Are one or both sides of the gate facing drywall or plaster? If so, we provide wall planks (one per non-wood side). (why?) Our wall planks are pre-drilled for placing on your wall where each gate will go. Each plank is the height of your gate and three-quarter inches thick.
  
  We provide long screws so you can anchor the plank into a wood or metal stud behind your drywall. With plaster lath over brick, replace our wood screws with masonry screws of sufficient length.
  
  Once the plank is attached, you may hinge or latch to the plank. When hinging to a plank, your gate will clear any baseboard, assuming it is not thicker than three quarters inches in depth.

• Customer is responsible for hinging gate to their doorframe, pilaster, newel post, or to the decorative plank that we provide.

• To mount the gate, hinges must have flat area "to hinge to".  Hinges must lie in a vertical plane, or your gate will hang crooked. One face of the hinge is screwed into your gate; the other to the doorframe or other wooden structure.

• You will require a drill, screwdriver, pencil to mount these gates. A level or plumb line is also helpful. We provide small blocks to place under the gate to help you lift it off the ground, while you mount the gate.