Review on 🚧 North States Toddleroo 47.85" Wide Easy Swing & Lock Baby Gate - Series 2: Extra Security Safety Latch, Hardware Mount - Fits Openings 28.68" - 47.85", Matte Bronze - Buy Now for Enhanced Toddler Safety! by Paula Camacho

Pretty nice. About what I expected. I took off a star for the instructions. It took me several hours to hang this because I wanted it to hang, close and close perfectly. DO NOT FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS AND TEMPLATE BLINDNESS. I quickly realized that if I did it would not be as it should be aligned properly. As you can see I attached this to the wooden parts of the door molding. The LAST thing I wanted to do was put some extra "damn" holes, which would result in my wife putting some extra holes in me. So I widened the gate to the correct width and attached the hinges. I held the gate and hinges about where I thought they should hang. I compared it to a template. The hinge side of the template was up. HOWEVER, draw a dotted plumb line on the template 3/8 inch to the right of the screw holes. I do not know why. I want the hinges to be in the middle of the door panel. Hinges and loops are centered on screws; If I drew a pencil mark in the center of the architrave and lined up the plumb line on the template with my mark, the gate would be 3/8" left. With a pencil, mark 3/8" to the right of where you want to hang the gate. Align the dotted line on the template with the mark. Attach the top or bottom of the template to the wall. level, slide the other end of the template left/right to make the dotted line vertical, then tape this end in place. Add a few extra pieces of tape to secure the stencil. Sanity check (just make sure everything looks like it will work). I think the template and pre-drilled holes can be trusted. I used a 3/32" drill bit. I didn't trust the pattern. I drilled the top hole, removed the top hinge from the gate and installed the top screw. Then I put a screw in the bottom hole and tapped it with a hammer He removed the loop from the wall, compared the mark from the faucet to the template. Lined up. So I pre-drilled the bottom hole. Then screwed the loop to the wall (with the template still attached to the wall). I hung the gate to the top hinge and lined up the bottom hinge (which is still on the gate) with the template I put a screw in the top hole of the bottom hinge and tapped it with a hammer then put the screw in the bottom hole in and cut them out. The taps will line up with the template. So I pre-drilled the holes. I hung up the hinges and gate to make sure everything works/looks right. I remove Ditched the gate/hinges, wiped the pencil marks off the wall, and vacuumed up the sawdust. and pre-drilled the final holes that will hold the top pieces. I tried drawing a line 3/8" right of center on the opposite wall and using the interlocking template. But the bars would be VERY big. So I first screwed the hinge spindles and latch pins to roughly the positions where the gate would be centered in the doorway. Then fine-adjust the hinge pins so that the door is level when closed. Draw a center line where you want the latch to hang. Then hold the latch by the latch pin and hold the latch to the center line on the wall. Unscrew the top hole of the latch. Then pre-drill the top hole. Screw the latch to the wall. Then screw the threaded hole into the bottom hole. Lower the latch and pre-drill the bottom hole. Hang the bolt and close the gate. Hold the bottom latch up to the center line drawn and the bottom latch pin. Screw the holes on the bottom latch. Then screw the bottom latch to the wall. In an ideal world, gates would open and close perfectly. My world is not perfect. I still had to play with the hinge spindles, latch pins and center brackets for another 15-30 minutes to get the gate to open, close and close properly. Path. I haven't used them. I want the gate to open in both directions. Screws are also included. They suited me as I hung the gate on wooden products. If you're going to hang it on drywall, you'll need your own wall anchors - or better yet; Attach a hardwood board (e.g. poplar) to the hinge side of the gate. Then hang the loops on the board. You can do the same for the latch side. But wall anchors will probably work for them.