Baby Stair Gates

[EcclesCake]

Forgive my ignorance but would I be able to use one of these on a sliding patio door?

[royfromaus]

Roy, MDF and ply would be unsightly, cumbersome and require storing when not in use.


So a fireguard, stair gate would not need storing?

What would be unsightly about a piece of mdf painted white?

[andres]

Eccles --We weren't posh. The phone came with a job that I had as Caretaker of a local Chapel and they had it put in so that they could call me in Emergencies.

[Barmaid]

You could train your marauding beasties!!

I have managed it with mine.

What you do is you go out in the garden and yell "Girls" and provide them with a tasty treat. They soon learn that "girls" means nice stuff. Now I am sitting in the back garden and every time one makes a dash for the patio door, I shout "Girls" and they run back across the garden to me. By the time they've got back across the garden, they've forgotten what they were doing..........

[EcclesCake]

A stair gate or fire guard would be much less obtrusive and allow me to see out. A sheet of ply may be a solution but it isn't one I will pursue, thanks for the suggestion though.

Andres, my great Aunt had a phone and it was always a family joke that she was 'posh', the fact that she spoke Russian and lived close to a military base were purely coincidental.........

[RATTER15]

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=child+safety+gates+for+sliding+doors&espvd=2&tbm=shop&source=lnms&sa=X&ei=khOoU8ezHq-w7AbknYHwAQ&;ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1680&bih=925&dpr=1#spd=16350527441146818800

[EcclesCake]

LOL Barmaid!

So there is no reason for me to have corn in the pocket of every pair of trousers or top I wear......by the time they reach me they'll have forgotten.....I'll practice that one!

I'm just fed up having to wash the flippin' doormat every other day because I've been left a deposit due to me forgetting to shut the bloomin' door.

[Barmaid]

Mealworms. They LOVE mealworms. It's really odd. I have trained them to understand "Girls" and they come without fail to my call (I needed to do this in case they ever escaped and it has worked). However, they are such pea brains, they forget what they were doing 30 seconds ago.

[EcclesCake]

Colin, they are feathered.

Ratter that is the perfect solution, a tad expensive when you add on the p&p though!

I'll try the training route, the boot up the jacksie route, remembering to shut the door route, fire guard route and washing the door mat route before I lash £60+. But it is exactly what I was looking for, thank you :-)