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| The Hinge side of the opening |
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| The Latch side of the opening |
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| The first piece added to the Latch side to build up the newel post |
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| The second piece added to the latch post |
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| As it looks from the side |
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| The third piece added to the latch post to bring it into line with the hinge post |
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| "Floating" the gate in the opening |
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| Adding the latch after installing the hinges (apologies for not taking any pictures of installing hinges) |
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| Adding a "Stop" to prevent over-travel when slammed. |
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| The view from the bottom of the stairs. |
The gate was added to prevent the dog and Quicksilver from going on a walk-about together.
Not my best work, but far better than my worst.
One hour, twenty minutes "clock time" to frame the opening and install the gate.
It'd take me longer than that to drag everything up and put tools away. Looks good.
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