Here’s the room we’re talkin’ about here:.
Using the channel you’ve created using the l-brackets, slide the 2 crib sides together and place loosely in the opening.. Now for the (sorta, maybe, huh?!?)tricky part: the u-bolts which will provide the tension that holds the baby gate in place.
The u-bolts are used to push each crib side outward towards each side of the opening.We do this by installing them around 2 spindles, one from each crib side so when tightened, the crib sides slide in opposite directions within the channel we created using the l-brackets.Make sure you select to spindles that, when pulled together will push the crib sides out rather than in.. As you can see in the picture, our u-bolts are wrapped around 1 spindle from each crib side.
When tightened, the tension will draw the 2 spindles together, pushing the sides outwards in the direction of the arrows safely securing the baby gate in place..This is where the trial and error may come into play.
Once you have the gate in the opening and you start to attach the ‘first attempt’ u-bolt, you will quickly see if that particular size will work and if not, what changes are needed for successful installation..
If everything works correctly, you’re now able to place the gate in the opening and lock in place by tightening the wing-nuts and later remove the gate by loosing the wing-nuts..…or so I thought.
Chris always likes to be extra sure so he added in a few shim in the back to hold the stainless steel extra straight..He was actually able to apply adhesive behind each of those shims and have them hold right onto the surface of the stainless steel, so that really helped give him peace of mind.
And here’s another picture of the clamping process.I always think these pictures make it look like our projects are so fancy and complicated, even though they never are!.