Baby proofing the deck
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Topic: Baby proofing the deck
Posted By: DJ
Subject: Baby proofing the deck
Date Posted: 25 September 2008 at 1:44pm
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Hi
We need something to stop the little one from falling off the deck. See pic below. We will sell our house in around 6-9mths, so don't really want anything too permanent or expensive. I've looked at plastic and wire netting, but was a bit concerned that she might climb it. Do babies (eeek toddlers!) climb netting? What did you use to baby proof your deck? 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 25 September 2008 at 1:49pm
| We have plastic netting on our gate from when we had a puppy and Daniel has never tried climbing it |
Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 25 September 2008 at 2:44pm
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We had the same dilemma and wanted something that wouldn't make the deck darker or change the look of it too much. My bright idea was to buy rolls of the stuff that is used as flyscreen on security doors. This stuff is strong like a thick wire mesh, doesn't go brittle from the sun and doesn't fall apart like the string type stuff.
It was attached using a builders staple gun and is definitely strong enough to hold the weight if a child fell against it. Of course I wouldn't leave her completely unsupervised or anything but she has never tried to climb or break the stuff in any way. Was relatively cheap..I think the rolls were about $30 each from Mitre10 Mega, plus the cost of the staple gun and galvanised staples. This is a photo when we had done most of the deck, just hadn't done the gates at the time (but that is completed now too).. Totally worth it and no more stress about Alyssa falling through the gaps! 
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 25 September 2008 at 7:41pm
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We have some wire netting on our deck - it has horizontal beams like yours and is on the top storey!! It looks like chicken wire but is the smaller size hole and is staple gunned on. Cost us less than $20 from memory. -------------  |
Posted By: Neeks
Date Posted: 25 September 2008 at 9:01pm
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What about using that stuff the gardeners use for weed mats in the garden? it's thick enough that it wont rip and it will attach easily with a gun stapler or small nails -------------  
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Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 26 September 2008 at 8:28am
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We have wooden trellis around ours - Ella's never tried climbing it which is odd since she'll climb everything else! To make our house a little more marketable, DH designed the trellis to just slot in place along the very front of the deck, so it's only permanent around the sides. An adult can lift it out but a child can't, and that way we can also slot a piece over the entrance to the deck with the steps (it's at our front door, which faces a shared driveway), so in summer I can completely close it off and leave the door open. Handy! ------------- Andie |
Posted By: DJ
Date Posted: 28 September 2008 at 10:32am
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Thanks girls. That's handy, and I've showed DP your answers (since he will be the one doing it!)
Andie, I want to be able to leave the front door open safely too. Pepsi, I hadn't thought of fly screen stuff - good idea. I think we will need to use something that can't be climbed - it is a bit of a drop off the deck if she did make it up there. Yesterday she made it right up on top of the coffee table (and she has only pulled herself up to standing a couple of times previously), so we may have a climber on our hands. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Sam_43xx
Date Posted: 23 February 2018 at 11:23am
| HOw can I seen the photo? Need some ideas to babyproof our deck... thanks |