Deck gate codes safety guides.
Make a deck gate.
Before you start building consider safety.
Measure the entry at the top and bottom as they can easily be different.
It took me about 50 minutes to make this deck stair gate and that included snapping pictures as i went.
It specifies a minimum height of 42 inches above the deck surface and that is the height you should make your gate.
If it is wider you must make and hang two gates which will meet in the middle.
Fortunately a diy deck gate only needs to follow a small handful of guidelines in order to be safe and accessible.
The gate cannot open.
The gate should open onto the deck not onto the stairs.
The size of the gate should not be greater than 4 1 22 m in width.
Safety guidelines for deck gates.
Putting a gate at the top of your deck stairs is a simple safety solution.
Make sure the fence posts can support a gate if you already have a fence.
With a gate in place your deck becomes a secure play area for your children and pets.
This time of year it is nearly 100 humidity and mid upper 90 s so working outside on my lunch break at 1pm was not very appealing.
For residential homes the international residential code requires that.
I live in the south.
Making sure your project is up to code can be one of the more intimidating parts of building something.