Child-proofing the staircase

Protective bars between high stair steps

Author: Tobias, Oberurnen, Switzerland

Online since: 27/05/2014, Number of visits: 456262

Stairs as accident hazard

We have stairs with massive oak steps in our house. The gaps between the steps are so high that our little kids are inclined to crawl through them. As long that they are that little, we need protective bars between the steps. I didn't want to deform the stairs too much through drilling into the wood steps or steel sides. Then, I came up with the following solution:

In between each step we now have a wooden bar into which I screwed a GTN-32: Neodymium pot magnet Ø 32 mm with threaded stud on the left and right. The bar is placed between the steel sides and when in position, the magnets can be unscrewed a little bit and adjusted to sit flush with the steel sides. This way the bars are mounted mechanically and magnetically. Each magnet has an adhesive force of 39kg!

You can see in the video how well the bars are fastened - no child can move them.

Precise implementation

The detailed construction looks like this:

Drill into bars on both sides. Watch out! Both drill axes have to be EXACTLY parallel! (Consult carpenter!)

Screw right-handed threaded sleeves into the drill holes. In Switzerland, threaded sleeves are available at Jumbo or in the Hasler Proficenter.

Then, screw the pot magnets into the threaded sleeves.

The wood bar with the pot magnets on the left and right has to fit tightly between the steel sides. My experience (I had 26 steps!): The distance between the steel plates varies. Therefore, I sometimes had to shorten the wood bars up to 4 mm and unscrew the pot magnets about 1-2 mm.

Articles used

GTN-32

Neodymium pot magnet Ø 32 mm with threaded stud, holds approx. 39 kg, thread M6,

	1 pc.	5,51 EUR ea.*
from	3 pcs.	4,86 EUR ea.*
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from	20 pcs.	3,99 EUR ea.*
from	40 pcs.	3,74 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 220 pcs.

Available: 22 048 pcs.

TCN-32

neodymium pot magnet Ø 32 mm with screw socket, holds approx. 40 kg, thread M5

	1 pc.	4,85 EUR ea.*
from	3 pcs.	4,27 EUR ea.*
from	10 pcs.	3,74 EUR ea.*
from	20 pcs.	3,48 EUR ea.*
from	40 pcs.	3,26 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 220 pcs.

Available: 90 624 pcs.

CSN-32

neodymium pot magnet Ø 32 mm with countersunk hole, holds approx. 30 kg,

	1 pc.	6,65 EUR ea.*
from	3 pcs.	5,89 EUR ea.*
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from	20 pcs.	4,88 EUR ea.*
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Ask for a rebate from 200 pcs.

Available: 4 099 pcs.

ZTN-32

neodymium pot magnet Ø 32 mm with counterbore hole, holds approx. 23 kg,

	1 pc.	5,52 EUR ea.*
from	3 pcs.	4,84 EUR ea.*
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from	20 pcs.	3,95 EUR ea.*
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Ask for a rebate from 180 pcs.

Available: 3 083 pcs.

ITN-32

neodymium pot magnet Ø 32 mm with internal thread, holds approx. 26 kg, thread M6

	1 pc.	6,85 EUR ea.*
from	3 pcs.	6,00 EUR ea.*
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from	20 pcs.	4,87 EUR ea.*
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Ask for a rebate from 140 pcs.

Available: 5 241 pcs.

ITNG-32

neodymium magnet system Ø 36 mm black rubber-coated with internal thread, holds approx. 21 kg, thread M6

	1 pc.	9,24 EUR ea.*
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Ask for a rebate from 140 pcs.

Available: 8 318 pcs.

Rubber caps Ø 33 mm

to protect surfaces

	5 pcs.	0,32 EUR ea.*
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Available: 25 735 pcs.

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