I like how the gate opens and closes. I had to have someone make an attachment for my metal rail which works great. Also they removed
Safety lock so my mom can just lift gate up to go up and down the stairs since has dementia and arthritis . Needed gate to keep dog from going upstairs but also needed a gate that one didnt have s bar on floor to step over.  If we didn't have the handyman to make some changes we couldn't use it. I had planned ahead to find a gate that would allow us to make changes on the structure .