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Like others have said the gate is very particular about where it’ll work. It makes sense; I think the company really doesn't want anyone installing it incorrectly at the top of a stairway. But we needed it to swing the opposite way, and gosh darn it, I was gonna make it happen. So I just installed the latch part upside down for now, and didn’t use the part the bottom screw uses as a stopper. It doesn't work perfectly, but it does really work. I’ve added a couple photos of this. Not using the bottom piece has caused zero issues, which is a relief. If our kooky dog could get through, she would. She opens doors like a velociraptor trying to get into the Visitor’s Center. When not in use, you want to keep it flush to a wall, right? Even if you have it leveled perfectly, all it takes is a touch for it to partially swing away from the wall. So to keep it flush, I added a magnet with a hole in the middle that I had laying around to the wall’s base trim with a screw and washer (make a pilot hole first though, or it’ll split the trim!) It works incredibly well; keeps it secure but is super easy to pull away from the magnet. I added a photo and video of that too. I tried to find a comparable magnet here to the one I used - if you search Neodymium Round Countersunk magnet (I’d suggest ones 1” or larger) should work great. Here’s a link of one similar to ours: DIYMAG Neodymium Round Base Cup Magnet. Probably any strong magnet with double sided tape would be fine, as long as there’s no chance of anyone pulling it off and swallowing it. Yikes, that’s a bad thought. Magnet with a hole in the middle wins. ADDED BONUS: THIS GATE + ROBOT VACUUMS Before getting this gate, for years we had a pressure gate with a tiny swing door in our hallway. We used to give our dogs separate safe places to be while they chow down a meal, and for when they need a time out from each other. Although none of us liked the tiny door, nor tripping on the base of the gate, we made it work. Well, enter our new Roomba. To allow it to do its thing, I had to keep sliding the pressure gate high enough to let it pass under, or dismantle it entirely; it was a pain and was starting to scrape paint off the wall. Well, this gate solved that problem. We can swing it wide whenever not in use. The Roomba's happy, the dogs could care less either way, we have regular hallway width all the time and don't have to step over to get through our old gate anymore (the pressure gate's door was like 23" wide....kinda narrow.) The magnet I added to keep the gate flush to the wall ensures the Roomba doesn’t accidentally lock itself behind the gate. And the magnet hasn’t interfered with its computer brain, which is fantastic, as if our Roomba died, I would literally jump off our roof. Get a Roomba - they are life altering. If this review was helpful, I would truly appreciate it if you’d click the Helpful button below. Thank you very much!