In itself, this guard is really okay, it is well made, you can install it with relative ease and even uninstalled. But: Why not at least build in something like a simple door? For a staircase or the like, it is certainly not useful, at most, to close off an entire room permanently. Sure, you can climb over it, but that's rather awkward in my eyes. So: Anyone looking for a door that should buy something else that there is clearly not here!