Need a quick temporary "door" for a hallway with a high ceiling?

Here are some doors with the pros and cons of each.

https://upgradedhome.com/temporary-door-ideas/

Many people just put up a baby gate.

My daughter put a gate that has a swing mechanism to keep her puppy out. It's designed for toddlers & crawlers but it sounds like the perfect solution to keep them from crawling underneath or around. The issue with cats is they are also jumpers so you might want to stack 2 of them. I think they are around 3' tall so 6' should be sufficient.

My other daughter bought a device on Amazon that is motion activated to keep her cat from jumping on the countertops in an open floorplan kitchen. It shoots air when they get in the area and they back off. That might work to keep from from the area if you put a gate and the device just before it.

Maybe you could put a curtain rod across, pick up an inexpensive door and put eye hooks at the top. It'd be like a swing but maybe that can inspire some further ideas.

since cats jump high and love to explore areas they aren't supposed to go in I would say get a large piece of plywood and use that you could use a hook and eye to hold it in place but be sure it is tall enough they can't scale it

Ideas for baby gates from other Hometalkers. Their used for pets

https://www.hometalk.com/search/posts?filter=baby%20gate

We used a baby gate to keep our dog out of the cat food in the kitchen.

Agree with above commentary. Baby gates and pet gates can be found to meet your needs.

A piece of plywood just a bit wider than the door can be held in place by two small blocks of wood and two screws. Stand the ply in front of the doorway and put the blocks in with two long screws into the edge of the fram that are loose enough that you can turn the two pieces of wood enough to allow the plywood to be loosened and moved in one turn of the wood. Meaning piece of wood say 2" x 4" with it attached so when you turn the piece it clears the opening and allows you to take the ply off easily and replace it the same way with just on twist of the wood block.

Thank you all. Baby gates are definitely not going to work in this case. The cats will jump those easily. I couldn't find any tall enough, but i may try putting two up and see how that goes. Otherwise will build one on my own 😉

I found this, it is a zip wall. It may work for a temporary solution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt5LmhFsBlA

Try putting a gate at the bottom and hang with a tenshion rod a sheet up to hang on the gate then clip to gate

If you can put a piece of wood across the top you could hang a bi fold door from it.

Build a framework and set a door into it! Otherwise maybe a shower door?

Please help I have a similar problem but for me it’s not for cats , I have a staircase the leads to my bedroom upstairs, the ceiling is very high so I may not find something the touches the ceiling, I want to put a safe temporary door because I have rented one room downstairs to someone. I just need something temporary but also safe . Please advise 🙏

If you put one baby gate above the other then you just doubled the height. Doubt the cats can jump higher then 7 feet.

I would get an old, lightweight, outdoor wooden screen door and mount it at the bottom of the stairs with hinges. Prettier than plywood and more functional than stacking gates on top of one another.