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Furniture safety straps?
This is a really stupid question demonstrating (no doubt) limited
intelligence but how are you supposed to install a child safety furniture strap (to anchor a cupboard to a wall)? The free straps that come with some cupboards are about 5 inches long - if you screw one end in to the cupboard there is not enough room to get a screwdriver in between the cupboard and the wall to screw the other end in! Are there any alternatives available? I can't seem to find anything for the UK but there are plenty of devices it seems available for sale in the US? Gareth. |
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Gareth wrote:
This is a really stupid question demonstrating (no doubt) limited intelligence but how are you supposed to install a child safety furniture strap (to anchor a cupboard to a wall)? The only stupid question is the one you didn't ask. I agree about the strap. Throw it away & use a bracket http://www.screwfix.com/prods/11013/...5mm-Pack-of-10 This also has the advantage that it locks the cupboard 'square' & makes adjusting doors much easier. Can't be seen if above eye level e.g top of wardrobe. If it will be seen, mark the wall at the top of the cupboard, move it aside & fit the bracket upside down IYSWIM. The free straps that come with some cupboards are about 5 inches long - if you screw one end in to the cupboard there is not enough room to get a screwdriver in between the cupboard and the wall to screw the other end in! As you say, they can't be fited that way, so as to be invisible. If you don't want a bracket showing, drill trough the back of the cupboard & screw to wall. -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk |
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Gareth wrote:
This is a really stupid question demonstrating (no doubt) limited intelligence but how are you supposed to install a child safety furniture strap (to anchor a cupboard to a wall)? The free straps that come with some cupboards are about 5 inches long - if you screw one end in to the cupboard there is not enough room to get a screwdriver in between the cupboard and the wall to screw the other end in! The ones I have seen, you screw to the wall FIRST, then poke the stap through to the inside of the cupboard, then screw to inside! Toby... |
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Toby wrote:
Gareth wrote: This is a really stupid question demonstrating (no doubt) limited intelligence but how are you supposed to install a child safety furniture strap (to anchor a cupboard to a wall)? The free straps that come with some cupboards are about 5 inches long - if you screw one end in to the cupboard there is not enough room to get a screwdriver in between the cupboard and the wall to screw the other end in! The ones I have seen, you screw to the wall FIRST, then poke the stap through to the inside of the cupboard, then screw to inside! Can you recall which make of cupboard? Never seen that in any instructions, nor a slot built in, but its an excellent idea. -- Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk |
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Gareth coughed up some electrons that declared:
This is a really stupid question demonstrating (no doubt) limited intelligence but how are you supposed to install a child safety furniture strap (to anchor a cupboard to a wall)? The free straps that come with some cupboards are about 5 inches long - if you screw one end in to the cupboard there is not enough room to get a screwdriver in between the cupboard and the wall to screw the other end in! Are there any alternatives available? I can't seem to find anything for the UK but there are plenty of devices it seems available for sale in the US? Gareth. What I've done, for furntiure I might want to move occasionally, is to put a eye hook in the wall, another on the back of the furniture then connect them with a screw shackle.. This presumes that you have 2-3 cm of clearance behind the furniture. Cheers Tim |
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The Medway Handyman wrote:
Toby wrote: Gareth wrote: This is a really stupid question demonstrating (no doubt) limited intelligence but how are you supposed to install a child safety furniture strap (to anchor a cupboard to a wall)? The free straps that come with some cupboards are about 5 inches long - if you screw one end in to the cupboard there is not enough room to get a screwdriver in between the cupboard and the wall to screw the other end in! The ones I have seen, you screw to the wall FIRST, then poke the stap through to the inside of the cupboard, then screw to inside! Can you recall which make of cupboard? Never seen that in any instructions, nor a slot built in, but its an excellent idea. I think it was an Ikea wardrobe, but sorry I cant be sure, as I don't build flatpack quite on the scale you do! Whatever, I am sure you can make somthing, and just cut a small slot in the back of the hardboard back for customers that may want it! |
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writes The Medway Handyman wrote: Toby wrote: Gareth wrote: This is a really stupid question demonstrating (no doubt) limited intelligence but how are you supposed to install a child safety furniture strap (to anchor a cupboard to a wall)? The free straps that come with some cupboards are about 5 inches long - if you screw one end in to the cupboard there is not enough room to get a screwdriver in between the cupboard and the wall to screw the other end in! The ones I have seen, you screw to the wall FIRST, then poke the stap through to the inside of the cupboard, then screw to inside! Can you recall which make of cupboard? Never seen that in any instructions, nor a slot built in, but its an excellent idea. I think it was an Ikea wardrobe, but sorry I cant be sure, as I don't build flatpack quite on the scale you do! I've got some Ikea Billy bookcases here, the one nearest me has such a small slot/cut out in the underside of the top to slip the strap through, so you can screw it to the underside of the top -- Chris French |
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The Medway Handyman wrote:
The ones I have seen, you screw to the wall FIRST, then poke the stap through to the inside of the cupboard, then screw to inside! Can you recall which make of cupboard? Never seen that in any instructions, nor a slot built in, but its an excellent idea. Most IKEA cupboards and wardrobes do this, both for straps and brackets. Daniele -- Wanted: TEAC A-2300SX, Akai GX-4000D |
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