Daily Archives: November 16, 2011

Three Tips to Avoid TV Tip-overs in Your Home

The Chicago Tribune ran a good article about home safety titled TV tip-overs: Advocates call for the use of straps to prevent child deaths and injuries. Parents with small children especially should heed their advice.

Three Tips to Avoid TV Tip-overs in Your Home

  • Place TVs on sturdy furniture that is low and wide. Think media consoles (such as the one above), not tall dressers. Situate the TVs to the back of the stand, close to the wall.
  • Secure TVs to the stand or the wall with nylon straps.
  • The safest method is to use a mounting kit and bolt TVs directly to the wall.

What kinds of safety issues have you resolved in your home? Please share your tip in the comments below. We would love to hear from you.

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