Thingies to anchor booksheleves to the wall- where do I buy them?

[Lolli]

Hi all,
Does anyone know where I can get the kits to anchor bookshleves and cupboards to the wall so they can't fall and squash small children who happen to be monkeying up them...

Dh apparently can't find them anywhere, even at Bunnings

[[M]umma[M]ia]

brackets? or the things that attach to the wall above the book shelf?

[tina_k]

try ikea...i know they include them with all their bookshelves, just not sure if you can buy them separately. its worth a try?

[Lolli]

Hmm Tina that is a good idea... might look online rather than make the Ikea pilgrimage...

Hollye I'm not sure... I haven't actually seem them before myself, just heard about them.

[AnyDream]

Don't make the pilgrimmage to Ikea - I did that already and they don't sell them.

They just showed me regular L-shaped brackets - you can buy them in lots of different sizes at the hardware store.

Alternatively you can use rubber door wedges to chock under the base of your shelves. We've done this because we have brick walls.

[tattoo_mama]

maybe howards storage world? dont know if they have that where you are though...
bunnings dont have them? maybe dh didnt look hard enough haha most hardware stores will sell them x

[Muppity]

Clearly your DH didn't have a "Mummy look"! (or didn't want to ask for directions!)

Yep - just regular L chaped brackets. They don't have to be big - just enough to get a screw into the shelf and one into the wall.

To make them as invisible as possible I screw them upside down so that the vertical part is behind the shelves (so you have to move them out a bit first - so is really only practical when they are empty) and then slide the shelves back in and screw the horizontal bit into the top of the shelves.