"Your Guide to Earthquake Safety"

How to fix furniture

How to fasten with screw

Fix furniture on the wall or collumn with L-shaped bracket.
You can buy them with about from 300 to 1000 yen.
Put furniture on the wall directly and fit up the L-shaped bracket with the furniture downward.
If you do these, its effect will be bigger.
It's good for you to use screws.

How to fix with belts

Fix the furniture on the wall with belts or chains.
They cost about from 1000 to 2000 yen.
Set up a belt the upper part of furniture and fasten to the wall.

How to fix with poles or props

Set up poles between the upper part of furniture and the celling.
If the furnture you're going to use poles for doesn't have enough depth or proof stress, poles won't work effectively.
A set of poles cost about from 5000 to 7000 japanese yen.

How to fix with stoppers

Set up it under (legs) the furniture in order to lean the furniture to the wall.
Their legs are skidproof, so furniture which was set up this made difficult to slip and topple.
A set of stoppers cost about from 1000 to 2000 japanese yen.

The device to make glasses difficult to fly about

You had better to stick shatterproof glass film.
In addition, setting up stopper to both cupboard's sides decrease the possibility of dishes falling and injuring.