Kallax needs securing to the wall

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We've got a 4*4 Kallax unit. DH thinks we should just keep the children out of the office. I think it needs attaching to the wall. AIBU?

At those ages, absolutely. Does your Dh understand that there will be times that you are not watching over them like a hawk? Children do make stupid decisions and mistakes. Being in a room they are not meant to be in is usually one of them, or their friend who comes over for a playdate.

My sister tipped a wardrobe when she was about 6, only the fact that we had bunk beds stopped it falling onto her, but the contents all fell onto her. Definitely secure any furniture to the wall.

The only thing I haven't fixed to the wall is our Pax wardrobes as I had to assemble them upright and they are literally only 1cm shorter than the ceiling so they physically can't tip.

Everything else is attached. It's really easy to do

It's not hard to attach. The only Kallax I don't secure to the wall is the one that is only 1 unit high!

If it's just the kallax then yes, secure. If it's the kallax with computer desk attachment, it's quite secure any way as it has its own support.

My 4 year has just recently starting our big kallax, it's really pissing me off that she won't listen and keeps doing it. I'm really glad it's secured

We’re got several Kallax units, all secured to the wall except for the 2x2 one, which is in a position where it can’t fall over anyway. It’s not worth risking it.

All my kallax are attached to walls, even the smaller ones so that they can't be used as mobile steps to get where little people shouldn't be...

It needs securing

While your child may not generally be a climber there is always a first time and that first time could be fatal.

We have plastic drawers for our DD which are light as they were inherited from someone else. At 2 she decided to climb on top of them and they fell over on to her. That gave her such a shock she hasn't climbed on furniture since.

On the other hand one of my siblings deliberately didn't buy any tall and/or heavy furniture until his kids were about 9. (The wardrobes were fitted) That's because my nephews would scale furniture including kitchen cupboards they couldn't otherwise reach the top off.

I have always attached furniture more than a couple of feet tall to the wall. DD had a 4 x 4 kallax in her room … she was 14 when we put it in there but we still secured it. Takes seconds! The bookcases in DHs office are all fixed even though the width of the room is less than the height of the bookcases 😂 and our “DC” are grown up (one doesn’t even live here anymore).

Ours are all secured.

I go by how much of an idiot I would feel explaining to someone why the accident had happened. Securing it is such a simple job, this one's a no brainer for me.

I think with children that age you just never know what they might decide to try in a split second when your back is turned. Fix it!

If you don't have a fixing kit, I think you can ask at your local IKEA and they will provide one. When I worked there a few years ago, we gave them to customers on request.

Secure it to the wall. It takes minutes and gives you peace of mind. Why wouldn't you?

For those who probably didn't spy my following posts - it's now attached to the wall. I was always planning on doing it and did it shortly after posting. It just annoyed me that my DH was making me feel like I was being overprotective so I wanted an impartial opinion.

To be fair to DH, I am quite anxious in general so there are definitely some things I do that are overprotective. I just felt like this one really wasn't one of them.

Yes it needs attaching to the wall. Since when do kids always do, or not do whst they are told!