How to Add Childproofing to a Home | Ask This Old House
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Ask This Old House Host Kevin O’Connor shows a new mom a few tips to keep her baby safe around the house by using cabinet locks, a baby gate, outlet covers, and securing a television. (See below for the shopping list, tools, and steps.)
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Shopping List for How to Add Childproofing to a Home:
- Cabinet latches
- Safety gate
- Outlet covers
- Television straps
Tools for How to Add Childproofing to a Home:
-Electric drill/screwdriver
-Hand screwdriver
-Wrench
Steps How to Add Childproofing to a Home:
1. For cabinet latches, place the latch where you want it on the cabinet door and the catch on the cabinet frame, and predrill holes with an electric drill.
2. Using a hand screwdriver, secure the screws included with the latch kit to the cabinets.
3. For a safety gate, find two solid points of attachment (a wall and a newel post for example). At the bottom of the stairs, a gate can be held with tension by using a wrench to tighten the sides of the gate. At the top of the stairs, use included screws to secure the gate to structure.
4. For electrical outlets, remove the existing outlet cover by loosening the center screw, and replace with a childproof outlet cover that automatically closes when not in use.
5. For a flat-screen television, attach one mounting strap to the mounting holes on the back of the television using the machine screws provided.
6. Using wood screws, attach the other mounting strap to the furniture below the television.
7. Bring the two straps together until tight.
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Projects like this are why the show has a person like Kevin. He isn't a professional handyman or other profession in construction/home improvement. Just an average guy asking the questions every Do-it-yourselfer needs to ask.
3:33 That kid was watching when he showed how the door opens and was thinking "Oh, so that's how I open it? Got it. Thanks."
If Tommy were on this job he would have built custom cabinets with built in child protection and made it look easy.
finally found a project kevin can handle
The easiest way to child proof a home is get a nice deadbolt so they can't get inside.
upper gate introduces a tripping hazard. Find a "top of stairs" model.
I wish I had a man around the house installing childproof gates and drilling my holes.
@hausmaus5698
6 жыл бұрын
"drilling my holes" how perverse ugh
Great tips and clearly presented, thank you for sharing!
Does anybody know where I can get this music at that they using the video or music that sounds similar
Nobody else noticed the top railing being loose when she came down the stairs? Lot of good the gate will do if the entire rail system gives way.
@EmoFox9
6 жыл бұрын
that top railing is held in with brackets, so if the railing does wiggle a bit its not coming loose
Soooo, what stop a child from sliding the cover on the outlets?
The only way down is a summer suit, then how come with a door as a gate at the bottom of my stairs and a gate at the top, how was I able to fall at like 3,4 ?
My parents made me wear a shock collar. Whenever I opened something I wasn't suppose to I received a low voltage shock.
@Blox117
6 жыл бұрын
no wonder you became an evil villain
Pressure Gates are not recommended for top of the stairs use.
my 11 months old would stick her hand/fingers into the opening of those cabinets and shut it with her other hand, hurting herself then she would climb over those gates.
@harrynips1614
4 жыл бұрын
Yur kid sounds like a dickhead
I thought it was Ricky from trailer park boys in the thumbnail.
6:18, Ah Kevin, those screws are too long. The kid won't be able to pull those games out of the cabinet either.
@dazedconfuzed6
8 жыл бұрын
+Maxid1 He attached to the back of the tv stand.
they give you the important jobs huh kevin lol
They have a Wii® in that house...
Yes, anchoring a small flat screen..what a game changer. So Kevin (who is nether a carpenter or an electrician) goes from a talking head to a child safety expert. Terrific. And great point kubtastic.. I actually went down a half flight of stairs having tripped over the lower bar on the gate. Luckily, my paternal instincts kicked in and I was able to save the beer I was holding. I thank God every day I did't have my baby strapped to my stomach with a tacky wool sweater.
poor boy didnt even see boobs lol
condoms are one way
is that a young Donald Trump
@MinecraftPro97k
6 жыл бұрын
No
That is the worst way of carrying a child