Saturday and the big earthquake in Christchurch today has prompted me to go around the house to secure things that may take off in a earthquake, something I have been meaning to do since we moved into the house.
They are still saying that we are still to get the big one!
So armed with angle brackets, all move-able items are now screwed to the walls and/or fixed to the floor.
I think I will put an extra edge on the shelves in the pantry (fiddle) to help if we have a quake, it may stop the glass and crockery from hitting the floor.
The house should be OK as I added extra bracing in all the walls when I built it.
I did the calculations and it gives us double the current earthquake requirements.
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