Safety & Childproofing Services

Whole-home childproofing six weeks before our son was due. The tech walked every room with us before he touched a screw — flagged the floor register in the hallway, the magnetic latch the previous owner had left half-installed under the kitchen sink, and a pressure gate that had been put at the top of the stairs by the previous family (which he replaced with a hardware-mounted one). Done in one afternoon.

Three grab bars in the master bath — one in the shower, one at the tub edge, one beside the toilet. The previous owner had stuck a suction-cup bar on the shower tile and called it good. The tech ripped that off, drilled into the studs behind the tile (the bath had blocking already, which he checked first), and installed three ADA bars. Pull-tested each one with his full weight.

Smoke and CO detector swap — six units, all past the 10-year mark. The tech read the manufacture date on each one before he started, confirmed five were expired and one was the wrong type for the location (a smoke-only outside a bedroom, no CO). Replaced all six with 10-year sealed-lithium combos, mounted per NFPA 72. No more chirping at 3 a.m.

Stair gate at the top of the stairs where one side was the banister and the other was drywall. The kit we bought did not fit. The tech had a banister-to-wall conversion in the truck — anchored the wall side into a stud, clamped the banister side without drilling into the wood. Solid as a rock. Took 40 minutes.

Combined safety visit — childproofing in the kitchen and the kids' rooms, two stair gates, a grab bar for my mother-in-law's bath, and three smoke detector swaps. Half-day block. Everything done in one visit, one cleanup, one trip charge. The tech also pointed out that our freestanding range needed its anti-tip bracket installed (it never had been) and added that to the list.