Is this missing from your range?

Nora Akers put me here with this safety bracket which had not been installed. Hey Nora!!! The oven is on and you are singeing my mane. This important safety device is missing from almost every range our team attempts to tilt. How about yours? Amazingly, most homebuyers and homeowners have no clue and look at us like were are nuts. 

Note sticker on new range

Note example of many variations of this warning

A very descriptive illustration

Mama hides the cookies high in the cabinet above the range. The range provides a step stool/ladder for the egressive child. Mothers have also been injured by placing a heavy turkey or ham on the door tipping everything cooking on the range top over on them. Earlier ranges were manufactured of much heavier material so this wasn’t an issue. 

Anti-tip brackets have been required by Underwriter Laboratories (UL) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) for all free-standing stoves/ovens manufactured after 1991. From our experience over 90% of kitchen stoves lack this critical safety feature (sometimes even in brand new construction!). Manufacturers have incorporated anti-tip brackets into their stove designs since well before 1991. All self-standing stoves (ones that are not built-in to a wall or counter) manufactured since 1991 are required to be supplied with an anti-tip bracket and, of course, the appliance installer should install the bracket. This almost never gets done.

Part 304.1 of the IRC (International Residential Code) states: 304.1 General. Equipment and appliances shall be installed as required by the terms of their approval, in accordance with the conditions of the listing, the manufacturer’s installation instructions and this code. Manufacturer’s installation instructions shall be available on the job site at the time of inspection.