Close view at floor level behind a kitchen opening, a technician's hands seen from the wrists down driving a screw through a small steel anti-tip bracket into a wooden floor at the wall corner, a cordless drill and a short spirit level beside it, the rear leg of a stainless range visible just out of the opening, soft daylight.

Anti-Tip Bracket and Leveling

Anti-tip bracket fastened and engaged, leveling legs set, doors square, every foot firm.

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4 problems it answers

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What the anti-tip bracket and leveling
involves.

An anti-tip bracket and leveling visit handles the two steps that make an appliance safe to lean on and steady to use, and that are skipped more often than any other. Freestanding and slide-in ranges ship with an anti-tip bracket because an open oven door can act as a step, and a range without its bracket can tip forward onto whoever is standing there. The bracket is screwed to the floor or the wall at the spot the template shows, into wood or with anchors suited to concrete or tile, and then the range is slid back until its rear leg sits fully inside the bracket. That engagement is the part that matters, and it is tested by trying to tilt the range forward gently. Tall cold storage units and some laundry pairs have their own straps or brackets. Leveling follows. Each foot is turned until the cabinet sits level side to side and at the slope front to back the maker asks for, which on a refrigerator is often a slight lean backward so the doors close on their own. Washers are set so all four feet carry weight and the lock nuts are tightened. Dishwashers are leveled so the door closes square with the counter. Everything is checked again with a spirit level before the visit ends.

How the visit goes

What it usually costsLowest · Anti-tip bracket fastened and engaged, leveling legs set, doors squared on a range, cold storage unit, dish care machine or laundry machine

A bracket into a wood floor and four legs turned is the smallest job on this page. Tile over concrete, a heated floor that moves the bracket to the wall or several appliances in one trip add a little time.

Answers 4 problemsNew Appliance Not Level: Rocking Cabinets and Uneven Gaps

New Unit Vibrating or Walking Across the Floor · Door Not Closing Flush After the Install · Appliance Installation Code on a New Unit: Setup Modes and Hookup Messages

Comes up most onCold storage

Cooking appliances · Dish care · Laundry

Codes that lead hereE32 · Wash load is out of balance · E4 · E5

Bosch E32: load balance on a laundry machine.

Anti-tip bracket and leveling,
step by step.

Open and close every door and drawer, and recheck the level after the cabinet is loaded or run once.

Find the bracket and template in the carton, or order the right one for the model if it is missing.

Fasten the bracket to the floor or wall at the template position with fasteners suited to the surface.

Slide the appliance back until its rear leg engages the bracket, and test by tilting it gently forward.

Set each leveling leg or roller for level side to side and the maker's slope front to back, and tighten lock nuts.

Open and close every door and drawer, and recheck the level after the cabinet is loaded or run once.

The problems
it answers.

4 of them, from new appliance not level: rocking cabinets and uneven gaps to appliance installation code on a new unit: setup modes and hookup messages.

All problems

Close view at the bottom corner of a newly installed stainless freestanding range, the kick drawer removed, one threaded leveling leg visible turned partway out, a small spirit level lying on the floor beside it with its bubble off center, a strip of light wood floor and the edge of a cabinet, soft daylight.

Most common

New Appliance Not Level: Rocking Cabinets and Uneven Gaps

6 causes, cheapest first

Before you call

Tell us this when you book

Which appliances need a bracket or leveling, and whether the brackets are still in their cartons
The floor: wood, tile over concrete, heated floor or a new floor laid over the old one
Any door that drifts open or shut, or a machine that rocks when pressed at the corners
Whether small children in the house are likely to climb on an open oven door

It also answers

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Installation	Relative cost
New gas range, cooktop, wall oven or dryer connected with a new connector, conversion kit fitted if needed, every joint leak-tested and the first flame read
New supply line and quarter-turn stop for a refrigerator, ice maker, dish care machine or laundry pair, flushed and tested under pressure
Drain hose routed through a high loop, an air gap or into a standpipe, disposer knockout removed, first drain checked
Metal exhaust transition and reachable wall run fitted from a new dryer to the outside hood, joints taped, airflow confirmed
Wall, island, insert or downdraft hood mounted and ducted outdoors at full size, damper and cap fitted, fan and lights tested
Built-in column, integrated drawer, wall oven or panel-ready model set to its cutout, anchored, connected and its panels or trim aligned
Laundry pair stacked with the maker's kit or raised on pedestals, leveled, connected and run together
Anti-tip bracket fastened and engaged, leveling legs set, doors squared on a range, cold storage unit, dish care machine or laundry machine	lowest
Old appliance shut off, disconnected, capped and carried out, opening cleaned, disposal or recycling arranged

Where it
comes up most.

Most bookings: Cold storage, Cooking appliances, Dish care, Laundry.

All appliance types

Codes that lead here

All 9 codes that lead here

Often the same visit

A bright kitchen during an installation, a new stainless French door refrigerator on a low four-wheel appliance dolly being eased toward an empty cabinet opening, a technician seen from behind and shoulders down guiding it with one hand on the side of the cabinet, a folded moving blanket and a coil of new braided water line on a protective floor runner, cardboard corner guards at the edge of the frame, even daylight.

Cold storage

A home kitchen mid-installation, a new stainless freestanding gas range pulled a foot out from its opening, a technician seen from the shoulders down kneeling beside it and tightening a new yellow-coated flexible gas connector to a wall shutoff valve with a wrench, a small spray bottle of leak solution on the floor, the anti-tip bracket screwed to the floor at the back, every burner off, even daylight.

Cooking appliances

A kitchen during an installation, a new stainless built-in dishwasher halfway slid into its opening under a stone counter, its kick plate removed, a technician seen from behind and shoulders down on one knee guiding a gray drain hose and a braided supply line through the hole in the side cabinet, the sink cabinet doors open beside him, a flashlight on the floor, even daylight.

Dish care

The makes
we see it on.

37 makes on this site, and the anti-tip bracket and leveling on any of them. Each mark opens that make's own page.

All 37 brands

Anti-tip bracket and leveling,
where we come out.

The home, the climate and the building all change how the anti-tip bracket and leveling goes. These notes are about that, metro by metro.

All service areas

Tampa BayFL · 31 areas

Tampa Bay houses built on slabs usually have level floors, but older bungalows on piers can slope, and anti-tip bracket and leveling there sets the bracket into solid floor and adjusts each foot so a freestanding unit sits square and cannot tip forward.

OrlandoFL · 30 areas

In Orlando rental homes where guests open every door, anti-tip bracket and leveling is part of every new cooking appliance, with the bracket fixed to the floor and the leg engaged, then checked by tilting the unit gently forward.

Miami / South FloridaFL · 47 areas

South Florida condos often have tile over concrete, and anti-tip bracket and leveling there drills through tile carefully to anchor the bracket, then levels the unit so doors seal and burners heat evenly.

New York MetroNY · 75 areas

Old New York floors can slope noticeably, and anti-tip bracket and leveling there adjusts each foot with a spirit level on the unit's top, fixing the bracket to the floor or wall as the maker's instructions allow.

HoustonTX · 36 areas

Houston's clay soils make some slabs shift over the years, and anti-tip bracket and leveling there checks the floor slope first, then sets each leg so the new unit sits level even where the tile no longer does.

ChicagoIL · 50 areas

Chicagoland's older houses often have wood floors that dip near a kitchen's outer wall, and anti-tip bracket and leveling there anchors the bracket to the subfloor and adjusts each leg until the new unit sits square.

Los AngelesCA · 95 areas

In Los Angeles anti-tip bracket and leveling carries extra weight because the ground moves, so brackets are anchored into floor framing or concrete rather than a thin plank, and tall units are secured as the maker allows.

San DiegoCA · 31 areas

San Diego's hillside houses often have floors that were never quite level, and anti-tip bracket and leveling there sets each foot and bracket so a freestanding unit sits true and its door closes by itself.

San Francisco Bay AreaCA · 74 areas

Bay Area Victorian flats often have floors that slope after a century of settling, and anti-tip bracket and leveling there shims and adjusts each new unit so every door swings shut by itself and the anti-tip leg stays engaged.

A family unpacking groceries into a newly fitted kitchen, the fresh appliances set flush in their openings. — For the heart of your home.

Questions about
the anti-tip bracket and leveling.

How can I tell if the anti-tip bracket is actually engaged?

With the oven empty and cool, grip the back of the cooktop and try to tilt the unit forward gently. An engaged bracket stops it within a fraction of an inch; if the rear lifts, the leg is not in the bracket.

Why should a cold storage cabinet lean back slightly?

A cabinet that sits a touch higher at the front lets gravity carry each door home once you let go of it. The exact slope is in the installation manual, and a unit set perfectly level or leaning forward can leave a door open a crack.

Does a heated or tile floor stop an anti-tip bracket from being installed?

It changes the method, not the need. On a heated floor the bracket is usually fastened to the wall instead, and on tile over concrete it goes in with masonry anchors after the tile is drilled carefully.

Back to your everyday

Ready to book the anti-tip bracket and leveling?

Have these to hand: which appliances need a bracket or leveling, and whether the brackets are still in their cartons, the floor: wood, tile over concrete, heated floor or a new floor laid over the old one, any door that drifts open or shut, or a machine that rocks when pressed at the corners, whether small children in the house are likely to climb on an open oven door.

Schedule an installation Call (844) 638-8309