Anchors, scratches, and the bundle that is not a sofa

Last updated 31 October 2026.

Parents ask how to stop a bookshelf falling, whether an HDB wall can take an anchor, and what fabric survives a cat. The answers split. Anchoring a tall unit into structure is part of assembly when that unit is being stood up. There is no second line for the anchor unless the job is the child-gate and anti-tip bundle at S$180 to S$420, which the preschool page describes. A living-room bookcase does not become that bundle because a child lives there. Say if you want the gate. A finger-pinch guard on a door is S$85 to S$150 a door on that same preschool page, for a 1.2m to 1.5m guard. It is a door, not a wardrobe.

Where the anchor goes matters more than the strap. Structure holds it. A hollow partition or a false ceiling does not, and the visit stops if the fixing cannot reach structure. A household shelter wall is refused even when it is the only concrete in the room. The anti-tip page is the bundle. The bookshelf page is the carcass. We do not publish a count of injuries, a law that sets a strap angle, or a test load for a domestic bookcase. If you have a manufacturer’s strap and the instructions, send them. We will not invent a standard to replace the sheet.

Pets ruin faces and frames. A scratch through a sound door veneer can be the door patch at S$160 to S$350. A scratch that has crushed the core is not. A cat that returns to the corner will open a new skin. A sofa re-cover is quote on inspection. A clean is S$140 to S$280 and does not replace cloth. We do not publish a pet-proof fabric, a warranty against claws, or a ranking of weaves. “Washable cover” on a shop page is that shop’s claim. A cover is not a curtain and it is not the dining-chair band unless you are re-covering four to six chairs.

Dogs chew legs. A chewed leg that is still sound might be a furniture repair and is quote on inspection. A leg a screwdriver sinks into is the termite conversation, not a chew, until you know which. Do not oil it and hope. Bunks and loft beds are quote on inspection. We will not publish a safe ceiling height for a loft in an HDB flat, because ceiling heights differ and we have not measured yours. A loft that can only be fixed to a shelter wall or a hollow partition is refused. A storage bed in a carton is S$120 to S$200. A carpenter bunk is not that carton.

A child using a study table is a size question, not a safety slogan. The size guide refuses a fake desk height. Say who sits there. A lower carpenter top is quote on inspection. Window locks and grilles are the window pages. A furniture anchor does not replace a window restrictor. Read that page if the hazard is the window. This page will not sell a grille as a furniture extra.

Anchors in a rental flat can breach the tenancy even when HDB would not call them a renovation. The rental guide says the tenancy wins. A loose bookcase you do not anchor is a falling bookcase. If you may not drill, do not buy a tall unit you cannot fix. HDB’s renovation page is about renovation, including a fine of up to $5,000 when the rules are breached. A strap into structure is not that sentence. A hacked niche is. BCA plan approval is not a bookshelf.

Homey Furnishing Pte. Ltd. (ACRA UEN 202018148K), 27 Mandai Estate, #06-10 Innovation Place, Singapore 729931, invoices permit-exempt furniture assembly and repair. V On Construction Pte. Ltd. (ACRA UEN 201611708H), on the HDB Directory of Renovation Contractors, invoices an HDB renovation permit when the work is a new layout, hacking, or a built-in strip-out. Homey Furnishing is not a removal company and does not publish a truck rate.

Curtains, blinds and roller shades are not part of this booking. Fabric window treatments are a different product, and these pages do not quote them.

Look at the piece in the room. Do not drag a tall wardrobe across a wet floor to test it.

1. Say whether the hazard is a fall, a door, a scratch, or a window.
2. Mark hollow walls and the shelter.
3. Do not assume the preschool bundle is included.
4. If you rent, read whether drilling is allowed.
5. Send the manufacturer’s strap instructions if you have them.

The building changes the permission and the disposal path. It does not invent a second price.

It will not mean a fabric we guarantee against claws. It will not mean a price copied from a sofa shop. It will not mean we replace the sofa every time the cat returns. If you want a re-cover, the sofa page is quote on inspection. If you want the existing cloth cleaned, the steam page is S$140 to S$280 when that sentence matches.

It will not mean a curtain or a blind used as a scratch post barrier. Those products are not quoted here.

Measure the ceiling and the mattress together. A loft that looks fine without the mattress hits the fan or the sprinkler with it. We will not print an HDB ceiling height. Send the number you measured. If the only fixing is the shelter wall, we will not build it.

A bunk in a carton is the storage-bed or bunk row at S$120 to S$200 when the photo is that product. A carpenter bunk scribed under a beam is quote on inspection. The anti-tip bundle is not added unless you are booking that bundle.

How you're charged

A furniture job that already has a sentence on HomeySG uses that sentence. Nothing in this table is a fuel surcharge, and the handyman hour is not added on top of a band unless the written scope says so. IKEA publishes its own checkout fee. That percentage is not a HomeySG band.

Who is allowed to do the work

The permit guide on this site already splits hardware from a renovation. A cabinet hinge, a gas strut and a drawer runner do not need an HDB renovation permit when the layout stays. A new kitchen or bathroom layout, hacking, or removing a wall does. Fines for unauthorised work are already written there as up to S$5,000. Homey Furnishing does not sign the permit invoice.

• Flat-pack assembly uses the furniture assembly catalogue. Tall units are wall-anchored on that visit. A separate anti-tip price is not printed, except the child-gate and anti-tip bundle at S$180 to S$420 when that bundle is the job.
• A built-in that has to come off the wall can become a strip-out. That is V On Construction if the flat is HDB and the work needs a permit. A loose shelf inside a carcass is not a strip-out.
• Town councils collect some bulky loose items on their own rules. We are not the collector, and we do not publish their fee.
• A new cable inside a wardrobe is an electrician. Assembly does not include a new circuit.
• Do not anchor into a household shelter wall. The permit guide already keeps TV brackets and shelves off that wall.
• A hollow partition or a false ceiling is a poor anchor for a tall wardrobe. If the fixing cannot reach structure, the visit stops.
• Active termites are not painted over. Skirting and door-frame replacement after damage uses the termite page bands. We do not claim to be the pest-control operator.
• Curtains, blinds and roller shades are not quoted here.

Ways to keep the bill smaller

• Photograph every piece before a carpenter is booked. A hinge visit is not a new kitchen.
• Put the flat-pack in the room where it will stand. Carrying a built wardrobe down an HDB corridor is a second job.
• If the drawer only sticks, use the published slide row. A new carcass is the cabinet page, and only when the board is swollen.
• Book the town council bulky slot before you pay anyone to truck a loose sofa. Many councils collect a limited number of loose items. Built-ins are usually excluded.
• Do not screw a bookshelf into the shelter wall because it is the only solid surface in the corner.

WhatsApp the photos to +65 8561 0630.

The gate bundle and the door patch are the printed child-and-pet rows. A new sofa is a quote.

Anything not in that table is quote on inspection.

WhatsApp the photos to +65 8561 0630. The reply uses a band already printed on HomeySG, or it says quote on inspection.

• Anti-tip anchoring
• Bookshelves
• Sofas
• Scratched faces
• If you cannot drill
• Gates and finger guards
• Sizes
• Custom furniture
• Handyman price list