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I've just removed an in-built wardrobe in our new-build apartment and have realised that they only used sealant to secure it to the walls and ceiling.

This was an L-shaped wardrobe in an L-shaped nook. The wardrobe was a hybrid between a front frame and carcass, i.e. it had its own walls, floating shelves, floor, but no ceiling, no back and nothing was screwed into the room's actual walls.

The shelves and floor of the wardrobe held the walls of the wardobe together, giving it some structure. My question is if I were to install a new in-built wardrobe (using the remenants of my old wardrobe), would attaching it to the room's walls and ceiling solely using silicone or sealant be adaquate? I would have a shelf and a floor to give the walls rigidity but no ceiling and no back.

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There is a real safety concern with bookshelves, wardrobes, etc. They can tip over onto children (adults too, but children are more vulnerable because they are smaller and more likely to climb on things) who climb on them, pull hard on them, etc. That is the biggest reason, in my mind, for attaching furniture to walls, usually with brackets and screws.

However, an L-shaped wardrobe is likely much harder to tip over than a typical rectangular piece of furniture. If tipover risk is extremely low (may be nearly impossible, depending on design) then using some sort of sealant to attach to the wall instead of brackets and screws is reasonable.

That being said, if you can locate studs or other appropriate places to attach brackets then brackets and screws might actually be easier than sealant, and is guaranteed to be very secure.

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