Again starting at the lowest point in the room, I use a mm spirit level to mark a level line to that measurement around all the walls at mm that I will install kitchen cabinets. These particular kitchen cabinets come with plastic legs that are height adjustable. Unwrap the base units and screw the legs onto the bottom. As you can see in the picture below, the front of the unit is on the left and the feet have a flat part which should face the front for the plinth to butt up against.
Also, the flange should overlap the outer edge of the carcass otherwise all the weight is being loaded onto the bottom shelf of the unit and the dowels that hold the two together. People often sit up on kitchen counters, and if the kitchen is having granite worktops as well and the legs aren't fitted like this there is a good chance the weight will eventually ruin the bottom of the carcass.
If they are having granite counters then before putting the plinths on right at the end of the job you can cut solid timber blocks under the units for extra strength. Fixing the base units to the wall Wall and base units can be supplied either with solid backs that you can screw straight through or french cleat style brackets that screw to the wall and have corresponding clamps inside the unit that hook over them.
These clamps have screws in them to finely adjust the units height. In this instance they generally have a hardboard backing that is not strong enough to screw through. If your kitchen cabinets have a solid backboard that is pilot drilled and countersunk, that you can screw them directly to the wall. These cabinets may be less adjustable so it's important to get the unit at the exact height before drilling into the wall.
Once the units are in position the bracket positions can be marked on the wall like above. Then I remove the units and fix all the brackets to the wall. If the first cabinet butts up to a wall, it is definitely worth screwing into the wall too. The main thing to watch out for is if the wall is out of plumb, your bottoms will all be level but the sides not.
This will cause problems when your doors go on as they will all be perfectly square. When screwing through the side of the cabinet make sure to pack some shims against the wall to keep it perfectly plumb. Install kitchen wall cabinet 1 perfectly plumb and level and the rest will flow smoothly. It's important when you install kitchen cabinets to also fix them to each other for extra strength, and to keep them all nicely lined up with each other.
I always clamp the units together in the right position and to stop them moving before drilling a hole straight through for the bolts. Sometimes you can fit them behind hinges or where a shelf will later hide them from view. I will often line the wall cabinets up on the floor, clamp them together there and drill the bolt holes. That way once you get them on the wall the drilling is done and it is just a matter of bolting them together, something that is easy on your own with the batten on the wall for them to sit on too.
TIP: Laminated cabinets especially but even solid timber can break out when the drill bit comes through. Hold or clamp a scrap piece of timber on the other side when drilling to prevent annihilating the inside of the cabinet when the drill bit breaks through the material.
Using a mm spirit level I check how flat the floor is. All the units must be perfectly level with each other so the counters sit flat and the worktop joins butt each other perfectly. One thing you don't want to do is fit your floor units starting from the highest part because when the floor runs down out of level the plinths won't be tall enough.
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Start installation from the wall cabinets, and then install base cabinets. Make sure the screws go to into the studs and pay attention to water pipes inside the wall. How many screws I have to put in every wall cabinet? You have to put screw in every wall stud. The cabinets should be secured from the top and bottom. Let say behind 36 inches wide wall cabinet will be 2 wall studs and you have to secure the cabinet with 2 screws from the top and 2 from the bottom. If the cabinet is 16 inches wide or smaller there is only 1 stud possible to find and 2 screws will hold the cabinet — 1 from top and 1 from bottom.
Should I screw kitchens cabinets together? Cabinets have to be fastened with each other. Before put the screws, the holes have to be predrilled. It is better to use the thin screws with a small heads for screwing cabinets together. Which screws to use for hanging wall cabinets? The screws have to be long enough to go through the kitchen cabinet, drywall and at least one inch in the wall stud.
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