When you are installing cabinets next to a washer/dryer the width required is 61.” The room needed from the floor to the bottom of the upper cabinetry is generally around 56” clear. A standard measurement for installing upper cabinets is 54” off of the floor to the bottom of the wall cabinet. When you are hanging them in the laundry room it’s best to allow another two inches (56”) if at all possible. This additional clearance leaves more distance for the door of the washing machine to clear the bottom of the cupboard. Washer/Dryer How Much Room is Needed
I’m going to give you tips on how to do Formica repair or touch up that perhaps you would have never though of prior to reading this article. You’ll find these techniques, I’ve used for many years, will assist you with repairing the marred or flawed plastic laminate area that is now an “eye sore.”
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Do you need a strong wood filler to repair particle board with? Is there a need to fill pine or plywood knot holes that have fallen out? Perhaps you want to rebuild an area of a cabinet or counter that may have been damaged because of neglect? I’m going to let you in on one of the cabinet making industries secrets that many homeowners are not aware of.
You can use this filler to fix large chunks of particle board that have pulled out of cabinet sides or doors. It actually holds a read article Strong Wood Filler
Do you have a swollen area on a cabinet door? Plastic laminate is the easiest type to repair. Fixing a thermofoil cupboard front that is swelling on the backside is possible. Wood door parts that have swelled can be repaired too. Some Formica kitchen manufactures may want to build a new one entirely depending upon how much damage has been done. Here are a few suggestions for the “do it yourself” home enthused. read article Swollen Cabinet Door
When installing base cabinets in the kitchen, vanity or laundry, the challenge is dealing with unlevel floors. Learning how to install on uneven surfaces whether they get tile, laminate flooring, real wood or linoleum is going to take some practice. These installation tips, from a professional cabinet installer, will help get you pointed in the right direction. Let’s take a look at the various flooring styles and match them to the methods that will need to be used in order to get your counters to be level.
There are two methods used for leveling base cabinetry. Actually, the two go read article Installing Cabinets on Unlevel Floors
This kitchen cabinet guide will help you understand the development stages of getting your new cabinetry and counters installed. Scheduling flooring companies, plumbers, drywall installers, painters, countertop fabricators and wallpaper hangers at the proper time, during the remodeling or new construction project, is important. These tips will serve you well in accomplishing the tasks at hand in a professional manner. Some of these suggestions should be loosely held so that flexibility will allow you to work with your sub-contractors. It may be necessary for you to make a phone call or two to verify that a suggestion for scheduling that one of your subs offers, will allow your other companies to accomplish their installations quickly and read article Kitchen Cabinet Scheduling Guide
Having trouble matching old plastic laminate on a cabinet? Finding unavailable colors or patterns can be frustrating but not impossible. Neutrals such as white, antique white and almonds should be available with most suppliers but patterns and wood grains change annually.
The process of finding the match is what can get tiresome. There are several plastic laminate companies to sift through. With today’s technology much of this can be done on the Internet but as suggested in our article on Finding Discontinued Formica, a local cabinet maker who has been in business for many years may be your best place to start.
Color consistency with these mica developers, on in-stock items, remains accurate throughout time, but the top coats vary. read article Matching Plastic Laminate Cabinets
European/Face Frame Comparison
There are basically two kitchen cabinet types as far as the construction of the boxes is concerned. These two styles of kitchen cabinets are called face-frame and European style cabinetry. Many people refer to their fabrication method as being European in nature but oftentimes the design is a combination of the two. Thus, a third cabinet design could be called a face-frame/European style cabinet. Each design uses a different kind of hinge and oftentimes the drawer slides will differ as well. Let’s take a look at what the differences are between these various types of cabinetry. read article KItchen Cabinet Types
Releasing or figuring out how to remove a file drawer is even difficult for professional cabinet makers. We pull, push, lift and then look for a way of getting the cabinet component to come out of the box. Every manufacture has developed their own release mechanism which makes their patent different from the others. Basically, what you’re looking for is some type of plastic tab to either push-up or down on. Sometimes it is necessary to lift up on the drawer as you are pushing the plastic release tab in or pulling it out. If there is no tab to be found, you will have to continue moving it around into various positions as you pull on it. Not long ago, I encountered a full extension slide where the two components were actually held together by screws. The only way to get them apart was to read article Remove File Drawer
If you’re planning to do a Formica restoration project, on your cabinets or counters, your best option is to do an overlay on top of the existing plastic laminate. A good starting place for getting educated about what all is involved in the process would be to review our section titled, Cabinet Refacing/Resurfacing Countertops. Covering existing plastic laminate countertops with new mica is a popular way to update your kitchen or vanities without spending a ton of money. Every situation will present a different approach by the cabinet recovering specialist when he or she is assembling the estimate. It is not likely that you will be able to get an over the phone quote if you’re seeking a lineal foot price or cost per square foot. read article Formica Restoration
