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.

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