Archive

Posts Tagged ‘basics of installing’

Securing Upper Cabinets Into Place -part 2

February 3rd, 2009
Wall Cabinet Installation

Wall Cabinet Installation

Here is the next secession of our tutorial for securing upper cabinets into place. As always, I do recommend that if all this sounds like more than you want to try and tackle, hire a professional that knows how to secure cabinetry to walls properly. Here are the next steps to take in order to ensure that your cabinets are secure to the wall properly. read article Securing Upper Cabinets Into Place

Installation Tips , , , , , , , , ,

The Basics of Installing Upper Cabinets-part one

February 2nd, 2009

If your planning on installing your own upper cabinets, for a kitchen, garage, or laundry room, then I would recommend that you either have someone help you or you can do it yourself. If you decide to not get help with the installation, here is what you should do. Actually, use this method even if someone is helping you mount the upper cabinetry to the wall. Make some prop sticks. Cut four pieces of wood about 48” long and 2 ½” to 4” wide. Usually 3/4” thick wood works just fine for this application. Pair them up so you have two sets. Now, by adding screws to them you can adjust the height of the prop sticks to correspond to where the bottom of the upper cabinets will be. If your installing the cabinetry where there is no soffit above, when you place them on the prop sticks it will be necessary to keep pressure on the cabinet against the wall at all times. This is where the extra person becomes very valuable.

Follow These Steps For Upper Cabinet Installation

Every situation will present its own set of circumstances, but if you follow these steps your upper cabinet installation will go smoothly. I will give this word of caution right up front, when you are working with special fillers such as fluted moldings or crown molding, read article Installing Upper Cabinets

Installation Tips , , , ,