Does anyone know how to secure cabinets??

Question

Our contractor{so he called himself}, left us with a huge dilemma, I need to have our cabinets secure to wall and floors before the counter company will come to make a template. they need to be secured on a new pergo floor tiles w/radiant heat. Can anyone help???

Answer 1

wall cabs simply get screwed to the wall studs w/ screws supplied (for better quality cabs) otherwise 21/2" screws are fine.For base cabs against the wall the same is sufficient one s***w  high one low through the rails. For island cabs you need to fasten blocking to the floor, set cab and fasten to blocking, in you case taking care not to hit  heating element or tubing with fasteners

Answer 2

Did you get rid of your contractor?  Did he just set the cabinets on the floor without attaching them to the walls?

Assuming this is the case, it's really not hard to do.  Be sure the cabinets are exactly where you want/need them to be.  You need to figure out where the studs are then s***w through the backs of the cabinets into the studs.  For lower cabinets, it's very easy.

If that is not possible for you, I suggest you ask around for referrals for a reliable carpenter who can come in and at least get those cabinets secured for you.  And if anyone you interview to do this says anything about attaching them to the floor, throw them out!  Don't do anything to pierce that floor.  I hope the contractor did that properly.

Good luck to you.

Answer 3

Do what Andrea says up ahead of me, but also know that you should not secure the cabinets to the Pergo.

The Pergo should have been installed after the cabinets were in. If it was already there, it should be removed where the cabinets go. The cabinets should be directly on the subfloor - what the Pergo was installed on top of. The Pergo should be cut and removed where the cabinets are to go >very carefully< before installing them.

Cabinets should be on the floor, and secured (attached) to the walls.

Good luck.

Answer 4

If you have brick wall's you can use a 6.5mm masonary bit drill into the back off the cabinet at the top, use a 6.5mm tap in ,it's a plastic collar with a nail attached, remove nail 1st tap collar in first all the way then tap the nail in. Or if you don't want to see nail on cabinet, use a 6.5mm green wallplug,you can get these collar's that sit under neath the phlilps head screws, then you can use these colerd plastic cap's that cover the s***w head, that help to blend into the colour of your cabinets,But watchout for pipework and electrical cables in the wall,it's so hard to say anything else because i cant see it.If stud wall you have to find stud's and s***w into them.as long as it's mounted to the wall it should be secure.I don't know anything about floortile's with heating so don't know where you live,place s***w's about every 800mm apart,I hope this help's you out a bit

Answer 5

Wow. Sorry he left you with this. But things are not as bad as they seem.  It is no cause for an excedrin headache. Most cabinets are not attached to the floor except in some more different layouts. Like for a stand alone island or a long run for a breakfast bar. Even then an experience installer will be able to attach them so they will not move without necessarily getting into the radiant floor.  If you have a kitchen where the cabinets all attach to a wall you are home free. Once the cabinets are assembled and screwed to the wall,to each other, and shimmed, they are really solid. Once the weight of the countertop and kitchen junk is added they are really immovable. If you have an island some blocking would be glued to the floor and the cabinets screwed to the blocking.The cabinet company where you bought the cabinets should have some suggestions for contractors. A kitchen shop would be my next choice, then maybe fishing for a name at a lumber yard, then the big box stores. Hope this helps and enjoy your new kitchen!

   Also stan is right on.

Answer 6

To much to explain but maybe this link will help.

http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/video/0,...