Kitchen Cabinet Installation
Step-By-Step Instructions on How to Install Kitchen Cabinets Yourself
Since you have your new kitchen cabinets, you are prepared to proceed onward to the following large step…..Installing your kitchen cabinets. While the genuine establishment of the Kitchen Cabinets isn’tall that hard, the basic initial step is apportioning and stamping where the cabinets will go. By setting design markings on the dividers and floors, it won’t just assist you with kitchen cabinet situation and stud areas, however it will likewise assist you with finding where changes and shims will be required. Before we begin there are a few things that you will require for the venture:
Pencil
Level or Laser Level
Drill
Measuring tape
Stud Finder
Cinches
1″ x 3″ Piece of wood (6′- 8′ long) or an Inverted U-molded casing (see notes underneath)
Shims
Screws (sufficiently long to go 1/2 into the studs)
Utility blade or etch
Stamping Compass
An additional arrangement of hands (you may need to pay off one of your companions)
As I referenced above, you have the alternative of utilizing a bit of 1′ x 3′ blunder for the establishment or building a casing to help the cabinets (I have incorporated an image of an example outline beneath). This can be made out of 2′ x 4’s and should be tall enough to help the lower part of your divider cabinets. On the off chance that you plan on introducing more than one kitchen, at that point I would propose the edge, however a bit of timber will do fine and dandy if this is a one time occasion. In one or the other case, you will require another arrangement of hands to assist with the establishment.
For this situation we purchased (RTA) Ready-To-Assemble kitchen cabinets in el paso from RTA Kitchen and Bathroom Cabinet Store. Presently the kitchen cabinets are gathered, we are prepared to begin stamping out our format lines. A few people start with the base cabinets, yet we will begin with the divider cabinets first. There is no correct method to begin, I simply want to begin with the upper cabinets first.
1. Utilize a level and a pencil to draw an equal line across the divider around 3 crawls up from the floor. Measure down from this line, to the floor, and discover the floors high point (in the event that it has one), and imprint a line by then. From that high point, Measure up 34 1/2 inches and draw a level line across the divider to assign the highest point of the base cabinets.
2. Since you have the highest point of the base cabinets checked, measure up another 19 1/2 inches and a level line across the divider to demonstrate the lower part of the divider cabinets. Gently mark every cabinets’ measurements and arrangement on the divider to ensure that your unique format is right.
3. Utilize a stud locater to find the divider studs. Utilize a pencil to stamp the stud areas at any rate 6 crawls above and beneath the line for the lower part of the divider cabinets. Draw straight vertical lines between the top and base imprints to show the focal point of the studs.
4. On the off chance that you chose to go with the bit of 1′ x 3′ stumble, presently is the place where you will utilize (on the off chance that you chose to go with the U-molded edge, it will become an integral factor after the entirety of your lines are spread out). Screw a brief 1′ x 3′ uphold rail to the divider, adjusting the top edge of the rail with the line for the base edge of the divider cabinets. Connect it by driving 3 or 4 two inch screws through the rail into the divider studs.
5. Since we have all the lines stamped, the time has come to begin introducing your kitchen cabinets. We will begin with the corner cabinet (here is the place where your assistant’s additional arrangement of hands will be required). Spot the corner cabinet onto the transitory help rail and have your assistant hold the corner cabinet set up. Drill pilot openings through the solid cabinet back or its help rail and into the divider studs. Screw the cabinet into the divider utilizing two screws that are sufficiently long to enter the studs by at any rate 1/2 inches. Check the highest point of the cabinet for level and the front of the cabinet for plumb. On the off chance that you need to address the position, simply back the screws out a smidgen and top shims behind the cabinet at the stud areas. In the event that it is plumb and level, drive the sinks as far as possible and add a few more into each stud to guarantee that the cabinet is made sure about firmly to the divider.
6. Presently we will move onto the cabinets on one or the other side of the corner cabinet. As you introduce every one, utilize the clasps to tie down every cabinet to the neighboring cabinet and afterward check it for plumb with your level. On faceframe cabinets, it is a smart thought to bore two 1/8 inch pilot openings through the sides of the faceframe and use screws. For this situation, with frameless, prepared to-amass kitchen cabinets we will screw through the compressed wood sides and use shims in the middle of the cabinets to guarantee a tight fit and ensure that the cabinet faces are plumb.
7. After all the divider cabinets are set up, introduce the corner or end base case cabinet. Use shims where expected to level the cabinet and raise it up to the line which demonstrates the high purpose of the floor. Be certain it is level from front to back and from side to side, at that point screw it to the divider studs. In the event that you don’t have a slanting corner cabinet or visually impaired base cabinet in the corner, drive the abutting cabinet into spot and clip the two units together. Add a filler strip if necessary to permit the entryways and drawers enough freedom to open and close appropriately. On the off chance that important, tap shims under the cabinet and behind it to change for plumb and level.
8. Drive screws through the cabinet back (and shims) into the divider studs. Trim any overabundance material from the shims with a sharp etch or blade. Keep on adding abutting cabinets as such, going along with them a similar way you associated the divider cabinets in sync 6.
9. On the off chance that your cabinets wind up knocking into another divider, you may require a filler strip to make up the last couple of inches. In the event that you have custom cabinets, they ought to have been worked to fill this hole, however in the event that you are utilizing stock or RTA Kitchen Cabinets the filler strip might be required. On the off chance that you do have to utilize a filler strip, leave the last cabinet disengaged from different cabinets. Clasp a straightedge to the substance of the closest introduced unit, reaching out far enough for you to put arrangement marks on the end divider. Permit a 3/4″ counterbalance behind those imprints (for the thickness of the filler piece) and affix a projection to the divider. At that point introduce and attach the last cabinet and measure the hole between its face outline and the divider.
In the event that the divider is level, just tear the filler board to the necessary width and affix it set up. In the event that the divider is unpredictable, you’ll need to recorder fit the filler board. Start by setting a checking compass to the width of the hole, at that point place a portion of 1″- wide veiling tape along the filler board in the territory where it should be managed. Clip the board to the end cabinet’s face outline, at that point follow the divider shape with the compass. Eliminate the board and cut along the copyist line with a dance saw, at that point reinstall it to check the fit. At the point when it’s correct, drive screws through the nearby face outline into the edge of the filler board. Screw or nail the opposite side to the fitting.
