Hanging Kitchen Cabinets On Plasterboard Walls

I am trying to fit ikea kitchen myself.

Hanging kitchen cabinets on plasterboard walls.

The plaster wall itself is not strong enough to support the weight of the cabinet but installation into the wall studs should be sufficient for supporting the weight of the kitchen cabinets. The kitchen has plasterboard walls all around just one single board i believe. Drill the holes in the upper and lower hanging rails of the cabinets the two horizontal pieces of lumber along the top and bottom of the back of the cabinet. The solution would be to cut out plasterboard just at area where wall hanging brackets are and fit timber pads then refit plasterboard.

Wall cabinets offer handy storage and can be a great design feature in any kitchen. The walls in the kitchen are very uneven. The way to safely mount your unit depends entirely on the material you ll be affixing it to. Discussion in carpenters talk started by kev555 dec 20 2013.

Finally mark the stud locations. Draw a vertical line to line up the edge of the first cabinet to be installed. For example fixing a heavy cabinet to a plasterboard wall is. Wall cabinets are generally very heavy and additionally they often support a lot of weight.

Label the location of the kitchen wall cabinets and appliances on the wall. For this reason it is imperative to hang wall cabinets correctly using builder standard methods. How to hang kitchen wall cabinets ikea on plasterboard wall. Secure the top and bottom of the cabinet to the wall with 3 inch long 10 cabinet.

So they were covered with plasterboards. This allows brackets to be fitted to the timber pads. A general rule to follow when determining the best height to hang cabinets is to keep 8 or 9 feet high. Hanging cabinets on plaster walls can prove to be difficult depending on the makeup of the structure beneath the plaster.

Hanging a cabinet in bathroom is probably even easier that in the kitchen because very often you will have solid brick walls. Where i planned to fit wall units there is a gap about 7 cm between plasterboard and wall and the wall itself just bare bricks. Set the first wall cabinet on the ledger strip and 1 4 inch away from its reference line on the wall. But they must be hung securely evenly and in the correct place.

How to hang a bathroom cabinet on plasterboard wall. This means they should be hung so that the.