Hanging Kitchen Cabinets On Plasterboard 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.

Hanging kitchen cabinets on plasterboard walls. The way to safely mount your unit depends entirely on the material you ll be affixing it to. Secure the top and bottom of the cabinet to the wall with 3 inch long 10 cabinet. How to hang kitchen wall cabinets ikea on plasterboard wall. Wall cabinets are generally very heavy and additionally they often support a lot of weight.

A general rule to follow when determining the best height to hang cabinets is to keep 8 or 9 feet high. How to hang a bathroom cabinet on plasterboard wall. Finally mark the stud locations. Hanging cabinets on plaster walls can prove to be difficult depending on the makeup of the structure beneath the plaster.

Wall cabinets come in a variety of shapes and sizes and are used to store and or display objects. For example fixing a heavy cabinet to a plasterboard wall is. Discussion in carpenters talk started by kev555 dec 20 2013. Hanging a cabinet in bathroom is probably even easier that in the kitchen because very often you will have solid brick walls.

I am trying to fit ikea kitchen myself. 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.

Draw a vertical line to line up the edge of the first cabinet to be installed. For this reason it is imperative to hang wall cabinets correctly using builder standard methods. This allows brackets to be fitted to the timber pads. If that s the case you just have to drill two holes insert the plugs and fix the cabinet.

You will have to cut a little bit out of the sides of the cabinets to accommodate the hanging rail end cabinets only need one side cutting you ll work out what i mean joinerjohn1 dec 20 2013 2. This means they should be hung so that the. 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. So they were covered with plasterboards.

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.