I have a question on hanging kitchen cabinets, i’m starting with a corner cabinet but not sure how to hold the next cabinet to the corner cabinet, how do you clamp the two together and witch one do you drill your pilot hole through?
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I know what you are going through. My suggestion is that you immediately stop what you are doing and do a search of Fine Homebuilding relative to Kitchen Cabinet installation. A great wealth of articles that will allow you to plan the whole process.
As you will see there are agreat # of ways that are dependent on your resources, both manpower and financial.
Please do yourself a favor and use the resource.
Roger
There are a number of ways, but the main thing is to support the 2nd cabinet so you can get it level & flush with the corner cabinet that you've already hung. You can nail a cleat on the wall that you can set the bottom back edge of the cabinet on while you nudge it into place & clamp it. Or, you can improvise (or buy/rent) a kind of "jack stand" to set it on that will allow you to adjust the height a little better. Then use basically any kind of clamp to clamp the carcasses/face frames together. Just be careful to protect the finish & not crush any of the wood. There are clamps made esp. for this that have drill guides built in
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=16451&cookietest=1
but most any clamp can work.
To improvise a "jack stand" you can screw a floor flange onto a length of 3/4" pipe & slide the largest piece of threaded rod that will fit the inside diameter of pipe into it. put a nut on the threaded rod to adjust the height with & another floor flange on top of it to support the cabinet.
Just be sure to shim whatever space you have between the cabinet & the wall so that when you screw it to the wall you aren't trying to torque the carcass out of square.
It doesn't make any difference which cabinet you drive the screw in from, although, in your case, it might be less visible to drive it in from the side of the corner cabinet. A lot of installers will hide the screws under the hinges or use trim head screws on the face frames.
Hope that helps.
Edited 11/21/2008 7:36 am ET by bd
b ,
Do the cabinets go to the ceiling ? If not then screw a ledger on top to push against and remove later . I use cabinet jacks that were made for this but sometimes you can use an adjustable crutch or several 2X4s with a cloth or piece of old carpet to protect the under side of the cabinet and the floor of the room .
Find out which way the floor and a or ceiling are going and set the corner cabinet anticipating which way they need to go . Prop the next cabinet up to the corner box and clamp and screw the boxes together , then screw it to the wall shimming or wedging where needed behind .
good luck dusty
I usually screw a temporary 1x4 ledger on the wall to rest my uppers on while clamping and screwing. Minor wall repair afterwards.
Edited 11/20/2008 11:33 pm by kenhill3
I find it easiest to fasten a few cabinet together on the floor, then lift them up to the ledger as a unit. Especially corner cabinets, since the corner may be a little out of whack. Nothing like getting several cabinets in place and realizing you have to adjust that corner cabinet a little.
Of course, you'll need at least one other helper to lift the assembly. Also, make sure to have a ledger to rest them on.
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