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   Hubedube | Jan 26, 2005 09:19pm | #1

    Generally,The metal studs will hold ok

    Use proper length sheet metal screws... #12 ... with washers

   For added support under, you could install a small horizontal ledge... 3/4" quarter round.

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

   
   

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   Edited 1/26/2005 1:23 pm ET by Hube

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   joremo | Jan 27, 2005 07:28pm | #3

   Thanks!

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   MisterT | Jan 27, 2005 03:46am | #2

   Is there anything special I need to consider when planning this job?

   Blocking between the studs!!!???

   putting a ledge under them would give exactly the same benefit as putting one more screw in each stud.

    

   Mr T

   I can't afford to be affordable anymore

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   joremo | Jan 27, 2005 07:28pm | #4

   Thanks!

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   maverick | Jan 27, 2005 10:26pm | #5

   When I was an apprentice carpenter I had an instructor who insisted metal studs held a screw better than a wood stud. I challenged his theory and he proved me wrong.

   Just dont over drive the screw to the point where you strip the hole

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   CapnMac | Jan 28, 2005 01:39am | #6

   Welcome to BT, first off!

   Are the metal studs strong enough to hold the cabinets?

   Yep, bunches of them out there in commercial work.

   Is there anything special I need to consider when planning this job?

   Finding the studs accurately, is the biggest thing.  Even with a self-drilling, self tapping, screw (what you should use for hanging-IMHO), hitting the edge of a stud is an unpleasant experience. 

   A screw through the bottom hanging rail, and one through the top, per stud makes a good minimum.

   We had a recent thread you should probably search for (there's a blue "Search" button on the side navigation bar in the forum).  There's a nifty line of metal cabinet hangers that look like elongated "J" or "S" shapes that interlock.  With those, you fasten the track on the wall securely, and the other track on the cabinet back.  Slipping the two tracks together hangs the cabinet until you can get it screwed to the wall securely.

   The post on blocking is something that needed to be done before the sheetrock was installed, whihc may not be valid in your case.

   If you would, click on your screen name in blue--that takes you to the Member Profile area, which can help "us" help "you."  (If you are a cabinet maker/installer, we don't have to tell you about screwing the faceframes or carcasses together, that sort of thing.)

   Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)
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   joremo | Jan 28, 2005 05:08pm | #7

   Thanks for your advice. I am a homeowner and this will be the first time I have attempted to hang cabinets. I realize that the cabinets need to be level and attached to one another. I would appreciate any other advice you have that could help me with this project. Thanks!

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   CapnMac | Jan 28, 2005 09:15pm | #9

   I realize that the cabinets need to be level and attached to one another.

   That's usually where it gets interesting.  "We" want the faces of the cabinets to be flush to one another, and to form a nice level line, plumb to the floor, or there abouts.  That's easy enough to cope with.  Except that the wall is never quite plumb, nor square, nor true "enough."  That's when we shim, and fidget, and fudge a bit.

   If we were lucky, we got to learn from someone more experienced than we were, first time out (some of use were not so lucky <g>).

   Let me organize a few more thoughts, we'll see if Marty will chime in, too--we'll get you some good advice, or at least a story or two to tell . . . Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)

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   joremo | Jan 28, 2005 11:10pm | #10

   I appreciate your help.

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   CapnMac | Jan 29, 2005 01:55am | #11

   No problem, it's what "we" do here.Occupational hazard of my occupation not being around (sorry Bubba)

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   Taylor | Jan 28, 2005 05:27pm | #8

   I'd look at SSMA load tables to see if you've got enough strength:

   http://www.ssma.com/technical_library.htm

   You might also try calling technical help at one of the manufacturers for their advice.