What is the best way to attach island cabinets to the floor? The best method we have devised so far is to pocket-hole 2x stock into the floor around the inner perimeter of the base cabinet, drop the cabinet over this 2x base, then countersink through the floor of the cabinet into the 2x’s.
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ACHOME
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For mine I precisely taped the outline of the cabinet base with blue tape then set the cabinet s up on firring strips. I put a fat bead of silicone just inside the tape and then lowered the cabinets onto it carefully removing the firrings strips as I went. The cabinet is secure and if I ever decide I don't want an island anymore it can come out without revelaing holes in the floor.
Wide islands, we do like you. Narrow islands seem subject to more abuse racking-wise, so we also glue down our cleats, and the cleats to the cabinets. We also screw through the sub-kicks (or high on a finished kick), ends if they get skins, or behind the shoe... anywhere a piffen screw will fit
We'll have a kid
Or maybe we'll rent one
He's got to be straight
We don't want a bent one
He'll drink his baby brew
From a big brass cup
Someday he may be president
If things loosen up
Thanks for all the help. Looks like our original plan should work.
ACHOME
Depends upon the floor. Also on how the cabinet carcass is built.
Here in slab-on-grade land, you tapcon or ramset 2x on the flat to the floor.
Then it depends on how the carcass is built. If endpanels to floor with separate finish skins, screws through EP into 2x. If no toe kick at all, build the toe box from the blocking, then shim and level to the carcass on that.
For more "pure" euro cabs, I've seen 2x with long carriage bolts poked through. That blocking is then shot to the floor, boltheads down. The cab floor is drilled to take the carriage bolts. Level the cab feet, then tighten up on the carraige bolts. Really nice to then trim off the c.b.; even better to get some caps for them.
Have also seen island cabs installed reliant only upon gravity and the downdraft vent attachement (gravity will work pretty well with 1.5' granite up there for a top, come to cases),
Wooden floors make this much simpler, really.