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   basswood | Jun 06, 2006 06:49am | #1

   "Houston we have a problem."

   You have a cabinet there that probably measures about 93" on the diagonal...you won't be able to stand it up. I have cut the toekick portion of the cabinet loose and set that portion in place, then lift the main box onto the toekick piece. Without the toekick your new diagonal will be about 89-1/2", and will just make it.

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   Piffin | Jun 06, 2006 07:44am | #2

   that's the trick! Your toekick has to be built and set separately

    

    

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   plumbbill | Jun 06, 2006 08:46am | #3

   Unless he has a 2 story house & can stand it up in a stairwell first then slide it horizontally to it's final resting place.Do you look to the government for an entitlement, or to GOD for empowerment. BDW

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   hammer1 | Jun 06, 2006 02:35pm | #4

   If these are typical manufactured cabinets, the total height should be 84". The inset of the toe kick at the front will provide enough room for tipping up. If there is a problem, you can cut the back, bottom corners of the cabinet on a 45. This will give you some extra tipping room and the cut can be covered with baseboard, if it shows. It's pretty rare that a manufactured cabinet will have a loose toe kick.

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   basswood | Jun 06, 2006 02:54pm | #5

   The tall manufactured cabinets can be 84, 90, or 96...sounds like this one is a 90 (matches the height of 36" wall cabinets).The inset at the toekick will only decrease the diagonal by about 1/2"...so some material will likely have to be cut away. Unless there is a place in the room where the floor ceiling distance is higher (due to sloped floor or ceiling, different flooring--or as mentioned, a stairwell).Designers often specify cabinets that are within an inch of the ceiling, so several major cabinet lines now send loose toekicks with tall/deep cabinets.

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   JeffBuck | Jun 07, 2006 01:16am | #6

   "It's pretty rare that a manufactured cabinet will have a loose toe kick."

    

   actually ... pretty common.

   can't remember the last time I saw sent a tall floor to ceiling cab that didn't have a loose platform sent along with.

   I'm sure this has to be mentioned in the ordering ... but it's a common item.

    

   so ... if it does have the toe already attached ... lay it on the side and zip off the toe area then rebuild a nice sturdy platform to slide it up on.

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