Shim Shim Shimboree – Wavy Walls Cabinet
chefwong
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So any tricks you guys can advise when dealing with old walls that are wavy, etc – just short of tearing it down and starting from scratch.
I’ll be swapping old cabinets for new but the walls is definately wavy.
Luckily, the worst of it is a hump but the stove and hood is there. I still may need to tweak it as the stove sits FLUSH against the wall.
So any tips/advice or it’s just a matter of shimming galore when it comes down to installing the cabinets. I can see how you can shim the bottom on the uppers and also the bottom front and backside of the base cabs.
How do you guys shim the top of the upper cabs or the back of the bottom on the base cabs given no room/clearance ?
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Pull a line for the uppers at the height you want to run the screws. You'll probably have to shim out the ends to get a straight line.
Then tack shims at the studs, using the line as a guide.
Set the upper cabinets, screwing the uppers thru the shims. Then plumb the cabinets, shim along the bottom edge, and run screws there.
I don't bother shimming along the bottom edge of lower cabinets. Just set the lowers in place, get them straight and level, and shim where needed and the fastening strip.
It varies from person to person, but I like setting the uppers first. That way I don't have to reach over the lower cabinets to work on the uppers.
Depends. For uppers I like to build them up as a unit on the ground, nice and tight, and then install the whole run as a unit. Helps to have extra hands around. Then just screw at the high points, and up into the ceiling. sometimes a piece of scribe molding is needed at the end of the run.
For lowers you can always screw into the floor if you can't reach the back to shim.
Hope this helps. Rich.
On our kitchen remodels we automatically tear out the sheetrock/plaster for just this reason. Besides, there are always outlets that could be moved/added and other such nonsense.
As for just fighten it...well...good luck with that.
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Listen to Richmast.
Richmast, or on long runs and without a lift, hang a full sleeper top and bottom of 5/8 ply let into your wall cover.DCG Your Neighbor's Contractor LLC"A wrongdoer is often a man who has left something undone, not always one who has done something."--Marcus Aurelius
"...hang a full sleeper top and bottom of 5/8 ply let into your wall cover"
whats the benefit of that - it'll just follow the same irregular path as the wallcovering?"he...never charged nothing for his preaching, and it was worth it, too" - Mark Twain
I am betting you have plaster , not sheet rock. With sheetrock, cutting it out is an option, plaster, don't touch it.
Shim away. And get good at scribe moulding.
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