Hanging Kitchen Cabinets On Plasterboard Walls

The walls in the kitchen are very uneven.

Hanging kitchen cabinets on plasterboard walls.

Label the location of the kitchen wall cabinets and appliances on the wall. The plaster wall itself is not strong enough to support the weight of the cabinet but installation into the wall studs should be sufficient for supporting the weight of the kitchen cabinets. For example fixing a heavy cabinet to a plasterboard wall is. The kitchen has plasterboard walls all around just one single board i believe.

Hanging cabinets on plaster walls can prove to be difficult depending on the makeup of the structure beneath the plaster. I am trying to fit ikea kitchen myself. A general rule to follow when determining the best height to hang cabinets is to keep 8 or 9 feet high. Discussion in carpenters talk started by kev555 dec 20 2013.

Hanging a cabinet in bathroom is probably even easier that in the kitchen because very often you will have solid brick walls. So they were covered with plasterboards. Where i planned to fit wall units there is a gap about 7 cm between plasterboard and wall and the wall itself just bare bricks. Wall cabinets are generally very heavy and additionally they often support a lot of weight.

This means they should be hung so that the. Set the first wall cabinet on the ledger strip and 1 4 inch away from its reference line on the wall. Wall cabinets offer handy storage and can be a great design feature in any kitchen. But they must be hung securely evenly and in the correct place.

You will have to cut a little bit out of the sides of the cabinets to accommodate the hanging rail end cabinets only need one side cutting you ll work out what i mean joinerjohn1 dec 20 2013 2. How to hang a bathroom cabinet on plasterboard wall. For this reason it is imperative to hang wall cabinets correctly using builder standard methods. The solution would be to cut out plasterboard just at area where wall hanging brackets are and fit timber pads then refit plasterboard.

If that s the case you just have to drill two holes insert the plugs and fix the cabinet. Wall cabinets come in a variety of shapes and sizes and are used to store and or display objects. This allows brackets to be fitted to the timber pads. Finally mark the stud locations.

Drill the holes in the upper and lower hanging rails of the cabinets the two horizontal pieces of lumber along the top and bottom of the back of the cabinet. The way to safely mount your unit depends entirely on the material you ll be affixing it to.