How Do You Install Kitchen Cabinets
Then well show you how to install the base cabinets so theyre perfectly aligned and ready to be measured for the new countertop.
How do you install kitchen cabinets. Locate wall studs using hammer and finishing nail. Attach as many cabinets together as you can safely lift and install on the ledger board usually two. Join host jeff wilson for tips on keeping things square and level as he.
How to install kitchen cabinets installing kitchen cabinets install kitchen cabinets duration. Last well show you a simple method for installing the upper wall cabinets. Use blocks to represent the finished floor height and add those distances to the guide line for the base cabinet tops.
Ez level cabinet levelers 570739 views. Hold the blocks back a bit from the front so the flooring can tuck. If the kitchen flooring is going to be hardwood or tile and youre installing it after the cabinets youll have to raise the cabinets off the floor or the dishwasher wont fit under the countertop.
With the right tools and a little patience installing kitchen cabinets is a project any do it yourselfer can handle. Calculate the distance from the edge of a wall cabinet to the studs behind it. Mark stud locations onto back of cabinet.
In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to properly measure a kitchen and install cabinets. Be sure to allow for the ears on the front of the cabinet. When you place the cabinet to the wall youll know where the stud is.
Well tell you how to lay out the cabinet positions ahead of time to avoid missteps. Mark cabinet layout lines onto the wall.