Hanging IKEA kitchen cabinets
charlieB wrote:
You don't say how much room you have above the cabinets - but here's
another suggestion:
Fix something like a 25x44mm batten horizonally to wall so the the
cupboards can rest on it - you can paint it the same colour as the wall
and you won't really see it as it will be hidden by the pelmet anyway.
Fix a larger batten to the wall above the cupboard so that the bottom
of it just clears the cupboard. Use L-angle brackets to fix the top of
the cupboard to the batten.
Alternatively if you haven't got much room on top of the cupboard,
still use the bottom batten and make a clearance hole in the
plasterboard where the holes in the top rear of the cupboard are. Drill
and rawlplug a hole in the brick wall behind the plaster board and
secure the cupboard to the wall - the batten taking the weight of the
cupboard and the screw/ikea L-shape bracket taking some weight and all
of the rotational pull of the cupboard "trying to fall off the wall.
Charlie
High Anxiety
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