Just put together a tall bathroom cabinet like this:

http://www.ikea-usa.com/webapp/wcs/s...01*13717*10136

The cabinet is skinny and tall so when I touch it on the side it sways. It
rests on four adjustable metal legs. In reading the installation guide
there are two holes on the top where you can screw the cabinet to the wall
to stop the sway. Well my bathroom is an exterior bathroom with CBS
construction and tiled walls, so I am not going to drill two holes through
my tiles especially there is no furing strip behind it where I want to place
this cabinet.

Any idea what I can do to stop the cabinet from swaying? Some sort of
angles or cross brace?

O

If you are allowed to.. drill 1 or 2 holes in the tile with a masonry or
tile bit and put in some plastic wall anchors and screw it to the wall. That
will keep it from swaying.


"orangetrader" wrote in message
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Just put together a tall bathroom cabinet like this:

http://www.ikea-usa.com/webapp/wcs/s...01*13717*10136

The cabinet is skinny and tall so when I touch it on the side it sways.
It
rests on four adjustable metal legs. In reading the installation guide
there are two holes on the top where you can screw the cabinet to the wall
to stop the sway. Well my bathroom is an exterior bathroom with CBS
construction and tiled walls, so I am not going to drill two holes through
my tiles especially there is no furing strip behind it where I want to
place
this cabinet.

Any idea what I can do to stop the cabinet from swaying? Some sort of
angles or cross brace?

O

i got a free toothbrush at the dentist today



"orangetrader" wrote in message
...
Just put together a tall bathroom cabinet like this:


http://www.ikea-usa.com/webapp/wcs/s...01*13717*10136

The cabinet is skinny and tall so when I touch it on the side it sways.
It
rests on four adjustable metal legs. In reading the installation guide
there are two holes on the top where you can screw the cabinet to the wall
to stop the sway. Well my bathroom is an exterior bathroom with CBS
construction and tiled walls, so I am not going to drill two holes through
my tiles especially there is no furing strip behind it where I want to
place
this cabinet.

Any idea what I can do to stop the cabinet from swaying? Some sort of
angles or cross brace?

"orangetrader" wrote in message
...
Just put together a tall bathroom cabinet like this:


http://www.ikea-usa.com/webapp/wcs/s...01*13717*10136

The cabinet is skinny and tall so when I touch it on the side it sways.
It
rests on four adjustable metal legs. In reading the installation guide
there are two holes on the top where you can screw the cabinet to the wall
to stop the sway. Well my bathroom is an exterior bathroom with CBS
construction and tiled walls, so I am not going to drill two holes through
my tiles especially there is no furing strip behind it where I want to
place
this cabinet.

Any idea what I can do to stop the cabinet from swaying? Some sort of
angles or cross brace?

O



The trick is to secure the back to the sides of the cabinet. If the back
has some sort of floating back it will allow the sides to rack. if the
sides are rigidly affixed to the back it will not.

--

Roger Shoaf

About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.

"orangetrader" wrote in message
...
Just put together a tall bathroom cabinet like this:


http://www.ikea-usa.com/webapp/wcs/s...ay?catalogId=1
0101&storeId=12&productId=10984&langId=-1&parentCats=10101*13717*10136

The cabinet is skinny and tall so when I touch it on the side it sways.
It
rests on four adjustable metal legs. In reading the installation guide
there are two holes on the top where you can screw the cabinet to the wall
to stop the sway. Well my bathroom is an exterior bathroom with CBS
construction and tiled walls, so I am not going to drill two holes through
my tiles especially there is no furing strip behind it where I want to
place
this cabinet.

Any idea what I can do to stop the cabinet from swaying? Some sort of
angles or cross brace?

Well, you can't change the laws of physics, but you can fine-tune reality a
little sometimes. Do what another poster said about gluing/stapling/whatever
the back all the way around, so the thing acts more like a box than a house
of cards. Make sure the floor is level underneath, and it isn't rocking on a
tile hump or carpet tack strip. Adjust the legs so it leans back
ever-so-slightly, so it doesn't want to fall forward and stuff doesn't roll
off shelves. Put something real heavy in the bottom shelf, like a fake plant
in a gallon pot of BBs or pennies. And if you don't want to mess up the
wall, tie off the top with industrial velcro (if it is close enough), or a
couple of those big hooks with the magic adhesive that lets go when you pull
the tab, tied to a loop of clear monofiliment fish line run through the
mounting holes the manufacturer supplied in the cabinet.

aem sends...

A possible solution would be to use a velcro patch. Should hold well
on tile and be removeable. Don't know for how long the velcro will
hold tho.

Harry K

a gallon pot of BB or pennies... that is alot of pennies or BBs. It would
work though


"ameijers" wrote in message
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"orangetrader" wrote in message
...
Just put together a tall bathroom cabinet like this:


http://www.ikea-usa.com/webapp/wcs/s...ay?catalogId=1
0101&storeId=12&productId=10984&langId=-1&parentCats=10101*13717*10136

The cabinet is skinny and tall so when I touch it on the side it sways.
It
rests on four adjustable metal legs. In reading the installation guide
there are two holes on the top where you can screw the cabinet to the
wall
to stop the sway. Well my bathroom is an exterior bathroom with CBS
construction and tiled walls, so I am not going to drill two holes
through
my tiles especially there is no furing strip behind it where I want to
place
this cabinet.

Any idea what I can do to stop the cabinet from swaying? Some sort of
angles or cross brace?

Well, you can't change the laws of physics, but you can fine-tune reality
a
little sometimes. Do what another poster said about
gluing/stapling/whatever
the back all the way around, so the thing acts more like a box than a
house
of cards. Make sure the floor is level underneath, and it isn't rocking on
a
tile hump or carpet tack strip. Adjust the legs so it leans back
ever-so-slightly, so it doesn't want to fall forward and stuff doesn't
roll
off shelves. Put something real heavy in the bottom shelf, like a fake
plant
in a gallon pot of BBs or pennies. And if you don't want to mess up the
wall, tie off the top with industrial velcro (if it is close enough), or a
couple of those big hooks with the magic adhesive that lets go when you
pull
the tab, tied to a loop of clear monofiliment fish line run through the
mounting holes the manufacturer supplied in the cabinet.

aem sends...

On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 03:13:19 GMT "jeffery"
used 25 lines of text to write in newsgroup: alt.home.repair

i got a free toothbrush at the dentist today


You're dentist works Saturdays? Weird.


--
-Graham

Remove the 'snails' from my email

orangetrader wrote:

Just put together a tall bathroom cabinet like this:

http://www.ikea-usa.com/webapp/wcs/s...01*13717*10136

The cabinet is skinny and tall so when I touch it on the side it sways. It
rests on four adjustable metal legs. In reading the installation guide
there are two holes on the top where you can screw the cabinet to the wall
to stop the sway. Well my bathroom is an exterior bathroom with CBS
construction and tiled walls, so I am not going to drill two holes through
my tiles especially there is no furing strip behind it where I want to place
this cabinet.

Any idea what I can do to stop the cabinet from swaying? Some sort of
angles or cross brace?

O



A strip of double sided foam tape ought to stick the back to the tile
wall just fine. If it doesn't lie close enough to the wall, use two
strips of tape with a spacer in between.

You might also want to put a few pieces of the same tape on the bottom
edges to keep it in place on the floor if someone bumps into it. Double
sided foam tape can be released if you decide to move the cabinet by
sawing it with a bread knife.

HTH,

Jeff

--
Jeffry Wisnia

(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)

"As long as there are final exams, there will be prayer in public
schools"

On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 21:36:05 -0500, "orangetrader"
wrote:

Just put together a tall bathroom cabinet like this:

http://www.ikea-usa.com/webapp/wcs/s...01*13717*10136

The cabinet is skinny and tall so when I touch it on the side it sways. It
rests on four adjustable metal legs. In reading the installation guide
there are two holes on the top where you can screw the cabinet to the wall
to stop the sway. Well my bathroom is an exterior bathroom with CBS
construction and tiled walls, so I am not going to drill two holes through
my tiles especially there is no furing strip behind it where I want to place
this cabinet.

Any idea what I can do to stop the cabinet from swaying? Some sort of
angles or cross brace?

O


Epoxy a 1/2" thick ply strip (maybe 2" wide) to the tile. Allow a day
or two to cure, then screw the cabinet to the ply. A tall cabinet,
bookcase, clock, or tall-whatever should always be fastened at the top
to prevent tipping.

In article ,
orangetrader wrote:
Just put together a tall bathroom cabinet like this:

http://www.ikea-usa.com/webapp/wcs/s...01*13717*10136

The cabinet is skinny and tall so when I touch it on the side it sways. It
rests on four adjustable metal legs. In reading the installation guide
there are two holes on the top where you can screw the cabinet to the wall
to stop the sway. Well my bathroom is an exterior bathroom with CBS
construction and tiled walls, so I am not going to drill two holes through
my tiles especially there is no furing strip behind it where I want to place
this cabinet.

Any idea what I can do to stop the cabinet from swaying? Some sort of
angles or cross brace?

O



Use some self-adhesive velcro strips at the top of the cabinet. If a
spacer is necessary to contact the wall, attach it using the existing
holes.


--

Larry Wasserman Baltimore, Maryland