Is it OK to only hang kitchen wall units from the two screws. Or are 4
screws a must, i.e. 2 top and 2 bottom.

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Is it OK to only hang kitchen wall units from the two screws. Or are 4
screws a must, i.e. 2 top and 2 bottom.

Only two at the top?
Mine have four.

Are the two at the bottom to stop it coming out of a hook arrangement for
adjusting them?
They are on mine and I would recommend fitting them having experienced a
couple of earthquakes here in Tipton.

Surely if there are 4 holes for screws you should use them?

Actually there is a bit of a hidden agenda. MFI (don't laugh) are
fitting our kitchen and the fitters have left the units hanging and say
that it isn't necessary to fit four screws. I intend to get my hands
on some instructions but I just wondered what the norm was. My old
kitchen had four screws, but then they weren't hung and I just wondered
if that mattered.

Is it OK to only hang kitchen wall units from the two screws. Or are 4
screws a must, i.e. 2 top and 2 bottom.

I used screws only for the initial fix. The main fixing is by rawlbolt,
which are much stronger and easily retrofitted without even removing the
cabinets. My units were MFI, too.

Christian.

In article .com,
"Nick" writes:
Actually there is a bit of a hidden agenda. MFI (don't laugh) are
fitting our kitchen and the fitters have left the units hanging and say
that it isn't necessary to fit four screws. I intend to get my hands
on some instructions but I just wondered what the norm was. My old
kitchen had four screws, but then they weren't hung and I just wondered
if that mattered.

I wonder if they used all the supplied fixings when assembling
the cabinets? ;-)

--
Andrew Gabriel

That's a good angle to for me to work with - Thanks for that.

I put an inch and a half by two inch rail under my units. With this you can
pick up the vertical studs with a screw. Then use either two or four screws
in the rear of the unit. Sometimes the rear is only hardboard so that wont
have any strength.


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In article .com,
Nick wrote:
Is it OK to only hang kitchen wall units from the two screws. Or are 4
screws a must, i.e. 2 top and 2 bottom.

You need something pretty substantial as wall cupboards can get pretty
heavily loaded. I once fixed some cheap ones with just two screws at the
top into brick and one fell off. That was before the days of the now
common adjustable fixings.

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