Designing Kitchens and Bathrooms - Installing cabinets with uneven wall
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rmp.
04-10-06, 10:10 AM
I've got a roughly 5-foot base cabinet (3 stock pieces I've joined together), but when I put it right to the wall, there's an uneven gap along the top edge. The wall seems to stick out quite a bit more closer to the floor.
I put shims at the top, over the studs, but over to the left side of the cabinet the gap is about half an inch more than at the right. Do I add the shims only where necessary, or do I make the gap the same all the way across, or something else entirely? Am I supposed to sand down the back of the cabinet to fit the groove in the wall?
I put shims at the top, over the studs, but over to the left side of the cabinet the gap is about half an inch more than at the right. Do I add the shims only where necessary, or do I make the gap the same all the way across, or something else entirely? Am I supposed to sand down the back of the cabinet to fit the groove in the wall?
Wayne Mitchell
04-10-06, 11:50 AM
It sounds like you have the wall stripped to bare studs and are planning to install the cabinets directly to the studs. Your problem appears to be a wall out of plumb. Have you checked it with a level? If that is the case why not plumb and square the wall first? You can do it a couple of ways including sistering plumbed studs alongside the existing studs or shimming entire studs with tapered shims to provide a plumb wall. Shimming the studs can also help with squaring the wall if needed.
Personally I would plumb and then sheetrock the wall before hanging the cabinets. If there is a small gap along the back of the countertop it can often be hidden behind a backsplash. If the wall is plumb thegap should be minimal.
I'm not sure what the groove in the wall is? Can you elaborate?
Personally I would plumb and then sheetrock the wall before hanging the cabinets. If there is a small gap along the back of the countertop it can often be hidden behind a backsplash. If the wall is plumb thegap should be minimal.
I'm not sure what the groove in the wall is? Can you elaborate?
Snoonyb
04-11-06, 06:12 PM
Two very important Items when installing cabinets.
Are they square, plumb and level?
Is the face of the face frame, from end to end, a straight line?
Remember, things follow, and will come back too haunt you.
Set your cabinets in its approx. final location, level front to back as well as side to side.
Shim between the back rail and the wall. Install the appropriate course thread screws and recheck your level/s.
Regarding the difference in the space from the wall. Will making both the same affect your flooring pattern? remember things follow.
Some counter top systems and materials are more forgiving than others, so think it through.
Are they square, plumb and level?
Is the face of the face frame, from end to end, a straight line?
Remember, things follow, and will come back too haunt you.
Set your cabinets in its approx. final location, level front to back as well as side to side.
Shim between the back rail and the wall. Install the appropriate course thread screws and recheck your level/s.
Regarding the difference in the space from the wall. Will making both the same affect your flooring pattern? remember things follow.
Some counter top systems and materials are more forgiving than others, so think it through.