How To Install Wall Cabinets On The Floor

A good cabinet installation starts with a good layout.

How to install wall cabinets on the floor.

Label the location of the kitchen wall cabinets and appliances on. Use another 2 by 4 along the back flush against the wall. Shim beneath the cabinet to align it with the top of cabinet line you drew on the wall. Measure up 19 1 2 in.

Set the cabinets up on the bases you just created. Then using your tape measure measure up from the floor about 48 inches and use a pencil to mark. Step 3 place the cabinets. Fasten the two cabinets together with 1 1 4 inch screws.

Lay base cabinets on floor facing up and clamp together. Here are a few things to do when figuring out how to hang cabinets. Set these back 1 4 inch. Measure from the highest point in the floor and draw a level line marking the top of the base cabinets.

Hold 6 foot level across face of cabinets. This will create a tailored look and make it easier to install the cabinets. From that line and draw another line for the bottom of the upper cabinets. Then using your level trace a.

Mark up the wall first. If the floor isn t level find the highest point in the floor along the wall where the cabinets will be installed. When determing how to install base cabinets on uneven floors check for level and plumb and add shims until the cabinets are at the same level. Leave a space between the cabinet and wall as recommended by the cabinet manufacturer.

The two main differences between a base cabinet and a wall cabinet are the dimensions of the cases and the inclusion of a 4 1 2 inch toe kick on base cabinets where the cabinet meets the floor. Be sure they are flush all the way down. First locate the highest point in your floor using your level. Set a two by four on the floor where you ll want the front of the cabinet to go moving them back 1 4 inch along with a second two by four along the wall in the same horizontal line.

Screw the second two by four into the wall with wood screws. If necessary add shims at wall to align cabinets. Clamp next cabinet to the first installed cabinet then screw it to wall studs.