Kitchen Remodeling Installing Base Cabinets 101

Kitchen Remodeling
Installing Base Cabinets 101


Base Cabinet installing works best when you start from a corner. Shim the bottom until the cabinet top is on your level line unless you used the scribe and fit cabinet installation method.

Now level and shim the cabinet from back to front.

If you are using the scribe to fit cabinet installation method, shim until the tops are level across for width as well as depth. Now the tops are above your line which you measured from your floors low point. Place a spacer the width of the amount you need to remove and run your pencil and mark the cabinet to your scribe point. Cut both ends and your toe kick board to
the scribed lines. The back of the cabinet normally does not extend all the way to the floor and usually needs no adjustment.

Place your base cabinet in position. The top of the cabinet should be on your line. Fasten it L O O S E L Y to the wall. Install all of your base cabinets in this manner. Then Align and clamp the stiles of adjoining cabinets and fasten the cabinets together.

After the cabinets are all secured together finish tightening the screws in the back of the cabinets.


Installing Base Cabinets 101
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