- Measuring and aligning your cabinets to be flush against the wall and even with each other is the first and most important part of installing kitchen cabinets. If the measurements are the slightest bit off, the cabinets will be misaligned, at a permanent angle or won't all fit on the walls of the kitchen properly. Use a level, a tape measure and a way to know where all the studs in the kitchen are located. Draw lines on the wall where these cabinets should be installed so it will be easy for you to match up exactly where the cabinets should hang.
- Pieces of wood can be attached to the wall along these carefully measured lines, which the cabinets can then be drilled directly into or can be hung across. These are essentially large brackets, which will spread out the weight distribution from the wooden cabinet itself. Make sure these pieces of wood are screwed into studs in the kitchen wall. Brackets should also be attached to studs in the kitchen wall for added support. These can vary in size, based on how big the kitchen cabinets are and how much weight they will be holding. If there are no studs available or are too far apart in the kitchen, make sure you have anchors for everything that will be holding the weight of the cabinets.
- Connect adjacent cabinets with clamps, with one already installed on the wall and the other about to be installed. The one you are connecting to the already installed cabinet should be connected with a couple of C clamps. Use wooden shims to level this adjacent cabinet as well if needed. Once everything is level, the cabinets should be attached to each other at the top and bottom of the cabinets, and even with smaller pieces of wood or metal brackets in the middle.
At least one if not two people to help you with connecting adjacent brackets properly is ideal.
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