#Pictures of Stock Prefab Kitchen Cabinet Installation How To
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HOW TO INSTALL PREFAB CABINETS
Pictures of stock prefab kitchen cabinet installation. It is truly an art watching a Master cabinet installer like Mr. Matuse install stock prefab kitchen cabinets. He makes it look so simple, but of coarse he has been doing this for quite some time!
Basic step by step pictures with instructions on how to install stock prefab cabinets. Ever wonder how hard it was to install stock prefab cabinets? When you have been installing for 10 years like Mr. Brian Matuse it becomes second nature. Pictured below you will see how easy or hard it is to install stock factory cabinets in a small kitchen. Starting with the stock prefab base cabinets and ending with the stock prefab top kitchen cabinets.
Not only does Mr. Matuse install stock prefab cabinets, he installs the laminate that goes on the countertop, so you will also see how he installs the base cabinet decking, (partial board for the laminate) on this webpage. If you would like to see his process of applying the laminate just click HERE.
Rule number one; clean the floor you are installing the stock prefab cabinets on. Rule number two; layout the stock prefab cabinets and determine where the high point is on the floor. That is where you start. You can go up with stock prefab cabinets, you can not go down! Mr. Matuse and I have had cabinets that had to be raised over three inches off the floor to make them level. O yes, you can do very little to cover anything like that. Stock prefab cabinets? Make sure the floors are level and the walls are plumb! OR call my company to custom build your cabinets into whatever your problem area may be.
EQUIPMENT NEEDED
- Tape
- Hammer
- Chop box
- Table saw
- Power drill, (cordless if you have one)
- Jig saw
- Framing square
- Screws (1 ј and 2 Ѕ wood screws)
- Nails (1 ј)
- Staples (for toe kicks)
- Small step ladder
- Optional air gun stapler compressor
TO DO LIST
- Check to see if all prefab cabinets are there.
- Clean the floors so nothing will scratch the prefinished cabinetry.
- Find the highest point on the floor and work from there.
- All base and top cabinets need to start in the corners, except for an angled sink cabinet. You will see how to do that below.
- Pre drill all side faces to be screwed together with a 3/16 bit. When you have a small cabinet like over the refrigerator or oven you drill those, not the large cabinets that are beside them. Three screws per side. One on the top, bottom, and middle.
- If you have drain pipes you need to cut out for use a 3 inch hole saw. You can also use the scrap 3 inch radius to lay out the sink cutout.
- Install the top cabinets first. Base cabinets second. Of course if you do not have the top cabinets you can only install the base cabinets.
- Use 2 Ѕ inch screws to fasten all cabinets together. Do not ever rip down the filler .
- Never nail a countertop into the cabinets. Use screws and screw up into the countertop. You might want to take it off in the future!
TERMINOLOGY
- STOCK PREFAB CABINETS Cabinets that are built in a factory and unusually come prefinished.
- DECKING This is your countertop. It usually comes 5/8 x 25 x 8 and is made of particle board.
- BACKSPLASH Ripped down piece of decking that goes on the back wall of the countertop, measuring 5/8 x 4 x 8.
- FILLER The ѕ pre finished piece of real wood that is screwed to the sides of the base and top cabinets so to extend them out and let the doors open.
- SCRIBE The small plastic prefinished 3/16 x ѕ trim that goes on the ends of the cabinets next to the sheetrock to cover the gaps, and inside 90 degree corners of the cabinets.
- TOE KICK The prefinished 1/8 x 4 x 8 pieces that goes on the bottom front of the base cabinets to hid the seams.
- LEG PANEL A single prefinished stock side that is installed on the side of a dishwasher.
TRICKS OF THE TRADE
- When you lay out your cabinets, measure to where your cabinets will cover the wall and mark the wall with an eraser, all the painter will have to do is wipe it off the wall.
- Use a 16 penny common nail to find your studs. This way you know if there is a metal protective cover over a pipe or wire you do not want to hit! This will show you where the studs in the wall start and end, better than any stud locator can, and the holes you make will be covered by the cabinet backing
CLICK ON ANY OF THE PREFAB CABINETS - STOCK CABINETS PICTURED BELOW TO ENLARGE
