The repair is almost complete, only the finishing touches remain - the arrangement of furniture, decor. At this stage, many are faced with the need to install a variety of structures, shelves to the walls of the home. Before you hang kitchen cabinets on the wall, you need to carefully consider their convenient location, it is advisable to draw up a detailed diagram with all sizes.
Hanging cabinets is not too easy - fastening anywhere should not be, as:
all food products, utensils, various utensils lying inside should be easily accessible upon delivery;
geometry, general aesthetic appearance, should not be disturbed by improper placement;
it is necessary that the ventilation system is freely mounted, held in the required places;
it is necessary to fix the elements very reliably in order to exclude falling under the weight of the contents, under mechanical stress.
The layout of any modern interior is oriented, first of all, to a specific person, family. The height of the cabinets above the floor is the most important criterion, depending on the growth of those living in the apartment, house. The ideal option is that every adult family member can easily reach any shelf without using a bench or ladder. For instance:
with the growth of the owner of 150-160 cm, it is recommended to hang cabinets 170 cm from the floor level;
if the height is 165-180 cm, the height of the suspension is 190 cm;
for growth 185 cm and above - 200-210 cm.
Such parameters are given based on the fact that the height of the table in the kitchen is approximately 88 cm, from the countertop to the lower wall cabinet at least 45 cm, the shelf above is at the level of 110 cm.
The upper limit of the hinged structure is made strictly horizontal - it is easy to check with a building water level.
Mounting Methods
There are two main ways to suspend kitchen cabinets made of fiberboard, MDF, natural wood and other materials:
usual - with the help of fasteners and hinges;
using mounting rails.
The specifics of the installation here are such that in the first case, a second person is needed to help clearly maintain the distance under the fasteners, in the second everything is done independently, alone, but the total cost of the parts will come out more. Occasionally, additional fastening of especially heavy, dimensional objects is found with the help of decorative cables mounted to the ceiling, as well as chrome pipes installed on the floor in the form of a frame system.
Installation methods, types of fasteners on bricks or gas blocks, drywall or fiberboard are significantly different in their design.
Hinges
When using hinges, fasteners, the work is performed as follows:
the maximum height is determined, a strictly horizontal line is drawn there, on which the place where the first hole will be drilled is marked with a drill;
fasteners are installed, while using screws, dowels with special plastic, wooden seals;
the piece of furniture is equipped with appropriate fasteners - hinges, brackets;
after trying on a cabinet, mark the second point, screw the fastener;
at the end, the cabinet is suspended, the level checks the horizontalness of the upper edge.
It is important to maintain equal spacing between the holes. All lockers are mounted at the same height - they should not “dance”.
Mounting plate
The mounting rail consists of a hook, which is attached to the side of the furniture and the bar itself, suspended to a certain height, which serves as the basis for the hook. The main features of this method:
work is easily performed by one person, without the help of assistants
twisting screws help move the structure back and forth for optimal alignment;
if the cabinet is hung on several slats, increasing the number of screws, the product will be fixed as securely as possible;
the upper parts can be hung even when the lower ones are already fixed;
a full set of parts will be more expensive than using hinges;
the design will not fit snugly against the wall;
the bottom of the cabinet should protrude slightly behind the kitchen apron or fasten the hardboard in the area of the back wall.
Step-by-step instruction
Regardless of which of the above installation methods is selected for the arrangement of the kitchen, the work process is divided into several stages:
surface preparation, marking;
selection of suitable materials, tools;
the process of hanging rails, adjusting, leveling the structure itself.
The entire installation process of one cabinet takes about two hours on average, when there are more cabinets, but they are mounted on one wall, a little less time is spent on each.
How to prepare a wall
High-quality preparation of the surface where the cabinets will be mounted is the initial, most important stage. The maximum allowable weight of the hanging furniture depends on the material used to make the wall; on its evenness, the degree to which all parts fit.
During preparation, you should align the walls as much as possible - any irregularities reduce the quality of installation, for standard structures mounted in the corners of the room, you need to set the angles exactly 90 cm. It is important to pre-install the switches, sockets, lighting fixtures required by the design of the kitchen, stretch all wires, other communications . It is also advisable to paint, tile, wallpaper the walls before placing furniture - the “Soviet” economy option “paint around only where it is visible” is unacceptable for modern times, as some adjustments are often made during the operation of the room.
In a “fresh” new building, it is better to mount a plastic kitchen apron, since it will neatly hide most of the bumps, being fixed to “liquid nails”, and the room is still able to give some shrinkage.
Necessary tools, materials
Tools for high-quality installation of the product require a lot, but most of them are in almost every home:
drill or perforator;
screwdriver or screwdriver;
suitable nozzles for a screwdriver, punch;
metal roulette;
a simple pencil;
long ruler;
open-end wrenches;
building level;
hammer;
hacksaw or jigsaw;
clamps.
The set of materials for installation is also large:
base - wooden rail or metal profile;
locker parts;
front hinges;
intersectional couplers;
self-tapping screws;
nails
tires
screws;
canopies.
The choice of fasteners for suspended structures depends on what the walls of the room are made of:
for capital walls made of concrete, brick, ordinary bolts, dowels, anchors are suitable;
on the walls of logs, beams sheathed with lining, hardened screws are taken, preferably having a countersunk rounded head, with a double thread;
to drywall foundations, installation is carried out by modern Molly dowels.
Mounting strips, hanging cabinets
In the most modern sets of kitchen furniture, all the necessary fittings are often included in the kit - to buy fasteners, closers, other details are not required, which will positively affect the total cost of the product. The recommended suspension height is also indicated in the assembly instructions.
Most often, hanging on a special bar is used, since the necessary marking is much easier to apply, and the installation of all structures can be performed as accurately as possible, perfectly fitting into the existing interior. In addition, the row goes smooth, without noticeable gaps, and the load on the wall comes out uniform - you can not fear collapse, even if the walls are thin. To begin with, hooks are attached to the sides of the hanging furniture with adjusting screws. The dimensions of the protruding part of the hooks are two to four mm. After the holes are outlined, they are drilled. The rail is located just below the top of the lockers. If the wall is strong, it is allowed to save on the slats by mounting on their segments, 10-15 cm long.
Then, plugs of the appropriate type are driven into the holes - the mounting plate is fastened as securely as possible. During the suspension procedure, it is recommended to remove the doors from the suspensions and remove the shelves. After that, you can begin to adjust the modules on the cabinets, connect the individual “boxes” with intersection ties.
After the work is completed, the shelves and doors are fixed in place, decorative cornices are mounted, etc.
Features, methods of mounting on plasterboard walls
Drywall constructions are multifunctional, practical, easy to process, and have an aesthetic appearance. Their only serious minus is low mechanical strength. Therefore, any hinged products are attached to such walls as carefully as possible, using special fasteners, according to certain methods - professional or non-traditional. Drywall design is used for walls made of brick, foam concrete, gas silicate.
A tongue-and-groove is a material that also has gypsum in its composition, but is heavier. For its installation, the creation of a frame is not required, and the individual parts of the tongue-and-groove wall are mounted simply by gluing together. The durability of the structure, with a competent approach, allows you to suspend cabinets, including by drilling through their back wall, followed by the insertion of plugs.
Gypsum plasterboards are often issued ventilation shafts - their presence does not prevent the installation of cabinets directly in this place.
Special fasteners for GKL
Gypsum plasterboard is a gypsum product, lined on both sides with cardboard, used to align ceilings, walls, create partitions, etc. There are wall and ceiling options - the latter are excessively thin, can withstand only minimal loads, therefore they are practically not suitable for decorating walls.
For high-quality installation of GKL and GVL (gypsum fiber sheets), special metal profiles are used, components of a special configuration. Fasteners here also differ in purpose:
for fastening GKL to profiles, metal screws are used;
for the installation of wooden products - wood screws;
for the frame of laminated drywall - self-tapping screws “fleas”;
for connecting guides with a concrete wall - dowels with impact screws;
they also use “butterflies”, Fischer dowels, “molly”, spring, “Hartmut” and others.
When buying, it is important to evaluate the quality of the fasteners - rusty, with heterogeneous threads, sharp changes in thickness and size, elements for installation are not desirable.
Butterfly dowel
There are four options for this mount - 8 by 28, 10 by 50, metal, universal, all of them vary in size, configuration, and maximum load on the product. The principle of retention in the wall is this: a hole is made in drywall, into which the spacer part is inserted, then the threaded part is screwed, while the first expands, changes shape, becoming similar to butterfly wings. Among the shortcomings: there should be an empty space behind the drywall surface, and the sheet itself should be no more than 12 mm thick.
It is recommended to insert the “butterfly”, adjust it so that it is held as tightly as possible in the hole.
Driva
Driva is a hollow plastic, metal dowel, produced without a drill or with a drill. Using it, not only mounted structures are mounted on drywall, but also paintings, lamps, small elements. Installation is simple: the dowel is screwed into the wall with a screwdriver, after which a screw is screwed into the cross slot of the product.
For a driver that does not have a drill at the tip, a hole is pre-drilled.
The expansion bolt shield "molly"
"Molly" withstands loads within 33-35 kg, resembling an umbrella in shape. In the process of mounting, a hole is drilled in the wall, a sleeve is inserted, making sure that its teeth cut tightly to prevent turning. Next, the screw is screwed in until the drop-out part bends tightly into the drywall sheet from the back.
Wall hanging on glued drywall
Brick, expanded clay concrete walls are made with drywall, made of hollow foam blocks, ceramic, gas silicate elements, etc. Lightweight constructions, weighing up to three or four kg, are simply attached to gypsum board sheets, if the product has a larger weight,installation on a steel profile or directly on a concrete, brick, block wall is required. To do this, a piece of drywall is cut out using a milling cutter, the required number of holes are drilled into the wall into which the screws are inserted. The cut piece is glued into place, carefully putty, and the cabinet is suspended.
Using Mortgages
When it is not possible to screw the screws directly into the frame, embedded parts made of wood are used, equal in thickness to the parts of the frame. If the bar is much narrower or wider than the frame part, then a gap is formed between the suspension and the wall, which can lead to cracking of drywall, deterioration of its appearance. When the bar is selected correctly, the structure is mounted neatly and close to the wall.
During operation, the mortgage is screwed onto the wall with “butterflies”, even before the sheathing begins, anchors with countersunk heads are also acceptable. Then the drywall is mounted on the frame using self-tapping screws for metal. After that, the places where the screws for hanging the cabinets will be screwed are marked.
To suspend particularly heavy structures, use strong long self-tapping screws mounted on a mortgage of a suitable size or use anchor bolts screwed into a concrete surface
Conclusion
It’s quite difficult for a beginner to install hanging cabinets with his own hands, especially when it comes to a spacious kitchen, where there are several. The appearance of the furniture set, during the installation of its individual items, should not deteriorate, the individual elements should “walk”, look skewed relative to each other. It is important that all straight lines are clearly horizontal or vertical - then the cabinets will hang evenly, without distortions.
The repair is almost complete, only the finishing touches remain - the arrangement of furniture, decor. At this stage, many are faced with the need to install a variety of structures, shelves to the walls of the home. Before you hang kitchen cabinets on the wall, you need to carefully consider their convenient location, it is advisable to draw up a detailed diagram with all sizes.
Content
Determining the mounting height
Hanging cabinets is not too easy - fastening anywhere should not be, as:
The layout of any modern interior is oriented, first of all, to a specific person, family. The height of the cabinets above the floor is the most important criterion, depending on the growth of those living in the apartment, house. The ideal option is that every adult family member can easily reach any shelf without using a bench or ladder. For instance:
Such parameters are given based on the fact that the height of the table in the kitchen is approximately 88 cm, from the countertop to the lower wall cabinet at least 45 cm, the shelf above is at the level of 110 cm.
Mounting Methods
There are two main ways to suspend kitchen cabinets made of fiberboard, MDF, natural wood and other materials:
The specifics of the installation here are such that in the first case, a second person is needed to help clearly maintain the distance under the fasteners, in the second everything is done independently, alone, but the total cost of the parts will come out more. Occasionally, additional fastening of especially heavy, dimensional objects is found with the help of decorative cables mounted to the ceiling, as well as chrome pipes installed on the floor in the form of a frame system.
Hinges
When using hinges, fasteners, the work is performed as follows:
Mounting plate
The mounting rail consists of a hook, which is attached to the side of the furniture and the bar itself, suspended to a certain height, which serves as the basis for the hook. The main features of this method:
Step-by-step instruction
Regardless of which of the above installation methods is selected for the arrangement of the kitchen, the work process is divided into several stages:
How to prepare a wall
High-quality preparation of the surface where the cabinets will be mounted is the initial, most important stage. The maximum allowable weight of the hanging furniture depends on the material used to make the wall; on its evenness, the degree to which all parts fit.
During preparation, you should align the walls as much as possible - any irregularities reduce the quality of installation, for standard structures mounted in the corners of the room, you need to set the angles exactly 90 cm. It is important to pre-install the switches, sockets, lighting fixtures required by the design of the kitchen, stretch all wires, other communications . It is also advisable to paint, tile, wallpaper the walls before placing furniture - the “Soviet” economy option “paint around only where it is visible” is unacceptable for modern times, as some adjustments are often made during the operation of the room.
Necessary tools, materials
Tools for high-quality installation of the product require a lot, but most of them are in almost every home:
The set of materials for installation is also large:
The choice of fasteners for suspended structures depends on what the walls of the room are made of:
Mounting strips, hanging cabinets
In the most modern sets of kitchen furniture, all the necessary fittings are often included in the kit - to buy fasteners, closers, other details are not required, which will positively affect the total cost of the product. The recommended suspension height is also indicated in the assembly instructions.
Most often, hanging on a special bar is used, since the necessary marking is much easier to apply, and the installation of all structures can be performed as accurately as possible, perfectly fitting into the existing interior. In addition, the row goes smooth, without noticeable gaps, and the load on the wall comes out uniform - you can not fear collapse, even if the walls are thin.
To begin with, hooks are attached to the sides of the hanging furniture with adjusting screws. The dimensions of the protruding part of the hooks are two to four mm. After the holes are outlined, they are drilled. The rail is located just below the top of the lockers. If the wall is strong, it is allowed to save on the slats by mounting on their segments, 10-15 cm long.
Then, plugs of the appropriate type are driven into the holes - the mounting plate is fastened as securely as possible. During the suspension procedure, it is recommended to remove the doors from the suspensions and remove the shelves. After that, you can begin to adjust the modules on the cabinets, connect the individual “boxes” with intersection ties.
Features, methods of mounting on plasterboard walls
Drywall constructions are multifunctional, practical, easy to process, and have an aesthetic appearance. Their only serious minus is low mechanical strength. Therefore, any hinged products are attached to such walls as carefully as possible, using special fasteners, according to certain methods - professional or non-traditional. Drywall design is used for walls made of brick, foam concrete, gas silicate.
A tongue-and-groove is a material that also has gypsum in its composition, but is heavier. For its installation, the creation of a frame is not required, and the individual parts of the tongue-and-groove wall are mounted simply by gluing together. The durability of the structure, with a competent approach, allows you to suspend cabinets, including by drilling through their back wall, followed by the insertion of plugs.
Special fasteners for GKL
Gypsum plasterboard is a gypsum product, lined on both sides with cardboard, used to align ceilings, walls, create partitions, etc. There are wall and ceiling options - the latter are excessively thin, can withstand only minimal loads, therefore they are practically not suitable for decorating walls.
For high-quality installation of GKL and GVL (gypsum fiber sheets), special metal profiles are used, components of a special configuration. Fasteners here also differ in purpose:
Butterfly dowel
There are four options for this mount - 8 by 28, 10 by 50, metal, universal, all of them vary in size, configuration, and maximum load on the product. The principle of retention in the wall is this: a hole is made in drywall, into which the spacer part is inserted, then the threaded part is screwed, while the first expands, changes shape, becoming similar to butterfly wings. Among the shortcomings: there should be an empty space behind the drywall surface, and the sheet itself should be no more than 12 mm thick.
Driva
Driva is a hollow plastic, metal dowel, produced without a drill or with a drill. Using it, not only mounted structures are mounted on drywall, but also paintings, lamps, small elements. Installation is simple: the dowel is screwed into the wall with a screwdriver, after which a screw is screwed into the cross slot of the product.
The expansion bolt shield "molly"
"Molly" withstands loads within 33-35 kg, resembling an umbrella in shape. In the process of mounting, a hole is drilled in the wall, a sleeve is inserted, making sure that its teeth cut tightly to prevent turning. Next, the screw is screwed in until the drop-out part bends tightly into the drywall sheet from the back.
Wall hanging on glued drywall
Brick, expanded clay concrete walls are made with drywall, made of hollow foam blocks, ceramic, gas silicate elements, etc. Lightweight constructions, weighing up to three or four kg, are simply attached to gypsum board sheets, if the product has a larger weight,installation on a steel profile or directly on a concrete, brick, block wall is required. To do this, a piece of drywall is cut out using a milling cutter, the required number of holes are drilled into the wall into which the screws are inserted. The cut piece is glued into place, carefully putty, and the cabinet is suspended.
Using Mortgages
When it is not possible to screw the screws directly into the frame, embedded parts made of wood are used, equal in thickness to the parts of the frame. If the bar is much narrower or wider than the frame part, then a gap is formed between the suspension and the wall, which can lead to cracking of drywall, deterioration of its appearance. When the bar is selected correctly, the structure is mounted neatly and close to the wall.
During operation, the mortgage is screwed onto the wall with “butterflies”, even before the sheathing begins, anchors with countersunk heads are also acceptable. Then the drywall is mounted on the frame using self-tapping screws for metal. After that, the places where the screws for hanging the cabinets will be screwed are marked.
Conclusion
It’s quite difficult for a beginner to install hanging cabinets with his own hands, especially when it comes to a spacious kitchen, where there are several. The appearance of the furniture set, during the installation of its individual items, should not deteriorate, the individual elements should “walk”, look skewed relative to each other. It is important that all straight lines are clearly horizontal or vertical - then the cabinets will hang evenly, without distortions.