Attaching Ikea Cabinets To Each Other

It s stupid and it s pointless and anyone with common sense knows to distribute the nails throughout so that the back of the cabinet is attached evenly.

Attaching ikea cabinets to each other.

Ikea forums warn not to use drills when attaching screws but unless you want to spend months on just the cabinet assembly i say use the drill. Just don t screw it in too. Cabinets 24 inches or taller always get three screws connecting the face frames. What about spacing of the screws or does that matter.

I put a minimum of two screws in each one about 1 5 inches from the top and bottom of the face frame opening. This blue floating wall unit in the picture was made by attaching two three door cabinets in 15 and 25 1 4 on top of each other. I ll see if i can dig up some photos of that part of the process but any ikea kitchen specialist should be able to explain it and point you to the right parts. You attach that strip to the back of the cabinet then drill from inside the cabinet through the cabinet back filler strip and slightly into the cover panel.

And are there any particular screws i should be using. When attaching them to each other though should i be using construction adhesive as well or just screws. Attaching besta cabinets vertically. I then drill the screw pilot holes.

Stacking bestå cabinets an alternative sturdier method. To attach them you use the double sided pads and metal clips provided in the besta package. They were 2 brackets for hooking them together at the back and a strip of double sided tape for the front pix. My cabinets came pre assembled and i know to screw the units together before attaching them to my kitchen walls.

But i didn t like the attachment kit that came with the cabinets. I use two clamps to squeeze the cabinet frames together.