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Blog Cabin: Installing Kitchen Cabinets DIY's Paul Ryan, host of Kitchen Renovations, pitches in on DIY's Blog Cabin by installing handcrafted wooden cabinets in the kitchen. From "Blog Cabin" episode DBLG-107

Drilling pilot holes for the screws will help make securing the cabinet elements easier.

In this installment of DIY's Blog Cabin, Paul Ryan from DIY’s Kitchen Renovations stops by to help the Blog Cabin team install a set of country kitchen cabinets voted in by America.

In other projects highlighted in this Blog Cabin episode, Paul helps host Amy Devers make a custom herb window box and installs an awesome under-cabinet kitchen entertainment center.

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Wood screws need to be long enough to pass through the cabinet back and into the wall.

Installing Kitchen Cabinets

Tools:

measuring tape
cabinet jack
wall saw
power drill
level

Materials:

wooden cabinets
wood screws
shims

Steps:

1. Determine the layout of your cabinets in the kitchen. Measure the area where the cabinets will be installed (figure A).

• Important: When planning and measuring for your cabinets, take plumbing, electrical outlets and total size of the room into account. Make careful measurements and allow room for the placement of the sink, appliances and outlets (figure B).

Figure A

Figure B

Figure C

2. Begin by attaching the upper corner cabinet using a cabinet jack. A cabinet jack holds the upper cabinet steady and in place (figure C) as you measure and install.

• Note: Attach upper cabinets first. Installing lower cabinets first makes the process of installing upper cabinets cumbersome and more difficult.

• Note: Once the height of the cabinet bottom is determined, measure the height of lower cabinets and add 19 inches, to account for your countertop. This will give enough space between upper cabinets and lower cabinets as well as give proper placement for upper cabinets.

3. Measure and check for level at corner cabinet's top, then drill wood screws through cabinet back to secure (figures D and E).

• Important: Wood screws need to be long enough to pass through the cabinet back and into the wall. Place wood screws in the least noticeable spot.

Figure E

Figure E

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