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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

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	Figure F
	Figure G
	Figure H

Installing Kitchen Cabinets, continued

4. Raise each subsequent upper cabinet into position, check for level and plumb (figure F). Attach adjoining cabinets together with screws and drill each cabinet to the wall using wood screws (figure G).

• Note: On face-frame cabinets, drill two 1/8-inch pilot holes through the sides of the face frame and use screws to adjoin neighboring cabinets together.

  Important: In frame construction, cabinets always need to be attached to the wall studs for strength.

5. After placing all upper cabinets, begin installing your bottom cabinets starting at the high spot of the floor.

• Note: The high spot is usually the corner or one of the end base cabinets.

6. Measure to make sure there is enough room between upper and lower cabinets. Then drive screws through cabinet back into the wall.

• Note: If lower cabinets aren't level, use shims to level them (figure H) and raise them up to the high point.

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7. Check for level on bottom cabinets front to back and side to side.

8. Once the cabinets are level, drive screws through the cabinet back into the wall (figure I).

9. As with the upper cabinets, secure adjoining cabinets together with screws (figure J).

Figure I

Figure J

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RESOURCES :

Special resources for DIY's Blog Cabin 100 series

Baird and Wilson Sheetmetal (cabin roof)
www.bairdandwilson.com

Aespyre Custom Metal
www.aespyre.com

Rolling Rock Building Stone Inc.
www.rollrock.com

Heat & Glo Fireplaces
www.hearthnhome.com

Peachtree Doors and Windows
www.peachtreedoor.com

InsulTechnology
www.insultechnology.com

Lumber Liquidators
www.lumberliquidators.com

Wildwood Cabinets Luxury Handcrafted Cabinetry
www.wildwoodcabinets.com

Mountain Sage Gallery
www.mountainsagegallery.com

Stonecraft Inc.
www.stonecraftusa.com

Crossville Ceramics
www.crossvilleinc.com

Nuheat Industries Ltd.
www.nuheat.com

Kohler
www.kohler.com

Cobble Systems Inc.
www.cobblesystems.com/index.html

Rolling Rock Building Stone
www.rollrock.com

Hampton Bay
www.hamptonbay.com

Sets-Systems (tankless water heater)
www.sets-systems.com