What do the top drawers of the kitchen set hang on. Attaching kitchen cabinets to plank and other hanging options

Today, most design projects kitchen interiors imply the use of hanging cabinets. They may look different dimensions, suspension and placement method (front or corner), however, one requirement remains common for all options - hanging furniture should be easy to access. This requirement is especially important for housewives.

Many women, especially those who are permanently or temporarily unemployed, spend a significant amount of time in the kitchen, and convenient access to food, utensils and other kitchen stuff- one of the conditions for a comfortable pastime.

The main factor characterizing the ease of access to a wall-mounted kitchen cabinet is the height of its suspension. Basically, it is determined by two parameters:

• the height of kitchen product;
• the growth of the subject (usually the hostess), who needs to have constant, convenient access to objects placed inside the pencil case.

Usually the height of the suspension is taken equal to 500.0 ... 600.0 millimeters above the level of the tabletop surface. According to the ergonomic requirements of some Russian standards, the height of the lower edge of hanging furniture must be more than 450.0 millimeters. Of course, these requirements are not always met. When mounting a hinged product above a refrigerator or a floor canister, a height of 450.0 millimeters is unlikely to be maintained.

Despite the differences in their design, method of fastening and installation, the main requirement for fittings is to ensure the reliability of fastening. For many housewives, it will be a tragedy when a kitchen cabinet full of dishes or food spices and products suddenly breaks off, turning the kitchen into a battlefield.

The reliability of fastening depends not only on the design of the fastening fittings and the material from which the furniture is made. In many ways, the guarantee of suspension reliability is provided proper preparation wall surface.

Wall surface preparation

The main requirements that the wall surface must satisfy are as follows:

• before hanging the cabinet, any electrical work in the kitchen, especially concerning operations with concealed wiring, must be finished;
• for a tighter fit of the back wall of the furniture product, the wall must be leveled;
• after leveling, the area covered by the attached product must be pasted over with recommended wallpaper or painted in accordance with the main color solution premises;
• before starting work on the installation of furniture, it is necessary to make markings on the surface for the installation of mounting fittings.

Markup, of course, is not a mandatory operation. The locker can simply be attached to the wall and the places for drilling holes can be marked. However, it is difficult to do this alone, since the control over the parallelism of the surfaces of the furniture module to the walls, ceiling and floor is quite complicated. In addition, markup does not take much time, and when it is done, you can additionally outline various options installation.

Hanging point marking

The markup process does not take much time and does not require the use of, it is quite possible to do it alone. The markup sequence is as follows:

• on the wall it is necessary to mark the level of the bottom of the hanging canister;
• using a paint thread, we beat off the line corresponding to the marked level and the building level, check its horizontalness;
• from the bottom line it is necessary to measure the height of the locker and also beat off the line;
• on the top line, in accordance with the fasteners used, we mark the places for drilling holes.

After drilling the holes, fasteners are installed in them.
As fasteners, plastic dowels with self-tapping screws or hooks of the desired diameter are usually used. However, with a large weight of the wall cabinet, you may have to resort to more powerful fasteners - mortgages, spacer couplings.

Fastening with "lugs"

Today, the most common way to hang kitchen cabinets is to attach them to the wall using furniture canopies - "ears" (photo 2) - special plate brackets fixed on the back wall of the kitchen cabinet. Fastening to the back wall is done using 3-4 self-tapping screws. The ear has a hole of a rectangular or oval shape, through which it is put on a hook or self-tapping screw screwed into the wall. Using hooks for hanging is preferable - this reduces the likelihood of the bracket slipping.

On a note!

For drilling hook holes in concrete or brick wall home master you will need an electric drill (preferably with a hammer drill) and a drill with a carbide tip. Holes are drilled in accordance with the markup. After that, plastic dowels are hammered into the holes, into which hooks are screwed. It is advisable to buy mounting hooks in a set with dowels, since in these sets the dimensions of the dowel correspond to the diameter of the hook, which is selected based on the weight of the kitchen cabinet.

After screwing the “ears” canopies to the back wall of the product and fixing the hooks in the wall, you can install the kitchen cabinet in its permanent place.

Mounting with mounting rail

more practical and universal way hanging a kitchen cabinet is the use of a mounting plate (tire) and special hinges. Despite the higher cost of the mounting kit for this fitting, this way installations furniture products has a number of advantages:

• the hanging cabinet can be pinched in the horizontal and vertical directions;
• the hinge and the mounting rail have a large carrying capacity and are designed to install more massive furniture modules;
• on one mounting rail, several separate furniture modules can be hung;
• for more secure fixation plank to the wall big number mounting holes for fastening with a large number of self-tapping screws.

The markings for installing the mounting rail do not differ from the method of attaching the "lugs". After drawing a horizontal line, holes are drilled in the wall, dowels are hammered into them and the tire is fastened. The hinged mount is attached inside the case, to its side wall, and the mounting hook is led out through the gap between its cover and the back wall. It should be remembered that the tire itself is located below the upper surface of the canister, so the hook is attached to it “blindly” and requires certain skills.

On a note!

After fixing the hitch hooks on the mounting rail, the owners have the opportunity to adjust (within a small range) the height of the suspension and eliminate distortions. By moving the locker along the plank, find its optimal location.

Some homeowners are skeptical about this type of fastening, believing that the rail located along the entire length of the kitchen wall violates the aesthetics of the room. In order to avoid this unpleasant moment, after determining permanent place dislocation of the cabinet, the bus can be cut into separate pieces, the length of which corresponds to the width of the back wall of the canister.

Final works

If the wall cabinet is made in the form of separate modules, then they must be aligned. In this case, the use of rack and pinion is clearly preferable. After alignment, the following operations are performed:

• individual modules are connected into a single unit in accordance with the installation instructions.
• installed on facades decorative elements and necessary furniture fittings.
• if there is a backlight inside the canisters, we connect it to the network or install individual power sources.
• We install shelves, containers, boxes in their places.
• we sit down at the table, admire the work done and celebrate this solemn event.

Of course, there are exclusive products, the installation of which requires specific operations, but the main work on hanging them on the wall will be the same.

From the video you will learn about all types of existing canopies, their features and methods of fastening.

Modern kit kitchen furniture necessarily includes wall cabinets, shelves and other elements that are attached to the wall.

It is practical, aesthetically pleasing and extremely convenient for keeping food, dishes and kitchen utensils close at hand.

It is important that their installation (hanging) is reliable. How to achieve this?

Hinged elements of kitchen furniture are installed at a certain height, using special fasteners.

It is not difficult to install wall-mounted kitchen cabinets on your own if you follow a pre-planned plan and follow certain rules. Let's take a closer look at some of the points that we will have to face during the installation of hanging furniture.

Height selection

The most important thing is the comfortable use of kitchen cabinets, therefore, when choosing the right height, we first of all focus on the owner’s height.

The hostess or the owner of the kitchen should be able to reach the middle shelves of the cabinets without the help of chairs or stepladders.

Let's remember! The minimum distance between hinged kitchen cabinets and the worktop according to GOST is 45 cm. This distance contributes to comfortable work and will allow you to place such small Appliances, how Electric kettle, microwave oven, blender, toaster and others. The standard in many kitchen salons is recognized - 60 cm.

For comfortable use of wall cabinets in the kitchen, it is necessary to take into account the individual physical characteristics of the user, and in particular his height.

We suggest using the following calculations of the ratio of human height and distance to the topmost shelf:

• height from 155 to 160 cm - height to the top shelf 175 cm;
• height from 160 to 170 cm - height to the top shelf 190 cm;
• height from 175 to 190 cm - height to the top shelf 200 cm.

Based on this, we determine at what height we will hang the upper cabinets.

Mechanisms for fixing kitchen cabinets to the wall

After we have decided where to hang, we should decide how exactly to hang the upper kitchen cabinets and shelves on the wall.

There are two main installation methods: on the corners and on the rail

• The first way is already obsolete. When using hanging furniture corners or other fasteners, it is necessary to determine the upper limit on which the corners will be installed. All of them should be fixed on the same horizontal line. The success of the installation of wall cabinets depends on how evenly the fasteners are installed. Unlike the rack-and-pinion hinge mechanism, installing hinged kitchen furniture on the corners is a very laborious and long process. In addition, with a slight error, you will have to make new holes in the wall.

Kitchen cabinets with corner fixings

Nuance: outdated - does not mean bad. It is this method of hanging the upper cabinets that you should use if the walls were not leveled during the repair.

• The mechanism for hanging furniture using a mounting rail or strip is much simpler and faster in its execution. This method of hanging can be handled by one person who does not have special training, without anyone's help. The essence of this method is as follows: a rail is horizontally attached to the upper boundary of the wall, and a hinge is attached to the inner wall of the cabinets. Next, the cabinets should be hooked onto the rail according to the hook principle.

Mounting mechanisms for wall-mounted kitchen cabinets

Mounting mechanisms - view inside the cabinet

Preparing the walls for work

Before proceeding with the installation of wall cabinets on the wall, it is necessary to carry out preparatory work.

First of all, make sure that the wall is absolutely flat and vertical in level, and the corners of the kitchen are strictly 90 degrees.

Plasterboard wall preparation wall cabinets

Any electrical and plumbing work must be completed in advance.

Wires and pipes are hidden in the wall, sockets should be installed in a place that will provide easy access to them and will not interfere with the installation of kitchen furniture.

The final decoration of the walls with wallpaper, cladding or painting should be done before mounting the wall cabinets, since after hanging it will not be possible to do this.

Choice of mounting accessories and tools

When fastening kitchen furniture to the wall, you need the following tools and accessories:

• roulette,
• water level,
• drill / perforator,
• hand screwdriver or screwdriver,
• wrench,
• clamps,
• a hammer.

Let's remember! If the wall on which you are going to hang the kitchen cabinets is wooden, you can use hardened screws with round head. If the wall is made of concrete or brick, use a dowel and cork, an anchor bolt, or a regular bolt. If the wall is drywall, buy Molly's dowels.

Step-by-step instructions for installing wall cabinets

Hanging kitchen cabinets can be hung by yourself

1. Using pre-prepared adjusting screws, bring the hooks on the hinges to the middle position.
2. Fix the awnings on the side walls of the cabinets so that the hooks stick out a few millimeters (2-4 mm) from the wall of the cabinets so that it can catch on the fixing strips.
3. Next, you need to make marks on the wall for drilling the holes that are needed for mounting the hinged rail.
4. Drill the required holes using a drill bit of the correct diameter.
5. If the wall requires it (especially if you have drywall), drive dowels into the holes in the wall. Fix the hanging mounting rail.
6. Next, hang the kitchen cabinets and shelves on the rail. Immediately align them with each other and horizontally using pre-prepared adjusting screws.
7. Using clamps, install and firmly fix the cabinets to each other.
8. Drill through the cabinets fixed together, fasten them with an intersection screed.
9. Next, you just have to put all the shelves and hang the doors on the cabinets.

The height of the kitchen cabinets to the wall is determined individually

• The hinged rail should be attached slightly below the uppermost edge of the kitchen cabinet, about 3-4 cm.
• To adjust the horizontal position of wall cabinets, it is better to use the water level, and not measure the height from the floor and ceiling, because. they are not always perfectly aligned.
• If your walls are drywall, you need to use the so-called butterfly dowels, which will ensure that the fastener is firmly pressed against the drywall surface.
• If, while drilling holes, the wall begins to crumble, which is often the case with drywall, make holes first with a thinner drill. Then, in small holes, feel free to make holes with the right drill.
• When drilling holes, take Special attention wall areas where wiring can pass.
• In order to prevent the kitchen cabinet panel from being damaged by clamps, it is necessary to place between the clamp and the cabinet panel wooden plate or wedge.
• Often, during the through drilling of two walls, chips can form on the surface of the cabinets. To prevent this from happening, make thin holes first with a thinner drill.

And now a short video: how to hang a kitchen cabinet on a mounting rail.

How to hang cabinets in the kitchen: do it right

It is desirable to carry out the work in pairs, so that the partner insures and controls the process The kitchen set includes many sections and wall cabinets. Cabinets located at the bottom do not require additional fastening, and wall cabinets are mounted on the wall and are located above the lower sections.

Hanging kitchen cabinets requires precise calculations and careful actions, so the work must be done consistently, ensuring this in the end correct functionality headset elements and proportional appearance.

How to hang kitchen cabinets

pay attention to correct location upper cabinets: in this case, they will not only be easily accessible, but also not interfere with work

• In addition to the placement height, the even position of the lockers relative to the horizon line is very important. In addition to aesthetically coherent appearance with undisturbed geometry, this ensures a longer-term operation of the furniture.

Hang the top sections kitchen set not as easy as it seems, this process has its own conditions and rules:

• Kitchen cabinets should be installed in such a way that the utensils and products stored in them are easily accessible.
• Hanging kitchen cabinets should not clutter up the ventilation and spoil the geometry of the kitchen interior.
• Cabinets in the kitchen should be securely fastened to the walls to prevent unwanted falls.
• When hanging kitchen cabinets, it is necessary to observe the correct height above the floor level, which directly depends on the height of the owner. Optimal Height hanging cabinets should allow the owner to reach any shelves without the use of auxiliary stands, but in addition to the mounting height, much depends on the depth of the cabinets.

The level of attachment of the upper sections may also depend on the availability of kitchen equipment, which is planned to be installed on the lower cabinets.

Where to begin

Not only installation time, but also the reliability of mounting cabinets directly depends on the right tools.Before starting work, you need to ensure that you have the necessary tools:

• Perforator or impact drill;
• Pliers;
• A hammer;
• Building level, hydraulic level;
• Chopping thread;
• Yardstick;
• Marking tool (paint cord or equivalent);
• Fasteners (dowels, hooks, self-tapping screws).

Instructions on how to properly hang kitchen cabinets involve two methods:

1. The section is applied to the wall according to the broken lines and through the hole of the fastener loop, as through a template, a place for the hole is marked.
2. The distance between the hinges on the locker is measured and marked on the wall.

Each element of the markup during its application must be controlled using the building level, since the slightest error can greatly degrade the quality of further work.

When all the tools are available, the project is ready and the markup is repulsed, you can proceed with the installation. Kitchen cabinets are hung in two different ways, each of which is fired in detail below.

The first way how to hang lockers

Mounting lockers on dowels is the simplest, but at the same time reliable way.Hanging kitchen cabinets in the usual way includes the following stages of work:

1. Furniture should be equipped with brackets or hinges that allow horizontal shifts for adjustment. A cabinet is placed between the marking lines, through the mounting hole of which a mark is placed on the wall for the hole for the dowel.
2. A hole is drilled in the wall with a puncher, fasteners are installed.
3. The locker is suspended, leveled, a second mark is made for fastening, the cabinet is removed.
4. Fasteners for the second hinge are installed.
5. Next, the cabinet is hung in its new place, the coincidence of the edges with the marking lines is checked.

All cabinets, including the corner ones, are hung according to this principle. After all sections are hung, they are interconnected with furniture screws for greater structural strength. After that, a decorative cornice is installed, shelves are hung, doors and facades are attached. The doors must be adjusted so that they close tightly, do not sag, do not interfere with neighboring doors.

2 way

Such a fastening is convenient because the cabinets can be moved horizontally along the skids. This method of hanging cabinets is simpler and involves the use of a mounting rail consisting of two elements:

• The hook is attached with a small protrusion to the end surface of the cabinet.
• The mounting rail is attached to the wall at the required height and serves as the basis for the hook to which it clings.

After the lockers are hanging in place, it is necessary to adjust their location and doors.

Benefits of using a mounting rail:

• All work can be done independently.
• With this method of fastening, already hanging cabinets are easier to adjust using screws, thanks to which the cabinets can be moved forward, backward and sideways, aligning them in this way.
• The design will be more reliable, since the rail can be attached to the wall in several places with screws.
• The mounting rail allows you to hang cabinets much faster.

The disadvantages of using a mounting rail include the high cost of assembly, the formation of a small distance between the cabinets and the wall, and the loose fit of the sections to the wall.

Hanging kitchen cabinets on a plasterboard wall

If the repair has already been completed, all plasterboard partitions have long been installed and the walls are covered finishing, installing a kitchen set (in particular, hanging its upper elements) will be somewhat more difficult.

Thanks to the frame, drywall walls have sufficient bearing capacity.

Drywall has its own characteristics in handling. Especially for him, there are "butterfly dowels" that fix the self-tapping screw in it as reliably as possible. In this case, the cabinets need to be hung, clinging the fasteners not to the drywall sheets themselves, but to the profiles that make up the frame.

• In order to locate the internal framing under the drywall sheets, you can use a magnet on a string to show the location of the self-tapping fastener screws.
• When the profile is found, you need to choose the way you will hang the cabinets. If the distance between the profile does not match the hinges on the cabinets, they can be slightly shifted. Otherwise, an intermediate bar is used, allowing the cabinet to be hung in an easier way.
• If the fastening method with a plank is chosen, it should be taken into account that drywall walls are less durable than concrete or other partitions, so it would be better if the plank is attached to the maximum allowable area, which will ensure the redistribution of loads on the walls.
• The mounting plate allows you to mount kitchen cabinets in any convenient location by installing fasteners at any required distance.
• For hanging the heaviest cabinets, which includes a headset, you can use anchor bolts and screws. To do this, a hole is drilled in the drywall with a cutter, thus providing access to bearing wall. After installing the fastener, the cut-out wall element from the GKL is fixed in place with putty.

When the cabinet is installed in its place, it is necessary to adjust its position and doors.

Hanging kitchen cabinets is not particularly difficult. It all depends only on the possession of elementary tool skills, on the complexity of the design, the chosen fastener option and the characteristics of the wall. Also, in any case, it is good to have a reliable assistant.

After the purchase new apartment or at home, the owners begin to equip their home. modern buildings built from different materials capable of withstanding a certain load. In this regard, the following question may arise: “How to hang kitchen cabinets on the wall?” To perform this work, it is necessary to take into account some parameters: location height, type of fastening, wall material, etc.

Work performance rules

The sequence of action is as follows:

1. Before installing the cabinets, it is necessary to complete the wiring and Finishing work, align the walls (especially in the corners).

2. You can mount cabinets at the height that the owner of the house wants. But it's best to stick to the rules. The ideal distance between the lower and upper cabinets- 600 mm.

3. After fixing, the evenness of hanging is checked with a level.

4. If the wall began to crumble during drilling, it is worth taking a thinner drill. Then it can be expanded with a thicker drill.

5. Before you hang it on the wall and drill it, you need to identify the presence of hidden electrical wiring.

6. If over gas stove a pencil case will be placed, then a minimum of 500 mm should remain between them.

7. The installation of the headset should begin with the lower cabinets, and then you can move on to the upper tier.

8. Important to buy necessary tools: drill (for brick), perforator (for concrete).

9. Do not overload the upper tier, especially when mounting on weak walls.

Types of kitchen cabinets

These pieces of furniture are classified according to the type of opening and purpose. According to the first parameter, they are horizontal and vertical. The simplest and most popular are horizontal designs. How to hang a kitchen cabinet on the wall yourself? To mount a horizontally opening product, you will need conventional canopies.

By appointment, kitchen cabinets are divided into ordinary, ordinary with shelves and under the hood. Depending on the location, they are straight and angular. The latter are considered the most convenient to use.

In addition, this type of furniture may have various sizes. The main parameters are determined by height, depth and width. Many headsets are made in standard sizes, but you can make them according to your own parameters. Depth is usually 300 mm, height - 600 mm, width - 300-1200 mm.

Determining the height of the location

How to hang kitchen cabinets on the wall? First you need to decide on the height of their hanging. This parameter is very important, because the aesthetics of the entire headset depends on it. Optimal distance between the bottom of the cabinets and the tabletop - 550-600 mm. Usually it is adjusted to the height of users. standard height facilitates the operation of not only furniture, but also household appliances, electrical appliances. Some kitchen devices are very often placed on the surface of the countertop.

It happens that the design requires an increase in hanging height. Most often, this may be necessary when installing high canisters or placing elements above the refrigerator.

Fastener types

We continue to consider how to hang kitchen cabinets on the wall. Fasteners for them are chosen very carefully, because they are responsible for the reliability of the entire structure. The most popular when installing kitchens are screws screwed into dowels. AT construction stores they are sold in pairs, so you don't have to adjust them. As for the dimensions, it is worth choosing galvanized screws 8x80 mm.

The second mounting option is hooks screwed into dowels. This method is convenient in that you do not have to select the size of the screw head for the loop parameters.

How to hang kitchen cabinets on the wall if there are several of them? For simple and convenient installation, a special rail with adjustable suspensions is suitable. This fixture fits the cabinets perfectly and distributes the load on the wall, especially if it is thin or curved. If there is a tiled apron on the wall, then you can take it (its thickness must match the parameters of the tile).

An obsolete type of fastener - screws screwed in. Over time, the tree dries out, which affects the reliability of fastening.

Foundation preparation

After choosing the design and type of fasteners, they begin to prepare the base. The walls must be aligned, otherwise it will not work to hang the furniture evenly and beautifully. For this, plaster or putty is suitable. You also need to stick wallpaper in the kitchen, finish work with sockets, lamps and other details of the room.

To understand how to hang kitchen cabinets on the wall, you should make the markup correctly. To begin with, measure the distance from the countertop to the bottom of the hinged elements. All measurements must be as accurate as possible. Then, a masking thread is pulled along the lower level and leveled with a level. The same manipulations are carried out for the upper edge of the cabinets.

The next step is to attach the headset section to the line and mark the holes for the hinges. You can do this in another way: measure the distance between the loops and mark them on the wall. The second method is considered less accurate due to the error.

We hang on drywall

Mounted products are held on the wall with various fasteners, the choice of which depends on the material of the supporting structures. Can kitchen cabinets be hung on a plasterboard wall? It is possible, but do not forget about the low strength of the material, otherwise serious problems will appear.

Mounting methods depend on the size and weight of the products. The most popular of them are “butterfly” dowels and special dowels for gypsum boards. The first option involves drilling holes and installing fasteners that will hold the furniture. When screwing in the screws, the antennae of the “butterfly” part to the sides and are pressed against the surface of the sheet. As for the first, they are screwed into the wall with a screwdriver, and then the cabinets are attracted with screws. In this way, only light structures weighing up to 5 kg are attached.

It is also possible to attach cabinets to drywall using mounting rails, which are first fixed to the wall (on sheet and metal frame simultaneously). Such a device can withstand up to 15 kg, but it does not look very aesthetically pleasing. To hang bulky furniture, you can pre-place mortgages in the form of timber, brackets, reinforced metal profiles in the partition.

For fastening massive and dimensional products, additional fasteners are used:
- decorative cables fixed on the ceiling;
- chrome tubes (represent a frame screwed to the floor).

We hang the kitchen on foam blocks

Foam concrete - lightweight material from which many houses are built. But there may be problems with making holes in it. At the same time, there are different ways fasteners that allow you to hang a kitchen cabinet on a wall of foam blocks. The material is soft, so long dowels, special dowels for foam concrete, a rail on four self-tapping screws or a metal cork bursting with screws are suitable for it.

Since such walls do not withstand a concentrated load, it is best to distribute it using a special rail. It must be installed so that each cabinet has three or four fasteners.

When overloaded, even the longest self-tapping screw crushes the foam block, as a result of which the suspended product settles. are considered more reliable plastic dowels with a diameter of 10-12 mm. They are not driven in, but screwed into the wall to form a thread.

Another mounting option is a chemical anchor equipped with a special capsule. During installation, it breaks, releases chemical composition, which is absorbed and reinforces the attachment area.

Hanging on a wooden wall

Today, not only foam concrete, but also wooden private houses are often found. When arranging the latter, the question often arises: “How to hang kitchen cabinets on wooden wall?” The screw in this design has a resistivity that allows you to hang a picture or a small shelf. For attaching hinged furniture, you will need special profiles with a bar embedded in them. First, the element is attached to the wall, and then closed with a sheathing. It is in this place that you can drive dowels or brackets.

Also, at the project stage, it is possible to lay wooden crossbars in the structure of the house, located in the right place. For hanging small cabinets, countersunk head screws with double threads are suitable. Walls out soft wood equipped with fasteners without drilling.

crooked walls

In mounting the headset on a level bearing structures there is nothing complicated. But how do you hang kitchen cabinets on a curved wall? However, many problems can arise with corner elements. What to do in this case?

1. The best option- Align the structure with plaster, putty or sheet materials.

2. Special canopies (carbines) and wall plinths cope with a slight curvature. Even if gaps appear, they will be small. Skirting boards are installed not only on the countertop, but also in the lower part of the wall cabinets (you only need to turn them over).

3. On strongly curved walls, linings made of bars, plywood, chipboard, etc. are placed under the furniture. As for the countertop, it is located obliquely.

The kitchen is an important room in any home. To make it look beautiful and last for a long time, you need to properly and evenly mount the headset.

All modern kitchen sets have wall cabinets in their configuration. They allow you to save space, having a good capacity. Located at eye level, such lockers are very convenient to use and they are always filled with a large number of things, creating a serious load on hinged mechanisms. Therefore, it is very important to make reliable and high-quality fastening of the cabinet to the wall.

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Selecting the height of the cabinet hanger

Before you start mounting wall cabinets to the wall, you need to choose the right height for hanging them. It is determined based on the main criterion - the growth of the owner of the kitchen. On average, the distance is approximately 50-60 cm from the countertop to the bottom of the wall cabinets. According to GOST, this value is equal to 45 cm.

In the case when it is required to place hanging cabinets above the refrigerator or above the high oven, then the height of these items determines the desired level of hanging cabinets.

Existing cabinet hinge mechanisms

Application of modern fixing accessories greatly simplifies the work associated with hanging kitchen cabinets. It allows you to eliminate small errors in marking and increases the strength of the entire structure. At the same time, very little effort will be required, and all the work can be done independently, without anyone's help.
To fix the cabinet to the wall, a specially prepared rail and a device called a hinge are mainly used.

The hinge is equipped with a hook, which is attached from the inside to the side wall of the cabinet and remains invisible from the side.

Mounting plate

The first way is to hang on the mounting plate.

The advantages of this method:

• all the work can easily be done by one person, as there is no need to support the cabinet when the layout is done. This greatly simplifies the task, and also allows you to hang cabinets with high accuracy;
• thanks to special adjusting screws, the arrangement of cabinets can be changed by making them higher or lower, as well as closer to the wall or away from it. This mechanism allows you to almost exactly align the cabinet, which is quite difficult, and when using conventional hinges, it is not always impossible;

• there are specially made notches on the rail for hanging the cabinet, with which you can easily adjust its length;
• all necessary installation can be carried out even when kitchen apron already attached;
• there is no need to use a border for alignment;
• it is quite simple to make not only rail mounting, but also dismantling. Basically, hanging kitchen cabinets in this way takes no more than 1.5 hours.

Flaws:

• First of all, the high cost of the entire kit, which includes a mounting rail and hinges. But this is not such a serious problem, given that a lot of time is saved as a result;
• Another disadvantage of this method is that due to the loose fit of the cabinet to the wall, a small gap is visible in the upper part.

Furniture hinges

The second method is more affordable, but it will take more time, in addition, it will take extra help. It will use hinges and fasteners.

First, the upper limit is determined and a horizontal line is drawn along the length of all cabinets that need to be hung.

Then the level determines the accuracy of its outline (there are cases when, due to an uneven floor, the result is distorted).

The first point is marked on the resulting line, a hole is made using a perforator or drill, and fasteners are installed. The cabinet is then taken and suspended temporarily in order to determine the location of the next fastener with absolute precision. In this case, one should not be guided only by the drawn line, but the evenness of the cabinet itself must be checked with a level.

The whole further process is carried out similarly. When all the cabinets are attached and their location is checked by a level, you can begin to connect them with furniture screws. The final stage of work is the installation of a connecting decorative cornice, which is screwed to top base with screws.

Now it remains only to hang the facades, install the shelves, see if the doors work normally, and if necessary, correct the inaccuracies using the adjusting screws. This whole process requires concentration and good attention, as well as an insightful assistant, without whose help it is quite difficult to correctly calculate the required distance for fasteners.

The design of the rear wall of the wall cabinet

The progress of the hanging will directly depend on the design of the rear wall of the wall cabinets.

In the first case, the back wall is nailed and has no recesses. Therefore, when hung on a mounting plate, the upper part will not fit snugly, and the cabinet will turn out with a slope. To avoid this, an indent must be provided at the bottom of the cabinet, which corresponds to the width of the mounting plate. To do this, you can nail a thin rail or calculate the height of its hinge so that it "goes" onto the kitchen apron. In the latter case, fasteners should be made already with the kitchen apron installed.

In the second case, the back wall is attached with a recess.

This design of wall cabinets is more convenient, as it allows you to hang them not only overlapping the kitchen apron, but also end-to-end. But when installing cabinets without an overlap, it is important that the backsplash is perfectly level, as even a slight misalignment will immediately catch your eye.

How to attach a cabinet to the wall with a mounting plate

Preparatory work

• It is desirable that the walls are smoothly aligned;
• if the work is done on corner kitchen, then the angle formed by the walls should be exactly 90 degrees;
• all work on electrical installation, placement of outlets for the hood, the conclusions of the overhead lamps must be completed;
• you should also immediately prepare the wall on which the cabinets will be hung. It must be painted or covered with wallpaper and a kitchen apron fixed in advance. Since it will be extremely difficult to do all this with installed cabinets.

Tools

To properly hang kitchen cabinets, you need to have the following tools at hand:

• drill - can be electric or manual. It is needed for drilling holes for fasteners. If you have to work on a load-bearing wall, then you will need a puncher or drill with such a function;
• level;
• roulette;
• screwdriver;
• a hammer;
• clamps - an auxiliary tool that will be required, if desired, to connect the boxes together to create the effect of solidity of the entire structure;
• if installation will be done on an anchor, then a wrench of the appropriate size will be needed;
• and of course, what you need to prepare required amount fasteners. Screws are needed to fix the hangers to the cabinets (as a rule, manufacturers complete them with wall cabinets). Screws with dowels are required to fix the hinged rail to the wall. If desired, you can buy special ties for fastening cabinets to each other.

How to fix the cabinet to the wall - step by step instructions

First of all, with the help of adjusting screws, it is necessary to fix the hooks in the middle position. After that, they are fastened from the inside on the side walls in such a way that the hook looks out only 2-3 millimeters and can freely cling to the mounting plate.
Now you can start marking the wall. In this case, you should be guided by the basic rules:

• if the location of the wall cabinets depends on the large-sized kitchen appliances or tall objects, then at the time of marking they must be put in their places;
• when hanging on a mounting rail, you need to know in advance whether the cabinets will be installed with an overlap on the kitchen apron, or still close to it;
• the mounting plate should be located 3-4 cm below the top edge of the section. To correctly calculate this distance, it is necessary to attach the bar to the back wall of the cabinet, in the way it will be mounted on the wall. Then it will become clearly visible how many centimeters will need to be taken into account when applying the final markup.

Taking into account all these recommendations, with the help of a level, two lines are applied, starting from the corner of the kitchen. Of these, one line indicates the top edge of the hinged rail, and the second indicates the top of the cabinets.
Tip: in order to determine the horizontal position of cabinets, it is best to use a level, and not measure the distance from the ceiling or floor, as errors may occur later. Even if there is confidence that the ceiling or floor is fairly even, you should not take risks, otherwise you will have to redo all the work again.

The upper edge of the bar is pressed against the prepared marking line (lower) and the required number of marks are made for the mounting holes.

If the walls are strong and have good bearing capacity, then it is quite possible to divide the rail into small pieces of 15 cm each, and install each of them exactly in the places where the canopies will be located. But if there is even the slightest doubt about the strength of the walls, you should not divide the rail, but on the contrary, fix it more stably on large quantity fasteners.

• you can often encounter such a problem when, at the very beginning of drilling, the drill seems to jump. To eliminate this discomfort, recesses are made at the drilling sites. small size. They are made by hitting a punch with a hammer or, in its absence, a strong nail;
• if the wall crumbles during drilling, then for a start it is worth making a hole of a slightly smaller diameter, and then expanding it with a drill of the right size. Thus, it turns out much more accurately;
• to measure the depth of drilling, a prepared dowel is taken, applied to the drill and the required distance is accurately remembered. If the hole has already been made and the turn has come to hammer the dowel into it, then you need to make sure that there is enough depth. Too much deep hole make work uncomfortable;
• in concrete wall it is quite difficult to drill a hole, even using a drill with a pobedite tip. Therefore, in the absence of a puncher, a couple of light blows with a hammer on the punch will be required;
• during work, special attention should be paid to places where electrical wiring passes.

Then dowels are carefully driven into the holes, and a mounting rail is installed on the fasteners. On it, with the help of a hinge, cabinets are attached. Their position is regulated by screws, which are equipped with hinged mechanisms.

To create the effect of a full-wall cabinet, you will need to tightly connect them to each other. To do this, they need to be fixed in pairs with clamps, starting from the corner cabinet. In order not to spoil their surface, you should put a wooden wedge between the cabinet and the clamp.

To prevent this problem, you will need to apply one of the following two methods:

• in places where the drill comes out, it is necessary to press down strongly wooden block(the tighter the better)
• first, a thinner through hole is drilled, and then, with a drill of the required diameter, it expands on both sides.

This completes the mounting of wall cabinets, it remains only to install the shelves, fix the doors and adjust them with the screws that are on the hinges.