the way you put the washers upside down creates the risk of them sliding down the screw when there's weight on the rail and coming off the screw through the larger hole
This way one has more space to adjust the height. An no, there is no risk of the rail coming off because the head of the screw prevents the washer from coming loose. You can try it. Pull the washer down and try to pull it off the screw. The rim of the head will prevent it.
I am hanging one rail with two 36 inch cabinets next to each other about 15 inches down from the ceiling, do I have to concern myself with shimming any gaps? I am thinking not, since it is one rail that the two cabinets will be hanging from. However, I don’t want to be surprised hand have to do it all over. The space I am working in is 74 inches wide.
Generally speaking, shimming is needed when there is misalignment between the cabinets because of an uneven wall. Just fix the rail and hang the cabinets and you will very likely be fine. In case there is some misalignment you then can still apply the shims or maybe even decide that you can live with it.
Thanks! The top is made from two wood panels I bought at my local DIY-store, though I had to cut them to size and connect the two panels with pocket hole screws and biscuits (biscuit jointer). I also did some routing, sanding and used two coats of hard wax oil with sanding in between to finish it off.
@@life_score Installing and fitting kitchen furniture is not as trivial as it sounds and is normally done by professionals (who know what kind of screws to use because its part of their profession). If you hang kitchen cabinets on a wall there is serious risk of injury if it falls down.
@@nmsgoncalves Upside down? Not for the people living in Australia! Everything which is upside down for us becomes just right for them because they are living on the other side of the Earth.
@@nmsgoncalves Actually, I had been having trouble with the alignment brackets and then when I saw this video I realized that the Ikea instructions are likely wrong (not the first time). It seems to me that Hans' response to you makes infinite sense - these brackets when 'upside down' offer you significantly more room for adjustment and I see no downside to positioning them this way (pun intended). I'd be interested to hear others' comments on the topic.
@@ArtauldThey are definitely upside down. If there is enough weight on the rail the brackets will slip, and the head of the screws will end up in the wider part of the holes, potentially coming loose.
Can these IKEA kitchen type cabinets just hang from those braces? And therefore no need for feet or anything else to hold up the cabinet at the bottom? Thanks so much. Would be great if you could also add the level info to the video. Such a great idea to use. Thanks so much
Thank you for the nice comment. Yes, exactly. No need for feet with these cabinets. As with any wall hanging cabinets for kitchens, btw. You don't have to use the ones from Ikea. What dou you mean with "the level info"?
Very helpful, thank you. Just to double check - those screw sizes are correct? The hexhead bolts specifically. 6x50 seems a little small to me (I'm no expert). Would 8x60 be a better idea for a concrete wall?
You know how it goes, sometimes you have to take what's there. 😉 I had these screws laying around, and taking the plaster thickness of about 1 cm into consideration the screw just about fit the 4 cm expansion plug (fixing) length wise. (Drilled a ~ 5,5 cm hole). According to the spec sheet of the manufacturer Fischer Germany the plug and screw hold about 50 kg under these circumstances. In concrete it's 60 kg, so even more. You can take a look here: www.fischer-international.com/en/products/standard-fixings/plastic-fixings/expansion-plug-s/50108-s-8
@bina nocht Like you, I also had to learn the hard way. Years ago, shortly after buying my house, I caught a guy literally sleeping while I was gone for a trip to fetch building materials. The good thing is, these kinds of people teach you two valuable life lessons: Don't trust anybody and learn to do as much as possible by yourself.
They didn't come with mine either. In accordance with the type of wall you want to hang the rail on you would have to choose the right screw and dowel.
One would then have to place spacers on the bottom as well. This would be very impractical because the spacers would have to be glued to the wall. In case of the wall being evenly out of plumb you would be right though.
@@hans.talhoffer Shouldn't need to do that. Because the rail is out of plumb in a, let's call it, negative direction. The lower half of the cabinet to be plumb would need to dig into the wall (as shown in your video) By placing additional shims on the rail (top), you are accounting for the negative plumb at the rail making it even with the spacers (bottom). You can also do the opposite with wall cabinets, for example I removed some of the bottom spacers and added shims to others to compensate for out of plumb by up to 3mm over a metre. To add shims to bottom, simply pull the spacer out a bit then shim and hammer back in. These tips are from my recent kitchen install, and thanks for your video it helped me understand the suspension rails system!
@@gavin_hill "To add shims to bottom, simply pull the spacer out a bit then shim and hammer back in. " I show this in the video at 4:38 🙂 In my opinion it was easier to remove a little bit of plastering in just 4 places than to use shims for the whole length of the two rails. Of course if your walls are made out of plasterboard you don't really have this option. In this case your solution would be the best and only solution.
Thanks! As it looks now my glazing block supply will still last for centuries to come and benefit lots of descendants. Never will they lack a glazing block come what may. At least I made sure of that!
La complexité du système d'accrochage du haut de placard est hyper complexe. En s'y mettant à trois, nous avons mis la journée. Honte au mode opératoire Ikea
BEWARE OF IKEA, my mother was going to install the countertop on Tuesday 12/20/2022, the IKEA order arrived on the 19th and we removed the old countertop that was broken. No one called it on Tuesday the 20th, I called to ask and they told me that everything was correct and there was no problem that they would install it on Wednesday the 23rd, they did not put it on that day either, and no one called it. Today, Thursday the 23rd, she has received an SMS, giving her a new appointment for 12/27/2022. We had planned to celebrate Christmas dinner with her at her house, she is 80 years old, but she cooks very well and likes to cook. IKEA has broken Christmas for us, I find it inhumane, unfair and cruel. We feel tremendous helplessness, everything is already paid for and we can't afford another countertop. Please, to whoever reads this review, spread it as much as possible so that no one is left without CHRISTMAS again. Thank you.
There are people without food on christmas. There are people who are alone at christmas. No need for you to play the victim in the comment section on youtube.
