Looking for some professional advice or as close to it as can be found on a forum for hanging ikea cabinets.
Hanging ikea wall cabinets without rail.
I would just make sure you sinking the brackets into a stud or something solid.
Make sure all your rough plumbing electrical and wall floor prep are done.
Ikea cabinet units for kitchens bathrooms and garages are constructed from six piece component kits and quick mount on a suspension rail screwed into wall studs.
Assemble the cabinets and cut any utility holes you need.
The rails have many holes so there s always a hole over a wall stud.
A track in the suspension rail accepts sliding metal mounting squares.
So ikea sells a rail to hang the cabinets on the rail has a million holes in it and a t channel to slide the attachment hardware into this is a heavy double layer of gavanized 16 or 18 gauge steel.
The rails are about 90 long and and i needed two pieces as i was installing 106 of cabinets.
You can cut the rails or combine several to the desired length.
Choose the sizes and shapes of your cabinets according to your needs and available space fill them with smart interiors then dress them with fronts knobs and handles for the look of your choice.
The sektion cabinets include the hardware to install without the rail and that process is included in the instructions.
Secure the cabinets to the rail and each other.
You can adjust the wall cabinets horizontally before you lock them in place on the rail.
Hang the cabinets on the rails and run wires for any cabinet lighting.
In this video i talk about how to install the ikea rail system as well as how to create custom filler panels to fill in any gaps near walls and corners.
Bolts on each square insert into mounting holes in the upper corners of the cabinets.
Level and even out the cabinets.
Hang metal rails where the cabinets will go.
Sektion suspension rail galvanized.
I will probably have more cabinets than what i need but it was a package deal and for the price i couldn t say no.
It s strong it s fast and it s incredibly easy to use.
Metod suspension rail makes it easy to mount your wall cabinets to the wall.