How to install a kitchenFitting kitchen cabinets, plinths and worktopsAs a carpenter, one of the jobs that you'll need to know is how to install a kitchen to a high standard. Below is the most important thing when kitchen fitting - everything must be perfectly plumb and level.  When you install a kitchen it only takes one small mistake at the beginning that may not show up till much later in the job when it's really difficult to fix. I always spend a reasonable amount of time studying the drawing before I get to the job to make sure I don't forget to allow for anything that could be missed. When I get there, I mark the position of everything on the walls just to make sure the plan works in the room and there aren't any obvious problems. Often with off the shelf kitchens the flat pack or pre-built kitchen cabinets come in incremental sizes and these will rarely fit perfectly between the walls in a house. In these instances the leftover space can be either blocked off with an infill or if large enough utilised into a tray space, towel hanging or a wine rack/shelves for example.
At some point unless the client is having granite countertops you will need to cut and fit the worktops as well. This is done using a special jig and router, and will include cutting out the hob and sink / drainer. They are glued and then clamped up together from underneath using special bolts. How to install a kitchen - Where to startThe first thing I do after having familiarised myself with the drawing is find the lowest part of the room. Using a 1800mm spirit level I check how flat the floor is. All the units must be perfectly level with each other so the counters sit flat and the worktop joins butt each other perfectly. One thing you don't want to do is fit your floor units starting from the highest part because when the floor runs down out of level the plinths won't be tall enough.Click here for step by step kitchen cabinet installation tips. How to install a kitchen related pagesBoxing in pipes Leave how to install a kitchen and return to carpentry tips and tricks home page |
