kitchen wall cab bracket help..

[decor123]

the wall cabinet bracket screw holes will go over mains cable in wall. i cant move cabinet either side because of lay out of kitchen.i dont want to put a batton under to take the wieght it would spoil the look. any ideas wot i can do?

 

[JohnD]

use cabinet hanging rail. Very handy, comes in 2 or 3 metre lengths, lots of holes, once it's up you can move your cabinets around at whim. As it is long it is very strong.

 

[decor123]

does the hook fitting wots on the cab now just hook onto this rail. and do b&q sell them.

 

[JohnD]

yes, no

http://www.woodfit.com/product_info.php?products_id=193&Name=Cabinet+Hanging+Rail+-+2.5mt.+-+Steel

and other suppliers. not DIY sheds.

 

[decor123]

cheers thanks for that.

 

[FriedFreddy]

WOW - now that bit of kit would have saved me hours installing my kitchen, the pathetic stupid silly piddling little excuses for brackets supplied with my B&Q cabinets were a joke, especially as I have plasterboard over breezeblock walls, trying to get the brackets tight just warped the board unless I was dead lucky to need a bracket where the plaster blob was (& I was NOT lucky even once) - I ended up drilling the holes for the brackets, then caulking polyfiller into the void and leaving several days to set what a nightmare

 

[joinerjohn]

Don't forget , that with these rails, you have to cut a little bit out of the carcases that are in the middle of the rails, so the carcases go back to the wall. Outer carcases don't need to be cut on the outside edges though.

 

[lmkitchens]

Depending on the void depth on the rear of the cabinet you can put a bearer below the top of the unit.

For example if the carcass is 18mm and the void is 15mm, assuming you're walls are plumb etc you can simply put a bearer 18mm from the top of where you need the cab to sit allowing you to put fixings where you like!

I would advise a smidge of gripfill on the bearer for piece of mind!