If you pay attention to the whole article you'll notice it's a question and answer session where someone is asking the expert a question and the expert gives the answer below the question. ----- Original Message ----- From: Tom Hodges To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 8:43 AM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Repair a Kitchen Cabinet
First of all, I am a bit confused. It seems you asked a question then answered it yourself. Regardless, I would not run screws through the inside back of a kitchen cabinet. There is a top and bottom rail on the outside of the cabinet for this purpose. No washers are required because the wood is three quarters of an inch (usually) and very hard. If you run a screw through the back of the cabinet into the wall and then load the cabinet with heavy items such as canned goods, you can rip the cabinet right off the wall except for the backing plate. _____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ray Boyce Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 4:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Repair a Kitchen Cabinet I noticed only three of the six screws that hold my kitchen cabinets on the wall are anchored in a stud. The other three were so loose that they pulled out of the wall with my fingers. How do I fix this? The installers must have missed the studs when fastening the cabinet. The screws that pulled away were likely only fastened to drywall or plaster and they stripped out from the weaker material. The easiest way to locate the studs is to use a stud finder above or below the cabinet case. Once you know the wall stud location, you can measure inside the cabinet to locate where you'll drive a screw through the back of the case and into the stud. The stud is probably just to the left or right of the existing screw hole. Use screws that are a minimum of 2-1/2 inches, and choose fasteners with large heads or washers to make sure the cabinets cinch up to the wall. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
