Hello everyone,
First post here and I am hoping some of you experts can help me.
I have 2 LILLÅNGEN cabinets from Ikea that need to go up in my bathroom, and their sizes are as follows:
40x21x64 (12.3kg) - IKEA Small Cabinet
and
60x21x64 (17.5kg) - IKEA Large Cabinet
I live in a new build (The property is approx 18 months old), and there's a lot of plasterboard.
The wall I want to hang these cabinets on is a dry wall attached to a frame, and I have been told that the drywall has been doubled up - because on the other side is the next property.
I have been let down by several people who have offered to put these up for me, and other people who I have called from the Yellow Pages and Thomson Local are charging a minimum of £65 per hour - which I think is absolutely outrageous.
So, seeing as I cannot get anyone to do it (unless I fork out money that will equate to more than the cost of the cabinets) I have decided to do it myself. The cabinets have been sitting in my hallway for almost a month and I just want the darn things up on the wall.
I have bought a Stanley IntelliSensor Pro Multi-depth Stud Finder, so I have an idea of where the studs are.
Once the screws/fixings are in, it will be just a case of hanging the cabinet on to the fixings in the wall.
My question is this, what type of screws do I use to fix these cabinets to the studs? and what size should they be?
Also, I believe that there may be an area where I will have to use those wall plugs that expand at the back, as there is no stud to attach the cabinet to. I have read that applying a joining screw to the two cabinets will also help them stay up. Can anyone recommend a joining/bridging screw please?
Thank you for reading my post, and I hope that one of you experts can help me with this. I am past frustrated being let down time and time and time again by people, so I just need to sort this out myself now.
Any help you can give me will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
First post here and I am hoping some of you experts can help me.
I have 2 LILLÅNGEN cabinets from Ikea that need to go up in my bathroom, and their sizes are as follows:
40x21x64 (12.3kg) - IKEA Small Cabinet
and
60x21x64 (17.5kg) - IKEA Large Cabinet
I live in a new build (The property is approx 18 months old), and there's a lot of plasterboard.
The wall I want to hang these cabinets on is a dry wall attached to a frame, and I have been told that the drywall has been doubled up - because on the other side is the next property.
I have been let down by several people who have offered to put these up for me, and other people who I have called from the Yellow Pages and Thomson Local are charging a minimum of £65 per hour - which I think is absolutely outrageous.
So, seeing as I cannot get anyone to do it (unless I fork out money that will equate to more than the cost of the cabinets) I have decided to do it myself. The cabinets have been sitting in my hallway for almost a month and I just want the darn things up on the wall.
I have bought a Stanley IntelliSensor Pro Multi-depth Stud Finder, so I have an idea of where the studs are.
Once the screws/fixings are in, it will be just a case of hanging the cabinet on to the fixings in the wall.
My question is this, what type of screws do I use to fix these cabinets to the studs? and what size should they be?
Also, I believe that there may be an area where I will have to use those wall plugs that expand at the back, as there is no stud to attach the cabinet to. I have read that applying a joining screw to the two cabinets will also help them stay up. Can anyone recommend a joining/bridging screw please?
Thank you for reading my post, and I hope that one of you experts can help me with this. I am past frustrated being let down time and time and time again by people, so I just need to sort this out myself now.
Any help you can give me will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you