Installing Kitchen Cabinets

Even beginning do-it-yourself'ers will find that installing kitchen cabinets is do-it-yourself-able. With care, the results can be as fine as any professional job. Here are some tips to achieve that goal.

One thing professionals know that most others don't is what tool makes the job easier. With kitchen cabinets there are more choices than you'd suspect. Key to installing cabinets that are level and secure, with low hassle, is to use a support system of some kind.

Assuming you don't have two or three people who are willing to stand and hold the cabinet in place for an hour or more, you'll want a support or jack. The people take up more room anyway and would just get in the way.

Everything from a standard car jack to specially designed jacks have been used. A simple wooden T-shaped brace will do for some jobs. The tool is nothing more than a horizontal member firmly attached to a vertical one. The cabinet is placed on top and the support wedged firmly underneath.

However, they can be subject to slipping, especially on slick floors. Also, unless you use several, the cabinet may wobble or tumble off. But they're inexpensive to make, tall and useful if the base cabinets have not yet been installed.

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