- Level
- 粉笔线
- Tape measure
- Stud finder
- 铅鲍勃
- 填充条
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- Cordless drill
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- 2½-inch screws
- 木夹
- Screwdriver
- Bench plane
- Sander
- 2 x 2 cleats
How To: Install Base Cabinets
仔细的测量，充足的光滑和安全固定是高质量，专业的机柜安装的关键。
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一个基本规则适用于几乎所有内容的安装：如果正确地将第一件作品置于适当的位置。但是，放错了第一件作品，在完成工作时，您可能会遇到一系列头痛。对于悬挂墙纸而言，这与铺设砖一样正确。这是一堂课，值得在试图在厨房翻新, laundry room makeover, or bathroom redo.
STEP 1: Identify the highest point on the floor where you will be installing base cabinets.
An uneven floor will lead to uneven base cabinets, and you won’t appreciate how crooked they appear next to level upper cabinets (not to mention items rolling around behind closed doors). Find the highest point in the floor by drawing or snapping a level chalk line along the adjacent wall, then measure down to the floor in several places. The spot where you measure the shortest distance is where the floor is highest. Later in the process, you are going to shim cabinets up to this height because that’s easier than subtracting height from a cabinet.
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STEP 2: Draw a level line on the wall at a height of 34½ inches above the highest point of the floor.
This height assumes that it’s a finished floor and that you wanta standard countertop height of 36 inches.
STEP 3: Mark the locations of different cabinet units.
Use vertical lines to the floor to denote the locations of the different cabinet units. Meanwhile, find the studs along the cabinet wall and mark them. Keep in mind, you must still be able to see the marks even after the base cabinets are in place, so make them plainly visible and draw them past the top line.
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步骤4：从安装角单元开始（如果适用）开始；如果不是，请从两端开始。
Set your base cabinets against the wall where you will install them, and add shims beneath the cabinetry so that its top edge hits the first horizontal line that you drew.
In situations where the wall is not plumb (i.e. vertical at a 90-degree angle to the floor as determine by aplumb bob), it may be necessary to close the gap between the base cabinets and the wall with filler strips. Use this wood material—which is often available to purchase from the same place you picked up the cabinets—to shim behind the cabinets at stud locations. Then, drill and countersink pilot holes and use 2½-inch screws to anchor the cabinets (through the filler strip) into the studs.
第五步:继续安装相邻基础cabinets.
Having installed the initial cabinet, move on to the next one. Continue to shim as necessary. To ensure a flush fit between this unit and its neighbor, join the two with aclamp. Then, drill and countersink four pilot holes and attach with screws. Proceed to install the other base cabinets along the wall by repeating steps 4 and 5.
步骤6：在底座上安装门并安装抽屉。
Now that you’ve installed the base cabinets on the walls, finish the closed storage by attaching the doors and setting drawers into their tracks.
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安装基础柜的进一步考虑
- 在安装底座柜子之前，请修复对墙壁的任何损坏。同样，在安装机柜之前，请在厨房里完成所有管道和电气工作。
- Paint the cabinetry with a半或高光完成before installing, while you’re still able to turn them any direction to reach all sides.
- 在底座柜的后部，标记管道管和电箱的位置，然后钻孔或制作适当的切口，使单元紧贴墙壁。
- It’s usually wise to install kitchen flooring before the base cabinets. For one thing, working in this sequence means you don’t have to modify the floor material to achieve a seamless look.
- When inserting a filler strip between a cabinet and a wall, you can expect to have to do some fitting, because walls are not always plumb. Measure the gap at both the top and the bottom, adding 1/16 inch to each measurement. Use a飞机或者桑德to trim the filler piece to the correct size, slightly beveling its angled edge so that the finished surface is wider than the unfinished surface.
- Putting in peninsula or island cabinets? First, install two 2 x 2 cleats on the floor. Distance the cleats so that cabinets can slip over them, then finish by securing the cabinets to the cleats.
