VERY Detailed Ikea Kitchen Cabinet Installation Guide

Nice job. Dont listen to the knuckle heads.

I would not advise using a standard construction screw. They shear too easily. There are heavier duty screws available from Simpson Strong Tie, GRK, etc. from home depot. Some are marketed as lag bolt replacements. I use them for more peace of mind, especially for upper cabinets.

Why did you add a half-inch to the rail height?

I need a handyman 😅🫠

so is there no solution for the empty space above the corner base cabinet? the wall cabinets don't butt up together so it looks like something is missing.

How about your countertop size?

Do you need the suspension rail for base cabinets or can you go without?

Curious what happens with the floor under those cabinets? I need to gut my entire kitchen but was going to lay tire prior to cabinets? Which is better, before.or after and how to tile after they're installed? Cut holes for legs in tile and raise them temporarily?

Those black plastic legs are dog water. Everything else is great though.

As "detailed as your instructions may be I see no reference to the black plastic widgets that go some where in refence to the hangars....

awesome video but isn't flooring supposed to go before cabinets?

You put the rail on the wall where the corner cabinet goes...and on the wall where it's not required. I'm not sure you're qualified to be giving people the 411 on ikea cabinet installs.

Hi! It looks like your back panels are all one piece, not the folded style. Is that true? I recently bought some sektion wall cabinets and the boxes came half the size because the back panels are all folded in half.

The kitchen department says that that is wrong and they should be one piece in the back. Yet customer service and the quality control guy insists the sektion cabinets have been like that for 10 years. (but he also claimed all the floor displays wouldn’t show the fold because the back panel is up against the wall…so he didn’t even understand how they’re installed properly with the rail system LMFAO - the back panels are at least a half an inch away from the wall so if you push on it, and there was a fold, you would notice.)

So I’m doing some research online myself to see what other people have gotten in the recent past

UGH! On all the rails, the small wedges that hold the rail to the wall are mounted incorrectly. They are 90 degrees from where they need to be. The wedges are designed so that you can move them left or right to lower and raise the rail to get it level. I wonder where else you goofed?

Which brand/model laser (self leveling I assume) are you using, and happy with?
Thank you!

rub lipstick on the pipes and then but the cabinet to the pipes to know the precise position to cut.

I didn't see you figure out the high-spot and low-spot in the floor. Mounting traditional cabinets, you find the "high-spot" based on the laser level and shim every cabinet up from there. How do you compensate for this with Ikea?

How long did it take to install this amount of cabinetry?

hi, do you have to cover the legs with kickboard or leave as is ?

Do you have any suggestions for which laser level to use for the entire scope of the project?

Is it better to put the base cabinets over an unfinished or finished floor? I’d think over the finished to protect the base floor from water leaks.

You are hired!

Great instructional video for Ikea kitchen. Thank you!

You mention adding custom shelves in the corner between the cabinets. Would you happen to have a video of that or a picture of the finished product? I'm looking at potentially doing the same and would have liked to see the end result. Thanks.

I really appreciate the video and your instructions. Have you considered the fact that most kitchen users need more space between the uppers and countertops? Even a coffee pot can’t be filled with them so low. Why leave such a huge unsightly gap at the top when you could simply raise the uppers another few inches? This went out in the 1990s.

Thanks for this awesome video! It looks like the ikea instructions recommend a max distance of 12 inches between each screw for the rail, yet my studs are 16 inches apart. Did you just screw into the studs and disregard the 12 inch recommendation? I don’t see a benefit of drilling into the drywall without a stud just to abide by their guideline.

Right on time as I'm about to install my new ikea cabs... Thanks for the detailed walkthrough.

You got any vids on installing the worktops

Really good info and excellent audio.

Whoever finalized the design from ikea that allowed a cabinet door to hit a cabinet on another wall was pretty gifted. Otherwise great video on the install.