Attaching Ikea Cabinets To Each Other

I have some 1 1 4 deck screws on hand.

Attaching ikea cabinets to each other.

You attach that strip to the back of the cabinet then drill from inside the cabinet through the cabinet back filler strip and slightly into the cover panel. They were 2 brackets for hooking them together at the back and a strip of double sided tape for the front pix. Just don t screw it in too. Cabinets 24 inches or taller always get three screws connecting the face frames.

I ll see if i can dig up some photos of that part of the process but any ikea kitchen specialist should be able to explain it and point you to the right parts. It s stupid and it s pointless and anyone with common sense knows to distribute the nails throughout so that the back of the cabinet is attached evenly. Attaching besta cabinets vertically. If you have limited wall space you could instead build the besta cabinets vertically.

Ikea forums warn not to use drills when attaching screws but unless you want to spend months on just the cabinet assembly i say use the drill. I then drill the screw pilot holes. To attach them you use the double sided pads and metal clips provided in the besta package. My cabinets came pre assembled and i know to screw the units together before attaching them to my kitchen walls.

I put a minimum of two screws in each one about 1 5 inches from the top and bottom of the face frame opening. And are there any particular screws i should be using. I use two clamps to squeeze the cabinet frames together. But i didn t like the attachment kit that came with the cabinets.

Stacking bestå cabinets an alternative sturdier method. This blue floating wall unit in the picture was made by attaching two three door cabinets in 15 and 25 1 4 on top of each other.