under kitchen cabinet radio

crispeater

hi,

i recently brought an under kitchen cabinet radio but i'm a bit miffed that it will actually stay up..

its got 4 screws and obviously you drill holes, use butt plugs and screws but i'm hoping that in the future i'm not actually ruining the kitchen cabinets and cause more problems.. will it actually hold? am i just being a paranoid female? lol

has anyone else put one of these up successfully?

PasturesNew

It won't be butt plugs you're using. They're something entirely different!
roflmfao

No idea on your question though, I've never heard of any such thing as an under kitchen cabinet radio. And I'd be useless at any DIY.

Simon_M_2

PasturesNew wrote: »

It won't be butt plugs you're using. They're something entirely different!
roflmfao

Quote of the year :rotfl:

I fitted an under cabinet TV/Radio. It came with a template so you know where to drill the holes. Position this where you want the radio to go and drill the four holes. Once done offer the radio up in position and screw in from the top. The screws are hidden away inside the cupboard. Ensure you use a drill bit that is smaller than the screw head otherwise the screw will go straight the cabinet.

Hope this helps.

Simon

ormus

the radio will probably be very light, so the weight on the 4 fixings wont be a problem.
shouldnt even need to drill any holes for small screws. just use a bradawl to make a tiny hole.

27col

What exactly are butt plugs? I have just Googled "butt plugs" and came up with dozens of sex aid web sites.
I would have thought that you just drill through the bottom of the cupboard and use small threaded bolts, which screw into threaded holes in the radio. Why would doing that have any adverse affect on the cabinet. If there are no threaded holes in the radio, then it probably has a flange each side so that you can use bolts and nuts to secure it. And yes, you are being paranoid.

crispeater

i can never remember what those long plastic things that the screws go in so i've always called them butt plugs i knew someone would know what i meant..

well its up and its still up and the cupboard is still in one piece. i cant help being paranoid especially when it comes to me and anything DIY

Cat695

"Butt plugs" awesome.....an excellent post crispeater

but I think raw plugs would be far more useful and probably less painful