has anyone fitted a ikea kitchen?

stolt

ive got to fit some ikea cabinets in our utility room, its about 8/9 units in total so not very big at all.
How do the wall cabinets fit to the wall (its a plasterboard dot and dab) ive read various site suggesting putting battons under the cabinets to take the weight of them.

any tips for the ikea kitchen fitting?

thanks

keystone

Best method would have been timber attached to the wall where the cupboards would be hanging from, plasterboard around it and attach direct to the timber - bit late for that. Use plasterboard anchors similar to this:



or these:



Battens underneath are a bit bodgy TBH.

Cheers

stolt

keystone wrote: »

Best method would have been timber attached to the wall where the cupboards would be hanging from, plasterboard around it and attach direct to the timber - bit late for that. Use plasterboard anchors similar to this:



or these:



Battens underneath are a bit bodgy TBH.

Cheers

i was thinking of cutting out the plasterboard and fitting abatton to the wall underneath then mounting the cupboards on that, wont be easy as the mains fuse box is also in there so will have to be careful with the screws.

diable

Is there a brick wall behind the plaster board?

stolt

diable wrote: »

Is there a brick wall behind the plaster board?

yeah its one of those breeze block type constructions.

diable

Long screws and rawl plugs.

Steve_the_fitter

I agree with this.

diable wrote: »

Long screws and rawl plugs.

keystone

stolt wrote: »

yeah its one of those breeze block type constructions.

In that case I think I'd go for these:



Cheers

stolt

thanks for all the replies haven't got the kitchen we are going to ikea tomorrow evening to get the kitchen, at the moment its just the units and i'll get a worktop from somewhere else.

are the ikea kitchens the same as other makes, no better or worse to fit?

has anyone had ikea plan there kitchen we are hoping to get up there tomorrow night and sit with someone to see if there is another way of using the space that we have.

rome1067

We had kitchen planned by Ikea. I sat there in store for about 1.5 hrs going through it all with one of the women on kitchens and she was really helpful. The beauty of ikea is that you can do a plan online at home, save it then recall it when you are in store.

We decided to go with local company in the end but if we hadn't it would have been with ikea. They were doing £100 to spend in store for every £1000 spent but not sure if thats still on. Also appliances are all 5 year guarantee(think they are made by whirlpool)

jennifernil

The Ikea worktops are a little bigger back to front than many, 610mm if I remember correctly. Their units are a generous depth, so if getting a worktop elsewhere and it is the standard 600mm, you will have very little overhang and the door handles may stick out beyond the top.
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You should be able to get a deeper worktop elsewhere OK, just wanted to be sure you were aware that you needed to look for a suitable one.