Can I fit kitchen cabinets straight on bricks?

noah1234

Hi,
I'm installing new cabinets in a kitchen, 1 wall the plaster is crumbling I stipped it off.

Now, because it is all going to be covered with base and wall cabinets and tiles in between, is there any point in plastering behind the cabinets?

Rosa_Damascena

If you want a good finish I would assume that the base wall will have to be perfectly level and straight. A brick wall doesn't sound like it quite meets the brief.

Is there any reason you wouldn't at least use plasterboard?

flashg67

Lat time I fitted a kitchen, I didn't replaster behind the units... not been an issue since 

TELLIT01

You can probably get away without plastering the walls behind the base units, but plastering around the wall units will probably be more time consuming than simply plastering the entire area.

grumbler

TELLIT01 said:

around the wall units will probably be more time consuming than simply plastering the entire area.

It's supposed to be tiling, but personally, I wouldn't do this either. IMO there either has to be a small gap between tiles and units or tiles have to go under (behind) the units.

That said, I'd never tile floor around base cabinets either, but this is commonplace in UK.