Timeline for Can I hang this heavy and deep cabinet on this wall safely?
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| Jan 9, 2021 at 11:00 | comment | added | Mast | I'd also recommend placing support posts on the outward facing corners, effectively making it a standing cabinet again. | |
| Jan 8, 2021 at 23:12 | comment | added | Jasen | yeah, the vertical members in the back of the cabinet look like they are in two pieces, and the side panels may just be thin board. the sides may need diagonal reinforcement to properly support the front edge. | |
| Jan 7, 2021 at 0:23 | comment | added | Nelson | I think this is the only safe way to go. The fact that it is both a deep and tall cabinet means you have significant shearing and normal stress on any mounting points. The mounting bolts will be hilariously large before shearing stress becomes safe on wood. Unless you know, with certainty, the grain of the structural wood, the stress may split the wood open. | |
| Jan 6, 2021 at 22:50 | comment | added | Hermann | Upvoted for pointing out that this is not actually a wall-mounted cabinet, but the top half of a two-piece furniture. This kind of construction was popular in the 50s to 60s. I know these from my grandma's place. A word of warning: DANGER! These cabinets are rarely glued. They are held together by the pieces interlocking in clever fashions and can be dismantled by pulling at the back or top. If you hang this the wrong way, it can fall apart (it is intended to). Definitely devise some support. | |
| Jan 6, 2021 at 22:38 | comment | added | Criggie | Shelf brackets, the ones with a diagonal brace, might be a good idea more than plain L brackets as pictured. Of course they'd go down, not up the back. | |
| Jan 6, 2021 at 18:58 | comment | added | Ralpharama | Yes, I think it's clearly supposed to sit on top of a base. I'll see if I can argue my way into another base or table, if not then L brackets look to be a sensible addition! | |
| Jan 6, 2021 at 17:49 | history | answered | Platinum Goose | CC BY-SA 4.0 |