Questions tagged [cabinets]
Use this tag when the topic is about organized storage for quick-access, with or without doors, like in a kitchen or a pantry, and as opposed to open shelving..
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How can I repair this uneven cabinet finish?
How can I restore the look of these cabinets?
The previous home owners appear to have applied some kind of product on top of a few of the kitchen cabinets which is not easily removed. Is there a way ...
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How can I attach a cover panel to the bottom of my cabinetry?
I have these wall cabinets and I want to hide the bottom of the cabinet and cover it with nice surface.
I am thinking to install thin (7/16) OSB board and stick wall paper over it, let me know if that ...
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What material are these cabinet doors made of? [closed]
Our home has cabinets that look like this. I was wondering if anyone recognizes the material this is? I'm assuming it's some hardwood plywood but I don't recognize the wood species.
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Gap between countertop and wall
My contractor installed base cabinets and countertop and there is a gap between wall and countertop backsplash. See the picture.
How can I hide that gap, what are my options to blend in the uneven gap ...
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How to hide edge where granite countertop meets cabinet?
We're currently in the process of adding a double wall oven to our kitchen. We had to cut down the countertop to accommodate the wall oven cabinet and now we have a problem I haven't run into before. ...
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How can I expand existing holes in MDF by 2/10ths of an inch?
I'm changing the lights installed in a kitchen cabinet. The old display lights are recessed and installed through two holes at the top of the cabinet (see photos below of the holes). The new lights ...
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Moving Kitchen Worktop Cabinet Gap
I've got an L shaped worktop that's attached to my kitchen wall with cabinets underneath. Pretty standard stuff.
There are two cutouts for white goods, where there's no cabinet but the worktop ...
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How to run under-cabinet lights cables (18AWG) in walls so that the junction box is neither apparent under the cabinets, nor in the cabinets?
Context: I am remodeling my kitchen and currently working on wiring under-cabinet lights. In my research, I find that I need:
a power source, which can on one of the 2 counter receptacles circuits
a ...
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How to adjust metal cabinet round pins?
How to adjust metal cabinet round pins? Located inside office table cabinet
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Taking out a 1950s cabinet without destroying it
I have 1950s American Standard kitchen cabinets. I want to put in a dishwasher, which means removing one of them. I don't want to destroy it because it's irreplaceable in my area.
I've hit one ...
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24" Base Cabinet for Sink vs. 30" Base Sink Cabinet?
I have a 72" opening for a kitchenette in an office space.
I am trying to not custom order cabinets due to budget constraints and am considering using the Home Depot in-house brands (I used them ...
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How to add a missing back panel through the inside of a cabinet
I have an open gap in the back of my kitchen cabinet drawer area that I want to seal up with a panel since there is a musty draft from the exposed old masonry back there. I also want to keep rodents ...
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Vertical Stay-lift cabinet door not staying lifted
I'm currently in a foreign country visiting an elderly relative and she has a cabinet door that is supposed to be able to stay in an upright position, but continually falls down, preventing her from ...
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Is it easy to replace range gas stove with cooktop gas stove?
I Have a gas range stove which has a built-in oven. I can slide it in and out of the cabinet area. if I remove the gas range there is a 30" width gap on the rear I have drywall and other two ...
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How to created a hole through chipboard / melamine to look behind a cupboard
There is a cupboard in a bathroom that appears to have some strange smell coming from behind the wall.
We've checked the sink to see if its leaking and there is no sign of that, have cleaned through ...
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What is the technical term for the rings that protect holes for electrical through woodwork like cabinets?
I drill holes in cabinets or desks for electrical. I usually drill about a 3/4" hole and I have these little plastic rings I put in to protect the woodwork and just so it looks nicer. ...
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What is the easiest way to level a large island comprising multiple cabinets?
So I put a very large island in a house that has a dip in the floor - where the middle part of the island is maybe 1/4" low than the outside edges.
One side is 4 large base cabinets. One side ...
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Screw Placement for Wall Hung Cabinet
I have to fix a top cabinet with no floor support to the wall.
What is the difference if I were to place the screws which hold the cabinet to the wall at the 4 corners inside the cabinet (diagram 1) ...
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How to fix striped screw holes for hinges in an MDF cabinet door?
A kitchen cabinet door just fell off when opening it. The hinge had rusted, so I think that it required much more force to open, hence pulling out the screws.
I don't wish to replace the door right ...
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USA rules for relocating a bedroom light switch
After carefully considering and measuring the layout of two proposed recessed medicine cabinets over my bathroom vanity, I've discovered that the spec homebuilder carefully considered how they might ...
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Cabinet containing oven in center of kitchen, possibly load-bearing?
I bought this house back in 2017 and the layout of the kitchen has driven me mad ever since. I've attempted to look this layout up online but to no avail.
Basically, the cabinet that contains my oven ...
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How advisable is it to install a 36" gas cooktop in a 30" cabinet plus adjoining?
House we are working on has a 30" electric cooktop. I already have the gas set up to convert to a gas cooktop but designer suggested 36". There is an 8" cabinet (draw/skinny cabinet)...
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Cabinets and baseboard splitting from wall [closed]
I recently noticed several places where my house seems to be breaking in two. Some baseboards seem to be detaching and the cabinets kind of falling.
The building is from the 70s and the house was ...
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Base cabinet ends at window trim [closed]
Im planning on converting a small "office" space next to our kitchen into a walkin pantry. the wall is 95" long however on the corner there is an exterior window. the window trim starts ...
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Will a 33" sink fit into a 35" wide kitchen cabinet [closed]
Our cabinet maker accidentally built a 35" wide kitchen sink base cabinet instead of a 36" base ~ we only realized this several weeks after all cabinets were installed, and don't have time ...
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What are name of these hinges that hold the kitchen cabinet door?
Here is picture of the kitchen cabinet door that is just under the sink. The hinges are rusted and I want to replace these. However, I am not sure what these hinges are called and how to get the exact ...
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Cabinet door swings open by itself
The cabinet door swings open by itself. Is there any way to adjust this hinge?
Thank you very much in advance.
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How to fix a warped laminate countertop?
My washing machine over flowed for the last time before I gave her up, and the water warped my countertop that has laminate on top of particle board! It looks like it's cupped, bowed out on each end. ...
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DAP caulking inside cabinets safe?
My apartment has some old handmade cabinets with some large seams at the edges. I started closing them with DAP latex caulking (alex Acrylic Latex Caulk Plus). I noticed that once dry if I swipe on ...
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How to (if I even should) create semi-permanent cabinets?
I am going to put some storage cabinets/drawers for tools underneath joists of my raised deck. The deck has a rain diversion system (Trex Rainescape) so there wont be much rain on it. That said I ...
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Refrigerator Cabinet Support Requirements?
I have a cabinet that I want to put above my refrigerator. It is 2' deep by 3' wide. There is a wall behind and to the left of the refrigerator that I can screw the cabinets into studs on. The cabinet ...
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How thick should kitchen cabinet shelves be?
We recently had a professional build our kitchen cabinets, and noticed after we paid them in full that the shelves inside the upper cabinets were only 5/8" thick. We applied pressure to the ...
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Sealing a vintage cabinet to use in bathroom
We purchased an old China cabinet and removed the top in order to use the bottom as a bathroom vanity. I was advised to seal the cabinet with a polyurethane in order to protect against moisture. ...
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Circles on kitchen cabinets
My cabinets are less than three years old and I noticed all of these blue circles this morning. The cabinets are white so these are pretty noticeable. Is this showing through the finish somehow? Is ...
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Anyone know the name of a cabinet hinge that will "kick out" 3 inches (see image)?
What is the name of a hinge that will kick out when open? (See image below - click to enlarge.) I have an adjacent blind that won't let me open my kitchen cabinet.
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How to fit a mini fridge in between two non-straight walls?
I have two cove walls in a kitchen at about ~24" out and 29 5/8" apart.
The wall on the left supports the right side of a dual oven.
In between them is high cabinets (the lower cabinets ...
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Painting over cabinet paint chips
We painted our cabinets about 2.5 years ago when we moved into this house. Over time some of our cabinets have gotten a few paint chips and we wanted to patch those up.
We cleaned the surface, ...
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Medicine cabinet wall “punched out”
i have a medicine cabinet where the back wall of the medicine cabinet was “punched out” resulting in about a 1 inch gap between the back wall of the cabinet and the shelves and side of the cabinet at ...
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Installing cabinet on a wall with a hump in it
I am installing SEKTION cabinets from Ikea and there is a hump in one of the walls. The adjacent cabinet wall is straight. The backsplash will most likely be subway tiles, I would like to go with ...
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What type of hinge: 180 degree, but only 135 degree motion
I have an odd section of wall that I'm putting cabinet doors on.
In case the picture doesn't load, it's 2 framed walls stopping about 18 inches short on both walls before they would touch. So the ...
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Installing a 48" vanity between two walls that are 51" apart. How can I cover the 1.5" gaps on the cabinet marble top and the cabinet sides?
Here is the space where my vanity will go. The vanity i'm planning on purchasing is below. How can i fill the gaps on the face and on the top?
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Remove wall cabinet when screws are painted over
I have some hanging wall cabinets that have a 3/4" particle board back. I believe they are screwed onto the wall but the screws have been covered and then the cabinet back was painted. The wall ...
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Painting cabinets -questions about primer and paint vs stain
I'm looking to redo my kitchen cabinets, which currently look like .
Everything I've read (even the products such as this) which claim no priming or prepping and no taking the doors off even, seem to ...
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Should I glue the dowels in a self-assembled cabinet kit? [closed]
Once again I found my self assembling a cabinet. I am always in the dilemma to glue the wooden pins (on both sides) or not to glue it.
If I do not glue it, the structural holding strength of the ...
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How do I remove this cabinet at the top of my fridge cavity?
There were 4 horizontal screws, which I have removed, but the cabinet is still firmly in place. I suspect it is glued in. I think there are two parts. The side panels, which are attached to the dry ...
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How to remove this kind of hinge with a hidden screw
How do I get to the screw to replace this hinge?
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The plastic film is peeling off the corners and edges of some of my kitchen cabinets - how can I simply fix this?
The corners and edges of some of my kitchen cabinets are peeling (the clear film over the colour).
How can I easily fix this without redoing the whole door/surface (ie just fixing the small peeling ...
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Kitchen Cabinet Replacement [closed]
I have one compartment of kitchen cabinet (dimension 18x35x24) in my rental house that got water damage that I would like to replace. See picture. I can easily find the exact dimension from Home Depot ...
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Is there any issue with wiring a GFCI to a switch?
We have a wire the goes from Breaker > 2 switches.
first switch goes to a recessed lighting above
second switch goes below to an outlet under the sink in a cabinet that controls the garbage ...
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What material is used to create oven/cooker kitchen cabinets?
My concern is fires. I think the sides of ovens sometimes heat a lot, and this makes me wonder how to design a:
Cabinet inside which built-in/enclosed ovens rest. The sides, including the bottom ...
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