Attaching Ikea Cabinets To Each Other

If you have limited wall space you could instead build the besta cabinets vertically.

Attaching ikea cabinets to each other.

It s stupid and it s pointless and anyone with common sense knows to distribute the nails throughout so that the back of the cabinet is attached evenly. They were 2 brackets for hooking them together at the back and a strip of double sided tape for the front pix. But i didn t like the attachment kit that came with the cabinets. What about spacing of the screws or does that matter.

Cabinets 24 inches or taller always get three screws connecting the face frames. You attach that strip to the back of the cabinet then drill from inside the cabinet through the cabinet back filler strip and slightly into the cover panel. I use two clamps to squeeze the cabinet frames together. Just don t screw it in too.

I wanted to stack 4 bestå cabinets on top of each other and attach them together to make them very stable. Attaching besta cabinets vertically. This blue floating wall unit in the picture was made by attaching two three door cabinets in 15 and 25 1 4 on top of each other. Stacking bestå cabinets an alternative sturdier method.

Ikea forums warn not to use drills when attaching screws but unless you want to spend months on just the cabinet assembly i say use the drill. I then drill the screw pilot holes. My cabinets came pre assembled and i know to screw the units together before attaching them to my kitchen walls. I ll see if i can dig up some photos of that part of the process but any ikea kitchen specialist should be able to explain it and point you to the right parts.

When attaching them to each other though should i be using construction adhesive as well or just screws. I have some 1 1 4 deck screws on hand.