Repair Cabinet Falling From The Wall
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 ก.ค. 2024
- If your cabinet is loose or falling off of the wall, this video will show you how to secure it back to the wall without removing it. In many cases the cabinet is poorly built with cheap materials and they fail. This video will show you how to secure the cabinet using brackets.
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00:00 Intro
00:45 Damaged Cabinet
01:11 Method to Repair Cabinet
02:13 Install Bracket on Top
04:00 Install Bracket Under Top
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Thanks so much brother! Your video fixes the exact same issues we have!
Awesome-glad to help you!
Your video was well done and helped me save an estimated $1000 fee from a carpenter to fix my upper kitchen cabinet that was pulling from the wall. The 1” and 2” bracket combined with GRK cabinet screws (8” x 3 1/8”) for drilling into the studs did the trick. You are a life saver! Thanks for the very helpful tip.
That's great to hear Kenneth-glad to help you!
Thank you SO MUCH for this video. Dad was a cabinet-maker. He passed away 2 years ago and right after, our kitchen cabinet started coming off the wall just like this one. I’ve climbed up there to see if I could figure out how to fix it, but no clue each time. BRACKETS! 🤯 Totally didn’t think of this.
Glad you got it figured out Melanie!
Cabinets just started coming off in my moms house, this is a big help thanks a bunch
Many thanks for this!
I have two cabinets doing this - one alongside a window, the other has my range hood attached underneath. You have provided some good starting points for me to use!
Great-I hope it helps you!
Thanks for posting. It's a shame everybody's cabinets are not built so well that we have this problem. I'm dealing with a similar issue on a rather deep cabinet over my refrigerator. I'm leery of using the top panel because I'm not convinced it's secured to the cabinet sides, so it might just pull away when the cabinet is loaded. I have an option to use the upper side of the cabinet just inside the door, and I'm thinking of using a combination of out of sight eye bolts on the studs a couple inches above the cabinet top, wire rope, and turnbuckle. Fingers crossed.
Watched your video yesterday and fixed my daughters kitchen cabinet this morning. Thanks so much. Worked great.
Way to go Conrad!
Good idea 💡
Dude exact issue with my cabinet. Appreciate the help.
Sweet-glad to help you!
In some places our cabinets were exactly like yours, the cabinet falling apart. In other places the they weren't even screwed into a stud! We are just fixed the first one per this video. Thanks so much!
Awesome Sam-glad to help you!
Just did this! Thanks! For the advice!
You're Welcome!
Thanks for this. Viewed it right when I needed it!
But…what are the walls made of that the cabinet is attached to? My walls
are lime plaster (I’m guessing. Home is 110 years old) and there are no studs on the wall the cabinet is hanging on. The entire cabinet will fall if I remove the stack of books I put under it to hold it!
I don’t know what to use as the screws from the backside of the cabinet directly into the plaster walls isn’t holding.
Thanks in advance!
Hey Mike! I was wondering if I could send you some pictures and get some advice for my situation. Kind of similar but I don’t have access at the top.
Thanks so much. My kitchen cabinets with my hood attached is doing this. And I really dreaded taking it down to fix. I definitely will be trying this.
Sweet! Hope it helps you!
Thanks so much! I fixed my cabinets today! You saved me so much trouble.
@@ketoisgreat5911 That's awesome! Glad to help you!
Thank you for helping me fix my kitchen cabinet before disaster struck !
Glad it helped you Angela!
i love this. how to half-ass something but still get at least something done instead of just looking at it thinking 'i should probably fix that' like ive been doing. lol
Hope that will work on my cabinet. Thanks
Welcome!
Thank you! I have this exact problem.
Welcome!
You just solve my problems now 🎉
Awesome-glad to help!
Thanks! Followed your instructions & it worked perfect! In the process, got the crown loose! … had to glue it. What are some of proper tools to secure the crown into the cabinet after applying the glue? ( had hard time getting the right (size) clamp grip to do it. Any suggestions?
I would go online and get some woodworking clamps. Big box stores won't usually carry what you need
Thanks for watching! Leave any questions or comments below:
I’m unsure of the inside upper cabinet bracket placement. I’m attaching a screw in the top, what is that securing? I can see the 1 inch on top of cabinet attaching to wall.
It's just reinforcement for the top bracket. (2 are better than 1!). The inside bracket goes into a wall stud and the top screw goes into the top of the cabinet. It helps if there is a ledger board on top of the cabinet for better hold. you may find a better location in your situation. You need to locate a stud though!
Hi Mike! Thanks for the video! What did you end up doing as a solution to the sides?
I have a cabinet with one side hanging 1/2" from the wall already and I think I'd like to add brackets like you've done. I'm also debating if I should take the whole thing down so I can put a few anchors in the drywall where there is obviously no stud to hold that side up- do you think that would help?
Hi Caelyn, I would try to repair the cabinet with it hanging on the wall. Removing the cabinet is a pain and could lead to additional problems. Try the brackets first. I think you'll find they will work great!
My cabinets are coming down from the ceiling and apart at the seams do u think I can do this
Sure. It's not difficult work. Brackets and braces help a lot!
What if the cabinet is up against the window? Do I still use the bracket in the video?
Can you give some more details? I assume the cabinet has always been installed near the window? Top coming loose or bottom?
Was the cabinet screwed into studs on the left and right walls?
Nope- only the back
Hi Mike! You helped me with my Moen faucet a while back.. I have another Moen issue - a hot water faucet that suddenly stopped working. I think I need to remove the hot water faucet and get a new cartridge. It looks like a tiny angle iron is needed to remove it. Do you have a video for that?
Not yet...is this faucet a single handle that controls both hot and cold or separate handles?
@@MikeKlimek It's a double handled faucet and has a tiny allen wrench hole in the back. I had to go to Home Depot and take one off the wall to be sure - it's darned hard to see!
@@TwoRiversFarm707 OK so what is wrong with the faucet? No hot water coming out, or not water at all coming out?
Is the board on top where you drilled in the brackets made of solid wood or particle?
It is solid with a laminated finish on it.
@@MikeKlimek Im having milder problem that's similar to yours, but top and interior are made of particle board. Im so shocked how cheaply new cabinets are made today. Could you believe they use staples in certain areas?? SMH
@@TheLegendaryLinx That's really a shame...anything to save a buck
I have an overhead microwave that is coming away from the cabinet and taking the bottom of the cabinet with it. Any ideas how to tepair?
It's hard to say without looking at it, but the microwave hangs on a bracket on the wall and is also secured by a screw that is accessed by opening the cabinet door above it. You may not need to remove the microwave to secure the cabinet, but if you do, remove the screw in the cabinet (it's near the front opening) and the microwave will lift off of the bracket. Once to look at it, it may be that the cabinet is coming off of the wall, or maybe the bracket that holds the microwave.
You also may just be able to tighten the screw I talked about earlier to close the gap between the top of the microwave and bottom of the cabinet.
How has this held up?
It's solid...still on the wall!
Might I suggest using a glue like product after you screw it for extra support.
You could certainly use glue along with the fasteners to hold the cabinet together, but I wouldn't add adhesive between the cabinet and the wall.
I had the same issue. However, that corner bracket seems like a temporary solution. A 2X2 running along the length drilled into the stud and screwed a long the ply wood would be more of permanent solution and more secure. Just saying.
Yes lots of ways to repair this. I wouldn't call this a temporary fix though...its been solid for over 2 years now
Lol a manjarey of screws 😂 great video thanks 😊 👍🏽
LOL! Glad it helped you
My cabinet is coming apart from the wall but I don’t see a wood piece they used to hang it just caulking.. how can I fix this?
I'm sure the caulking was just for aesthetics. There is lumber back there...do you have a stud sensor? If not you can use your knuckle and tap on the wall. When you don't hear the "hollow" sound you may have found a stud to drill into to reinforce the cabinet.
@@MikeKlimek I have a stud sensor do i just put a drywall screw threw the cabinet into the stud?
@@ameeyahuncensored You could do that if you can get enough of the cabinet under the head of the screw. Maybe a better idea might be to use some "L" brackets like in the video and pull everything together.
My cabinet goes to the ceiling. Is it ok to just screw the underside?
That increases the risk of it falling. I would secure the cabinet in all for corners, into the wall studs, as well as the neighboring cabinets on both sides.
How do I get the back is still attached to the wall reattach to the outside part of the cabinet
If I understand, the back of the cabinet is still stuck to the wall, but the cabinet itself is pulling off? I would do just like the video shows and just pull the cabinet back to the wall and screw it in with some long screws and L brackets.
@@MikeKlimek I did that but unfortunately some idiot decided to put staples into the cabinet so the back that’s still stuck to the wall has staples poking out and I can’t get it to close all the way to the wall. I mean I got the gap down tremendously but still what do I do?
@@windiramsey4425 I would get wire cutters and snip off the staples as close as you can. Worst case use a standard screwdriver and a hammer and shear them off or knock them flat. Then you can screw it tight to the wall
Why wouldn't you place a 1 x 1 piece of wood on the top, screw it from the bottom and then screw the 1 x 1 to the wall? You also forgot to cut the staples off so it could lay flush against panel.
There are several ways to to this. Your suggestion of using the 1"x1" wood will produce the same results as the angle brackets. I happened to have the angle brackets on hand
Great, I will be doing this on the cabinet where my microwave hangs
Drill pilot holes
My cabinet is doing the same but I do not have access to the top of it.
I would add some long screws (maybe 3") to the inside top. Find the wall studs using a stud finder (do this under the cabinet and transfer the readings up to the top of the cabinet). Open the doors and screw it back to the wall.
I think i literally have the same cabinets, and the same problem.... 😢. Fo anyone else watching, I would avoid putting brackets on the inside where they're visible. I would do one on each side of the top (the corners) as well as the one in the middle on the top.
Why not just take it down to repair?
You certainly could, but more work than I wanted to do, plus there was a pretty good chance of additional damage
You get a like just for using "menagerie".
I'll take it! That's pretty funny