I'm sure you've thought about building your own kitchen or built in cupboards even if you have no clue where to begin it's not as hard as you think. People that are good with their hands won't have a problem although it helps if you have the right tools and plans for you kitchen cupboards. The first step would be to take measurements of the floor plan of the kitchen. You will have to measure the height of the ceiling, the length of the walls and the dimensions of the doors and windows. It's important to get the right measurements otherwise your kitchens units won't fit into the floor plan and this can be a disaster not to mention time consuming to fix. One thing that's worse than fixing a kitchen cabinet is fixing the door. Doors don't have PVC Renolit edging like the carcass. Some are made of MDF super wood so the edging is machined onto the doors edge.
After you've taken the dimensions of your kitchen you can do the kitchen designs and place kitchen cupboard units in floor plan. It's pretty easy these days to design your own kitchen because there is allot of companies that give away their design software free of charge. I use www.kitchendraw.com to do all my kitchen designs. Kitchen draw is very easy to use and has a photo realistic function that makes your kitchen designs look like a photo.
You'll be able to see if the kitchen design works once you've finished it. If the kitchen is too big for the floor plan you will also see it. You will also be able to identify whether the fridge' position is correct and if placing it in the door way of the kitchen where all the people come in will be right. The sink should always be under the window otherwise you will look into the wall if you wash dishes.
Now for the next step you will have to make a list of the materials you are going to need to build your kitchen units. You will also have to decide on a counter top for the kitchen. To build your kitchen units you must create a cut list on which you will explain how big your melamine chipboard pieces must be and on which side they must be edged. Remember to make the carcasses in white melamine because it's much cheaper.
Before you put your kitchen units together, it is wise to put together a shopping list of all the hardware you will need for the task at hand. 6x40mm chipboard screws are used for assembling the kitchen cupboard units. You will have to work out how many will you need? Remember, hinges and drawer runners use shorter chipboard screws to fix them to the kitchen cupboards carcass. PVC adjustable plastic legs are perfect to level your kitchen units. Silicone is very important for sealing work. You will use this to seal the hole that you will cut out of your kitchen counter top for your sink. One of the best investments I made for assembling tools is to buy a nail gun. This tool will help your workmanship as it allows the cupboards to be perfectly lined up while the chipboard screw secures it. It also saves you a heck of a lot of time because of its super fast efficiency.
Once you've cut all you wood and ordered all your materials to assemble and install your kitchen cupboards you may begin to build. Work slowly and carefully when you're assembling the first kitchen cupboard you've ever built. It takes much more time and effort to fix a mistake you made with cupboards than to actually build the cupboard itself.
You can put all your kitchen units in the floor plan once you've built them all. Start from the highest point of the kitchen when you level the kitchen units. Also remember that they must be 100% level otherwise the doors will look skew. If that happens you can just adjust the door if it's skew.
Once you've placed all your kitchens units into your kitchens design you can hang the cabinet doors on the cupboard's carcass and fit the counter top. After you've cut out the hole for the sink don't forget to seal the edges with silicone. Remember that water gets in everywhere and if it get's into contact with chipboard the chipboard swells up the Weat-bix. - 32406
After you've taken the dimensions of your kitchen you can do the kitchen designs and place kitchen cupboard units in floor plan. It's pretty easy these days to design your own kitchen because there is allot of companies that give away their design software free of charge. I use www.kitchendraw.com to do all my kitchen designs. Kitchen draw is very easy to use and has a photo realistic function that makes your kitchen designs look like a photo.
You'll be able to see if the kitchen design works once you've finished it. If the kitchen is too big for the floor plan you will also see it. You will also be able to identify whether the fridge' position is correct and if placing it in the door way of the kitchen where all the people come in will be right. The sink should always be under the window otherwise you will look into the wall if you wash dishes.
Now for the next step you will have to make a list of the materials you are going to need to build your kitchen units. You will also have to decide on a counter top for the kitchen. To build your kitchen units you must create a cut list on which you will explain how big your melamine chipboard pieces must be and on which side they must be edged. Remember to make the carcasses in white melamine because it's much cheaper.
Before you put your kitchen units together, it is wise to put together a shopping list of all the hardware you will need for the task at hand. 6x40mm chipboard screws are used for assembling the kitchen cupboard units. You will have to work out how many will you need? Remember, hinges and drawer runners use shorter chipboard screws to fix them to the kitchen cupboards carcass. PVC adjustable plastic legs are perfect to level your kitchen units. Silicone is very important for sealing work. You will use this to seal the hole that you will cut out of your kitchen counter top for your sink. One of the best investments I made for assembling tools is to buy a nail gun. This tool will help your workmanship as it allows the cupboards to be perfectly lined up while the chipboard screw secures it. It also saves you a heck of a lot of time because of its super fast efficiency.
Once you've cut all you wood and ordered all your materials to assemble and install your kitchen cupboards you may begin to build. Work slowly and carefully when you're assembling the first kitchen cupboard you've ever built. It takes much more time and effort to fix a mistake you made with cupboards than to actually build the cupboard itself.
You can put all your kitchen units in the floor plan once you've built them all. Start from the highest point of the kitchen when you level the kitchen units. Also remember that they must be 100% level otherwise the doors will look skew. If that happens you can just adjust the door if it's skew.
Once you've placed all your kitchens units into your kitchens design you can hang the cabinet doors on the cupboard's carcass and fit the counter top. After you've cut out the hole for the sink don't forget to seal the edges with silicone. Remember that water gets in everywhere and if it get's into contact with chipboard the chipboard swells up the Weat-bix. - 32406
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