How To Install Kitchen Cabinets?

1. VOCABULARY

1) THE KITCHEN

2) BASE UNIT

3) WALL UNIT

4) UNIT CABINET TYPE DECOMPOSITION

Single door base cabinet

Three drawer cabinet material list

Double swing door corner basket cabinet(left open)structure

Double door sink base cabinet

Double door wall cabinet

Single door deep wall cabinet

Corner wall cabinet

Fold-up door wall cabinet

Double door base cabinet

Single swing door corner basket cabinet(left open) structure

Corner basket cabinet (right open) structure

Single door wall cabinet

Fold-up door wall cabinet

Double door deep wall cabinet

Upper single door tall cabinet

5) YOUR TOOLBOX (RECOMMANDATIONS)

6 ) IN YOUR HARDWARE PACKAGE (ACCOUDING TO YOUR ORDER FORM)

2. BEFORE STARTING : TAKE SOME PRECAUTIONS

1) GET SPACE READY FOR NEW KITCHEN

Create spare kitchen

Create storage space

Prepare and protect the visible surfaces of your room

2) PEACE OF MIND

Check the positioning of electrical outlets and plumbing with your layout

3) CHECK THE LEVEL OF THE FLOOR AND THE BRACKETNESS OF THE WALLS, THEN CHOOSE THE MOST SUITABLE WALL FIXINGS

4) SECURITY AND SAFETY ADVICES DURING THE FITTING

Do not hesitate to ask for help or advice if you are unsure.
Beware of the cutting edge of the cardboard and paper!
Never climb on boxes or furniture, use a stepladder!
Use the correct wall fixings.
Make rounded cutouts of the worktop, or it may crack
When cutting the laminate worktop, be careful not to cut yourself on the shards.
Do not put spot on top of a door, to avoid the risk of fire.
Be careful to the glass shelves on the non-slip tab to avoid cutting yourself with broken glass.

Be careful with the screws!

3. INSTALLATION PROCEDURE

1 – Check the drawing

3 – Unpack cartons

5 – Base cabinet assembly

7 – Base cabinet installation

9 – Accessory installation

2 – Position

4 – Wall cabinet assembly

6 – Wall cabinet installation

8 – Countertop installation

10 – Clean

4. CABINET CONNECTION INSTRUCTION

1) BRIEF

A complete kitchen cabinet is installed by numbers of independent small unit cabinets. Need to assemble all the unit cabinets, then connect them together refering to the drawing.

2) PACKING INSTRUCTION

The whole kitchen cabinet is packed separated in unit cabinet carcasses, door panels, hardware fittings, countertop and electrical appliances.

Each unit cabinet carcass is packed in one box; door panels are packed in well-protected packages; hardware fittings is packed in one small box; counter tops are packed in wood pallet.

There is a shipping mark on each package.

3) UNPACK PACKINGS

refereting to drawing,packing list and shipping mark,pick out one unit cabinet carcass,lay the panels on floor. (Unpack

packing one and assembled,one by one.)

4) CONNECTING ACCESSORIES FIXING INSTRUCTION

Ready all the connecting accessories of unite small cabinet,first hit the hard plastic fasteners,tighten up the knoc-down screw and then wood bolt.

5) UNIT CARCASS PANELS CONNECTING

Put one side panel on another side panel which fixed the connecting accessories,then tighten up the outside side panel

knock-down screw.

6) BACK PANEL ASSEMBLING

Fix the braces and former braces , plug back panel into the corresponding slots.

7) DRAWER BOX

5. HOW TO ASSEMBLE

5.1 I-SHAPE KITCHEN

5.1.1 WHERE TO START ?

5.1.2 FITTING OF BASE AND TALL UNITS

1) PLACE THE 1ST ELEMENT

2) FASTEN THIS UNIT TO THE WALL

3) PLACING THE 2ND AND FOLLOWING UNITS

1 Place/Level

2 Link the units

4) IF PIPES OR WIRES, CUT THE SIDE

5) PLACE A SPACE FOR THE DISHWASHER

5.2 L-SHAPE KITCHEN

5.2.1 WHERE TO START ?

5.2.2 FITTING OF ANGLE BASE UNIT 90x90

1) LEVEL THE UNIT BY ADJUSTING THE LEGS

2) DRAW THE LEVEL OF YOUR WORKTOP ON THE WALL

3) REMOVE THE UNIT AND PLACE THE CLEATS(WORKTOP SUPPORTS)

4) RE-INSTALL YOU ANGLE BASE UNIT

5) PLACE THE FOLLOWING UNIT

6) LEVEL IT BY ADJUSTING THE LEGS

7) FASTEN IT TO THE ANGLE BASE UNIT AND TO THE WALL

5.3 FITTING OF A LINEAR ANGLE BASE UNIT

1) PLACE THE FIRST ANGLE BASE UNIT

2) DRAW THE LEVEL OF YOUR WORKTOP ON THE WALL

3) REMOVE THE UNIT AND PLACE THE CLEATS (WORKTOP SUPPORT)

4) REPLACE YOUR ANGLE BASE UNIT LEAVING A SPACE OF 15CM BETWEEN THE CABINET AND THE WALL

5) FASTEN IT TO THE WALL (LEAVE THE SPACE OF 15CM)

6) PLACE THE 2ND UNIT AND THE FILLER BETWEEN THEM

7) ATTACH THE 2 UNITS TOGETHER WITH THE FILLER

8) FASTEN THE 2D UNIT TO THE WALL

5.4 ISLAND OR PENINSULAR KITCHEN

5.4.1 WHERE TO START ?

5.4.2 FITTING OF AN ISLAND

1) PLACE THE FIRST UNIT OF THE ISLAND AND LEVEL IT

2) PLACE, THE SECIND, THIRD, ETC UNITS AND CHECK THE LEVELING OF THEM ALL

3) FASTENING OF 2 ELEMENTS TOGERHER

Option 1: side by side

Option 2: back to back

5.5 WALL UNITS

1) PREPARE FITTING OF WALL UNITS

Option 1: Lay-out without tall units

Option 2: Lay-out with tall units

2) PLACE HANGING BRACKETS FOR THE WALL UNITS

3) PLACING A WALL UNIT

4) PLACE THE SECOND, THIRD, ETC WALL UNITS

5) FASTEN THE UNITS TO EACH OTHER

5.6 NICHES

1) PLACE THE HANGING BRACKETS ON THE WALL

2) PLACE THE HANGING BRACKETS ON THE BLACK OF THE NICHE IN THE PRE-DRILLED HOLES

3) PRATICULAR CASES: NICHES IN DEPTH 15,4CM

4) INSTALLING THE NICHE ON THE WALL

1.Hang the niche on the wall

2.Tap lightly with a mallet or by hand on the ceiling of the niche near the wall

Attention: H =138mm and D = 360 or 440 mm: do not place the niche alone on the wall

Link the niche to a neighbour furniture:

5.7 LED SPORTS OPTION (BEFORE MOUNTING OF WALL UNITS AND NICHES)

1) PLACED ON THE FLOOR, RETURN YOUR UNIT, CONNECT THE SPOT, INSERT THE WIRE AND THEN THE SPOT

2) FASTEN THE WALL UNIT AND CONNECT IT TO THE TRANSFORMER

Particular case : niche placed separately on the wall

5.8 WORKTOPS

1) PLACING YOUR WORKTOP

Check the direction: edge towards the outside

2) LOCATE AND DRAW THE POSITIONG OF UNITS

The sinks must always be placed on a single worktop. Realise your cuts according to the furniture.

3) CUT THE WORKTOP

4) LINKING 2 WORKTOPS

1.Coat one of the sides and spread glue on the top of the edge. Then move your finger to apply glue to the top of the worktop.

2.Align the workops at the samae heigth and take away the additional glue.

3.Place the worktop assembler and tighten firmly

5) SEAL AND POSITION YOUR WORKTOP

6) FIXING THE WORKTOP

5.9 ELEMENTS ON WORKTOP

1) SEAL THE CUTOUTS OF THE WORKTOP

In the flushfittings and cut-outs for hobs and sinks: Protect the edge of the cutout with aluminum adhesive, silicone joint or neoprene glue.

2) PLACE THE SINK

Our advice: To ensure sealing and maintenance,sinks must be based on a silicone layer. It is necessary to install the supplied brackets in addition to the silicone seal.

– Excessive tightening can put the sink under pressure and create unnecessary tensions.

– Do not screw the cups tight to avoid them breaking.

– When opending of emptying bag, ensure that no part escapes.

– Check after a few years the state of your joints to redo if necessary

3) PLACING THE HOB

4) PLACE THE TAP ON THE SINK

– Purge the system (completely empty pipes of impurities) before connecting the tap.

– The tightening of the supply hoses in the body of the tap must be done without tools.

5.10 PEMOMSULAR FTONT

Reminder: a peninsular front is the trim of the units back

5.11 DECORATIVE PANEL

1) AS A SPLASBACK

Once installed the backsplash, make a silicone seal.

2) IN AN END PANEL

We recommend that you install a sealing profiled(Ref PROFALV or PROMIRC.Drop the silicone in the groove of the profile that receives the joint between the profile and the worktop).

3) ON A BACK

5.12 FILLERS

1) CUT THE FILLER INTO THE CORRECT WIDTH

Our advice:

Finishes are essential to the success of a fitting.At this stage, all errors will be visible and depreciatory. Also, take your time and calmly prepare the following operations.