Exact width Ikea Maximera / Utrusta

Hello! I urgently need your help! I would like to install drawers in my existing NON-Ikea kitchen – that is, retrofit them. I thought I could simply install the Maximera or Utrusta parts. How wide are they exactly? On the website, I find the dimensions 60x60 cm. Is that the exact width or is that an indication that they are for a 60 cm cabinet?? My cabinets have a clear internal width of 57.5 cm... It would be great if someone could help me! Best regards Marion

Hi,

please reorder the parts from your kitchen manufacturer.
The internal dimension of 60 cm Ikea cabinets is about 56.5 cm, I don’t have the depth in mind right now, but it is almost ALWAYS deeper than with other companies. That means, even if you fiddle with the internal width, it might not fit in depth. Furthermore, the drillings for Utrusta and Maximera are certainly different from those of your kitchen. Properly fitting that so the drawers run smoothly is tricky to impossible.

NfU

Nayla

Ultimately, the question is how much you are willing to tinker. If the light width is actually only 57.5 cm, this means a thickness of the carcass walls of only 13 mm. Is it solid wood? For chipboard, that is a bit thin. Depth should be 54 cm available, slightly more when used as inner drawers. METOD carcasses are 564 mm wide inside; with a larger width, small boards could be mounted between the carcass and carcass rails to compensate. As Nayla already wrote, holes need to be drilled anew. This is quite doable if you place the rails on a shelf, secure them with clamps, and then drill the holes. To ensure the holes are centered, it is recommended to slide a 6 mm brass tube over the 5 mm wood drill bit. When drilling, care should be taken that no drill dust gets into the rails.

Thank you very much for your answers. Unfortunately, I have no chance with the kitchen manufacturer - they no longer exist. So I will have to tinker around it... I will probably test it first with an extension. If it is too complicated, I will just leave everything as it is now...
Best regards
Marion