How to attach an Ikea cupboard to the wall with uneven walls?

  • Erstellt am 2015-10-31 11:00:22

mezo

2015-10-31 11:00:22
  • #1
Hello, I bought a Metod tall cabinet and have already assembled it. After aligning it against the wall, I noticed that the wall is extremely crooked and there is about 4 cm of space at the top.



Now I am wondering how I should attach it to the wall.

Another problem is yet to come, as I want to hang wall cabinets next to this cabinet, and the same problem will occur there.

Best regards
 

IKEA-Experte

2015-10-31 12:32:45
  • #2
The cabinet is aligned vertically with the spirit level or what is meant by "aligned to the wall"?
 

mezo

2015-10-31 19:13:45
  • #3
Oops yes. Of course with the spirit level
 

robi_aus_ffm

2015-10-31 20:02:39
  • #4
You can be glad that the slope goes upwards to the back left; if it went forward, the glasses would fall out of the cabinet.
If, for example, you want to install an 80 cm upper cabinet and there is already a 1 cm slope within those 80 cm, you could attach a 1 cm thick wooden strip under the metal rail; you can use the same dowel holes with correspondingly longer screws.
This strip covers the gap:


Just an idea
Best regards, Robi
 

mezo

2015-10-31 23:01:24
  • #5

Strictly speaking, that would be better; then I would have no problems attaching it at the top and would have the gap at the bottom instead.
 

alsk1

2015-11-17 03:27:19
  • #6
I would then take the white cover strip, since you have a white carcass:

You can probably only attach the cabinet with an angle bracket that has a correspondingly long leg (tilt protection). You’ll have to go to the hardware store. Possibly even install 2 angle brackets on top so that the carcass cannot twist (this can happen with one bracket) and it could then be that the screw tears out.
 

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