IKEA Faktum legs/feet

Regarding the hole in the sink for the faucet: This is almost never present with stainless steel sinks, regardless of whether they are from Ikea or any other manufacturer. This makes sense because if you have, for example, a draining board, you can install it either on the right or left. If there were a pre-punched hole, the sink would have to be produced and stocked in two versions. Additionally, there are different faucets that require differently sized holes. Another advantage is that you can sometimes choose whether you want the faucet in the middle or on the side.

Regarding the drawers: The instructions now show how to remove them. I find the method shown by IKEA (pulling upwards with a lot of force until it jumps off the rail [does not apply to Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy...]) terrible, but at least it works.

Regarding the legs: The support can be fixed to the cabinet with a screw. If the inserted legs fall out, it helps to thicken the top of the leg with a piece of tape so that they fit more tightly in the holder. So far, when setting up my kitchen, I have simply lifted the base cabinets slightly vertically and positioned them. That was never a problem.

I also find it annoying that the connection cable is not included. With my AEG cooktop, it was permanently attached. However, with a classic stove, it is never included either.

@ IKEA expert: Drawer disassembly:

I agree with you, the option is in the manual, but it is wrong!!!
If you look under the drawer, there is a white nose hidden on the right side of the rail. Press this in with a screwdriver and at the same time push the rail backwards. Do the same on the other side and presto, the drawer comes out.

Why wrong? It works as shown in the manual. However, it pains me at heart to do it this way and I do it as you described. For people who are not so dexterous, this is difficult with the bottom drawer and generally with some others, for example when I think of many elderly people.

Topic oven / hob:
There used to be ...
Today it is different:
Hobs require a cable to connect to high voltage and the oven requires a socket (230 volts).

This only applies to IKEA. Even today, practically all manufacturers offer cookers with hobs. Ovens (for high installation) and separate hobs have existed for a long time, but in the past switch boxes were often offered for the hobs because the control on the hob takes up a lot of space and electronic power control was not yet available.

Hi,

it's already been a day since the last post, but my suggestion: Stick a piece of double-sided tape between the baseboard and the cabinet. Then no leg will fall out when pushing it back in.

Then I assume that you have Capita stainless steel legs?

But there should be 16 screws included for each leg!



I honestly can't imagine that they are missing from ALL the legs.

I'm sorry, I have to dig up this old post because I have a problem with these screws, they are too small for the IKEA cabinet where the oven is installed (Metod). What should I do now? Is there a replacement available at IKEA?

The screws are exactly right. There are no pre-drilled holes for Capita, you have to screw directly into the wood. In the assembly instructions, you can see that the pre-drilled holes are not used.