Ikea Metod rail installation mounting tips

Dear all, unfortunately I haven't found an answer by searching on the WWW and in forums, so I am asking you. In my kitchen, only 2 wall cabinets are to be installed on one wall and one cabinet (all Metod) on the other wall. Now the question: with which saw can I cut the wall rail, and which screws/dowels should I use? I have a 60x60 wall cabinet and a 140x40 (horizontal), which will be placed directly next to each other. I need the rest of the rail on the other wall. I have universal dowels UX 8x50R and screws 5x70. They should be sufficient and hold quite some weight, right? Is it better to space them 20cm apart or are 25cm enough? I have a really ugly wall where drilling deeper holes is very difficult, so every hole less would be welcome :/ Would it be manageable alone or should I get help to install it? Many thanks in advance for tips and advice.

Hello, you can shorten the rail with a Puk saw. It should also work with the saw. The installation instructions specify a maximum hole spacing of 30 cm. The screws and plugs should be fine. Everyone uses the usual plugs for this, but Fischer says that such plugs are not suitable for heavy hanging cabinets. Make sure that they are not countersunk screws. If the wall cabinet is only hanging on the wall and is heavily loaded, I would be a bit cautious. It then pulls quite strongly on the rail. Here, better to use more screws rather than fewer. You can manage all this well on your own, but I also know people who would be completely lost.

Thank you very much for the quick response!!

.. Just couldn't find out what the usual dowels and screws are.. At Ikea, they just told me to get some at the hardware store, the instructions don't say anything about how long or thick they should be at least

IKEA would be stupid to recommend something. They don't know the walls and could possibly be liable if the cabinet doesn't hold and crushes someone due to incorrect advice. I would also never claim that these are definitely the right dowels and screws.

Hello everyone,

unfortunately, the link provided above no longer works and with the Fischer dowel finder I keep ending up at the long shank dowel SXR 8 x 80 Z with Senkholz screw!?

1.) IKEA expert advised against countersunk screws above
2.) why does Fischer offer WOOD screws there?

Probably typically female questions, but lacking male support oops: oops:

I want to hang 80 cm high Metod wall cabinets (37 cm deep) as a sideboard 25 cm above the floor....cabinets are there and already mounted...rail is also there and I already have someone who will shorten the rail.....now I would like to get the screws and dowels so that I have everything when I find a victim to drill into and am unfortunately clueless.....

Does anyone have a tip? I assume it’s a concrete wall.

Thanks in advance