Ikea Metod Tall Cabinet - Problems during Assembly

Hello, while looking for a simple tall cabinet for our already existing kitchen (not from Ikea), an employee recommended the Ikea Metod tall cabinet. We bought this tall cabinet yesterday, along with the Metod plastic feet and the Metod plinth.

While assembling the corpus, I noticed that the cabinet is supposed to be mounted on the wall, more precisely on a rail. The employee didn’t mention that. When we then mounted the plastic feet, we had serious doubts about how these 4 little feet, which don’t even sit firmly (one foot wobbled back and forth and kept falling off), were supposed to hold a 2-meter tall cabinet, including door and shelves. The plinth is also made of plastic and does not contribute to stability. Besides, it was impossible for us to attach this plinth. After sawing it, the sides and front/back sides didn’t fit properly together, and the clips you’re supposed to slide into the plinth and connect to the feet caused countless blisters on our fingers.

At the moment, the cabinet is just lying in our living room because we don’t dare to put it on the wobbly feet.

What should we do now? Is it even possible to set up the cabinet without wall mounting? Do the Capita feet provide more stability? Has anyone had similar problems or perhaps a more detailed manual?

I’m grateful for any useful advice.

You don't have to attach the wardrobe with the rail; there should be brackets included to mount it "traditionally" with screws and anchors. I would definitely fix it to the wall. The feet are a bit fiddly, but there is no "trick." Once the wardrobe is standing, the feet are stable as well; you just shouldn't push it. And check if this here might help you:

YouTube.com/watch?v=BeRXze_jcp8

Thank you for the response. Unfortunately, the video doesn't really help.

We will then attach the cabinet to the wall tomorrow and hope that the feet can handle it. The problem with the baseboards remains. The biggest problem is that I don't know exactly how the side parts of the baseboard are supposed to be attached.

Option 1: This is how the brackets that surround the feet would perfectly hold the foot. However, it seems to be shown in the manual that the baseboard should not rest on the narrow black surface of the foot.


Option 2: This way, the baseboard would not rest on the narrow black surface of the foot (as stated in the manual), but the clips would then no longer be long enough to fully grip the foot.


So I don't know how to proceed here.

on page 2 of the base instructions (graphic top left) you see the correct version.
with you the first picture.
regards robi

Then just take the CAPITA legs. They are more stable. Apart from that, a tall cabinet should always be mounted to the wall. Let a child pull themselves up on it, or you catch yourself on it while stumbling.......that's all there is to it.