Help please: How to install IKEA deco strip at top of cabs
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Comments (31)Our plugmold was installed without the end fitting. I can see how that extra space could have made it easier. It was a PITA to get it back up when we had to pull the plugmold down to install our backsplash, then put it back up a little bit further out. Extra hard because one of my runs of plugmold is 3 sections for a total of 13 feet long. Either there already is a punchout in the side of the plugmold for the wires to be pulled through, or our electrician cut a hole for them. The punchout is in both pieces - the base and the cover. Our plugmold faces down towards the counter, and the wires come in from the side. The wires come out of the wall just under the bottom of the cabinet, similar to yours. So basically, if you imagine the cover of the plugmold is shaped like a U, with the open top of the U wrapped around the base part of the plugmold and the bottom of the U is where the receptacles are, the wires come in from a punchout in the side of the U that is next to the wall. Our plugmold is mounted to the bottom of the cabinet, not to the wall. However, I have frameless cabinets, so the bottom of my cabinets are flat, they do not have the short piece of cabinet that comes down under the cabinet. Does that make any sense ? As far as the tamper resistance goes ... do you have the option to NOT have TR ? I find the TR outlets through the rest of my house *extremely* hard to plug into. I can't imagine trying to force a plug into an outlet when the receptacle is mounted facing down (or even angled) up under the bottom of the cabinet....See MoreTrying to dress up my Ikea cabs - opinion?
Comments (12)Dawn, Please share more of your kitchen and then I will be sure to help you. I loved the white color and the look of the door your chose for your Ikea Cabinets. I brought home 6 doors and that is the door that looked best with my tiles. I think the warm but very white color is a match to BM Simply White. I missed the sale and was not able to price out the cabinets to compare with the other manufactures I was looking at and since I would have to hire someone to install them and put the cabinets together, I needed to see the whole price. I do think light rail and crown molding will look great!...See MoreMath help: how high to mount IKEA rail?
Comments (0)I can't get the math right on how high to install the hanging rail. Ikea instructions say 92 5/8 without specifying distance between countertop and upper cabinet. I'd like to have 18" of space above the countertop. I can't decide whether the 18" should go to the bottom of the cabinets or the bottom of the light rail. I don't own any tall appliances. I just want whatever height will look best visually. My calculation for top of upper cabinets: 36+18+39 1/8 = 93 1/8" IKEA Home Planner software: 4 5/16 + 30 6/16 + 21 1/16 + 39 3/16 = 94 15/16" IKEA official instructions: 92 5/8" IKEA deco strip light rail: 2 1/4" - 2 3/8" Any help would be greatly appreciated!...See MoreIkea cabinet install help - does this look strange?
Comments (61)" I actually don't blame the GC. He built what was on the plans." Nope. He doesn't get off that easily. He should know better and be experienced enough to correct an architect. I've done it many times and they hate it. Here's a picture of wayyyy out-of-code winding stairs on a home I'm doing a countertop for that were built in the 90s. I can promise you the architect drew 4 risers pointing into that corner, that's what the framer framed, and amazingly, inspection passed. My customer is pregnant with her first, and the thought of a toddler taking a 29" step with no handrail in a couple years gives me the willies. Of course there is a landing and another set just like these, doubling her chances of injury. I would have told the customer I was sorry, but the bedroom door would have to be moved, because a 6" minimum tread width at the corner would require more run. Were I installing Katrina's cabinets, I would have refused until the paper pushers worked it out and backcharged for ruining my schedule. 'Cause when the red tags come flyin', everyone looks to not pay the guy who put it in wrong first, no matter who or what was drawn....See More- 7 years agolast modified: 7 years ago
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