leveling kitchen cabinet

16 years ago

I'm installing kitchen cabinets (RTA) in my remodelled kitchen. I'm lookiing for one easy & reliable wasy to level all base cabinets since I'm putting in granite countertop.

In searching you-tube & the web I cam upon a site (http://ez-level.com/) they have levelers that are installed on the base and the seems very nice.

Have any one tried this, any real user reviews? I do not wants to use wood shims anymore.

Any levellers with proven success?

Tom.

Here is a link that might be useful: http://il.youtube.com/watch?v=95qbrmEZdeY

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bob_cville

16 years ago

I got my RTA cabinets from Scherr's (scherrs.com) and I went with their Leg leveler option. Using them was dead easy, you screw them to the bottom of the cabinet case, set the cabinet in place and then turn the base of the legs one way of the other until the cabinet is perfectly level.

In my kitchen the floor height varied from level bay about 3/4" from one end to the other, but the top of the cabinets were (according to the granite company) more level than they see from most professional cabinet installers.

I don't know what brand of levelers I used, it was whatever brand Scherr's supplies when you specify leg levelers.

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mtom01
Original Author
16 years ago
Thanks Bob; I took a look at Scheer site; how satisfied are you with their cabinets? Did you ge the full plywood version?

Back to levellers, I love the idea of easy levelling with screw in levellers because its easy and can achieve a pefect level, my only concern is that the weight of the cabinet will be just on the four levellers, rather than the entire span of the bottom of cabinet... any concern here?
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jterrilynn
16 years ago
Hi, your cabinets will also be secured to the wall and other cabinetry after leveling.
in some cases there will also be filler strips.
bob_cville
16 years ago
I am really happy with the cabinets I got from Scherrs. What I liked best about them is that since they are completely custom, they can give you whatever you want, you are not limited to choosing from a small fixed number of cabinet sizes, door styles, wood species, and finish colors. The company was very responsive and great to work with.

I did get the full plywood version of the cabinets, although for the cabinet ends that have have the matching veneer surface, the ends were not plywood (apparantly they don't have quarter-sawn red oak veneered plywood sheets.)

Regarding the strength of the levelers, they are made of plastic, but it seems to be a high quality, high density plastic, and seems plenty strong enough to hold up the cabinets.
granite-girl
16 years ago
I watched that video & it looked like the cabinets get raised up on little legs, that don't look very strong. Put granite countertops or whatever on that & then what happens ?
cabmanct
16 years ago
I think you are talking about the camar leg levelers.
I use the metal ones and they are rated to hold 330lbs each, then each box ( having 4 legs ) can hold 1300 lbs. Gang the boxes together and you will never have a problem. I never use a ladder box and shims.
hawkeyeranch_gmail_com
15 years ago
I used the ez level levelers and they ROCK. Although the video shows the guy leveling a kitchen in a few minutes, it actually took us about an hour.

They were very easy to install, but I took the time to read the directions. As far as strength goes... they are made out of very strong metal.

PS: my granite installer could not believe how level our cabinets were and actually took photos!
hawkeyeranch_gmail_com
15 years ago
I used the ez level levelers and they ROCK. Although the video shows the guy leveling a kitchen in a few minutes, it actually took us about an hour.

They were very easy to install, but I took the time to read the directions. As far as strength goes... they are made out of very strong metal.

PS: my granite installer could not believe how level our cabinets were and actually took photos!
DavidM26
14 years ago
For what it's worth, I purchased the EZ-Level cabinet leveling system and they are wonderful! They are so strong it's incredible. They have been holding up the granite for over 4 years now. I highley reccomend them to anyone especially if you have never put in kitchen cabinets before. The feet are like "sleds" not pointy at all. It looks like they made a change a few years ago because I see some old videos that look that way. Anyway, hope this helps. PS: Great company to work with too.