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Question on stand-alone wall cabinet, and Kraftmaid.

10 years ago

I am ordering Kraftmaid cabinets from Home Depot. I was surprised by the note in the Kraftmaid installation manual that indicated that a standalone wall cabinet (one that is not attached to any other cabinets), needs to either be supported from below or attached to the ceiling, or it could fall off the wall. Is this normal procedure, or does it reflect some potential weakness in the Kraftmaid quality?

My contractor had never heard of this issue, but I do see that by attaching to an adjacent cabinet, you do get some extra structural stability (2 boxes are stronger than 1 box)

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
10 years ago
Wall cabinets are meant to be attached to a wall not sure about Kraftmaid but Ikea has an actual piece to hang their wall cabinets on and work very well but have to have at least one stud for support this would be the case no matter what.
Sid Wax
Original Author
10 years ago
Apparently this manufacturer does not trust their hang-rail, and allegedly have denied warranty claims when a when the procedure was not followed.

Actually, I misread the instruction and it is worse. As I now understand it, ALL of their wall cabinets are supposed to be attached to the ceiling or a soffit, or supported from below. I am waiting to get an explanation fro the company rep.

The installation manual can be found here:http://kraftmaid.s3.amazonaws.com/content/pdf/care-cleaning-guide-march-2014.pdf
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