How To Install Filler On Cabinets

Apply a bead of glue to the edge of the filler opposite the side with the countersink holes.

How to install filler on cabinets. Leave the correct gaps for appliances. Select one thats closest to the width of the gap. Install a Toe-Kick Nail a plain 34-inch filler strip in place then attach a thinner piece that is finished to match the cabinet.

To each measurement and draw a cutting line on the backside of a filler strip. The gun was angled ever-so-slightly towards the back to prevent a rogue nail from poking through the front of our finish piece. Add filler strips wherever the cabinets come up short of walls as we show in Photos 4 6 or wherever the plan calls for them.

If you dont have a flush end panel on your cabinet where the install will take place you will need to shim out or use a small wafer piece to place in-between the filler and your existing base cabinet. 3 Tape the filler in. Scott used his circular saw on all the cuts and once we had our first filler to size we used short 125 nails with our nail gun to attach the filler to the cabinet.

Select the filler by width --they should already be cut to length -- from the loose parts that came with the set of cabinets. Using a scriber mark a line down the filler where you need to cut. Insert appropriate sized screws that are long enough to penetrate through the hole extending out the.

The other filler is cut at 3 and sent loose to the job site so the installer has plenty of material to work with if the walls are extremely bad. Install Blocking on the Back Cut down your filler to the dimensions you will need. Then cut scrap wood we like to use 2 x 4s to create blocking.

It is attached flush with the face of the cabinet. Learn how to close off cabinet gaps by installing filler strips and cover panels. Precisely fit and install these strips for a neat seamless finish.