Alternative EASY Way to Hang Cabinets

If you have tools, paint cans, sawhorses and all kinds of things all over the floor you need to create some storage space in your garage. You can use old kitchen cabinets to create extra storage space in your garage and get everything up off of the floor. If you’ve got a friend who’s remodeling their kitchen or if you can get to a flea market, this is an inexpensive way to create storage space in your garage.

There are many ways to attach the cabinets to the studs but here’s the way we prefer:
-You need to use a stud finder to find where the studs are to center your cabinet array.
Once you find the studs, mark them.
-Take a one by four backer board that will screw into the studs and that’s what you want to hang the cabinets from.
-What you need to do is cut two of these one by four backer boards at opposing 45 degree angles.
-Also, use a Push Shoe to push the material through the table saw so that your hands aren’t imperiled by the spinning blade.
-One board cut at a 45 degree angle we’ll screw into the studs horizontally.
-The opposing 45 degree board we’ll attach to the back of the cabinets.
-Once the board is attached to the cabinets, it will form a lip that will drop into the opposing 45 degree board we’ve attached to the wall.
-And this method will hold the cabinet securely. And by using this method, you can slide the cabinet back and forth if you need to (for example if you’re off center in relation to your base cabinets which will sit on the floor) because it’s not one board attached to the studs.
-Once the wall cabinets are hung and the base cabinets are in place, you can further customize your garage cabinets by adding a countertop.
-Check you home center for bargains. In our case, we bought a 10-foot long counter top for 20 dollars that originally was priced at 108 dollars because it had a slight scratch on it.

By recycling cabinets and using them as storage for your garage you’re not only saving landfill space, but you can add a nice aesthetic look to your garage and get rid of the clutter in your life.

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[davidr]

if you need to hang uppers single handed and you don't mind that they stand off the wall 1/2 inch and there's rough lumber showing at the rear, this is a great method. one step she didn't show that you'll want to do is put another strip of wood at the bottom of the cabinets so they don't hang off the wall canted inward. Also, once you have the cabinets where you want them, throw a couple screws in each cabinet to secure them to the wall so they can't be bumped off. admittedly, gravity will probably keep that from happening but how hard is it to make sure with a couple screws.

Also, the screw she used to secure the ledger board was a bit long, when hanging ledger you want 2-1/2 inch so you're only going 1-1/2 inch into the stud . That way you don't accidentally penetrate a wire or pipe that could be running through the middle of the wall stud. Also, the screw she used to secure the counter top looked a bit short. You don't want it too long of course, it will come out the top side, but you want it to go at least 1/2 inch into the counter top. again, gravity helps hod it down, you just need it not to slide.

[maryjayne]

Now I see why the thumbs down. Always a good idea to read comments to see if a tutorial will work for you. That tilted cabinet is a bad example of how to do it.

[galenhousley]

That trick with the 45 degree backer boards is magical, thank you for sharing!

[michaelmichaels]

If you want saggy cabinets that lean forward, this is definitely the way to do it

[warriorlink]

Good idea, though I would have made a ledger on the top and on the bottom to keep the cabinets from tilting. Unless there was a step that was missed.

[ianbell]

Good video. Did I miss something? With a single ledger won’t the cabinets be leaning forward? Thanks.

[abdirizakmahamed]

Very nice. The message of the video was very clear, and so was the demonstration. Appreciate it.

[mcm]

I'm just curious who would want their cabinets sticking out from the wall with rough lumber showing? Doesn't make sense to me.

[chinfur_]

Yes, there needs to be a lower ledger board to keep the cabinet parallel to the wall and also to secure the cabinet at the bottom..

[backthebadge]

Tilted cabinets without a lower backer board and seriously undersized screws used to mount the French cleat to the wall and studs…..not the right way to do this at all…sorry

[AdamSmith-nqwk]

its important that your cabinets are level and plumb, which those cabinets are not. if you don't want the gap from the catch board she has, put a resting board in and clean the screw holes up after you take it off. this is why people have to go in after and redo things

[nicolelalondebourgeois]

Agree. What happens to the bottom. It’s 2 inches away from the wall !?

[medregio]

Congratulations for you awsome project..From Brazil.

[paulk]

You didn’t address that the cabinets are leaning forward and a shim of the same thickness needs to be added to the lower part of the hanging cabinets to make them level

[Mixwell]

I got 2 of those cabinets like she's unloading in the beginning of the video as an employee at Lowes on clearance because the doors weren't aligned so i got em for $5 each. Need to mount them in my garage for some extra storage but I will not be using the ledger aka French cleats as shown in the video. She should have used the same material on the bottom of her cabinets so they sit flush agains the wall.

[GeneralLeeIrritable]

Seems like you would want more than one screw in the stud to hang that cabinetry and all the stuff you wanted to store in there.

[cycledcnva]

This is a great demonstration and a terrific organization method!

[jaimecondejr]

Are the 45 cuts really sturdy enough or once you find where you like it, are there additional screws placed through it?

[GOLDFOLDS]

looks like this is for a rental property. total schlock job

[xokree]

Thank you. If she can do it then I can do it too. Unfortunately the men in my life are simply not dependable but a wise woman will always build her home, even if she has to do it alone.