How to fix cabinets pulling away from the wall
Cabinets frequently pull off wood panel walls or fall to the floor because they were originally held up by simple nails rather than secure mounts. Remounting them is difficult because you cannot easily reach behind the wall to hold a bolt or screw in place while securing the fasteners.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Running screws through the cabinets into the wall
- 2Using screws without threads all the way up the shank to clamp the cabinet
- 3Taking down the cabinets and installing them using a French cleat
- 4Trying out some I have lying around
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“These cabinets are nailed to the wood panel walls in my new house, but are visibly pulling off on one side.”source ↗
AverageAngling · r/HomeMaintenance · 63 upvotes
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