Attaching Ikea Cabinets To Each Other

They were 2 brackets for hooking them together at the back and a strip of double sided tape for the front pix.

Attaching ikea cabinets to each other.

You attach that strip to the back of the cabinet then drill from inside the cabinet through the cabinet back filler strip and slightly into the cover panel. If you have limited wall space you could instead build the besta cabinets vertically. I wanted to stack 4 bestå cabinets on top of each other and attach them together to make them very stable. I have some 1 1 4 deck screws on hand.

I use two clamps to squeeze the cabinet frames together. This blue floating wall unit in the picture was made by attaching two three door cabinets in 15 and 25 1 4 on top of each other. Attaching besta cabinets vertically. My cabinets came pre assembled and i know to screw the units together before attaching them to my kitchen walls.

When attaching them to each other though should i be using construction adhesive as well or just screws. Just don t screw it in too. It s stupid and it s pointless and anyone with common sense knows to distribute the nails throughout so that the back of the cabinet is attached evenly. And are there any particular screws i should be using.

I ll see if i can dig up some photos of that part of the process but any ikea kitchen specialist should be able to explain it and point you to the right parts. I then drill the screw pilot holes. Ikea forums warn not to use drills when attaching screws but unless you want to spend months on just the cabinet assembly i say use the drill. Cabinets 24 inches or taller always get three screws connecting the face frames.

Stacking bestå cabinets an alternative sturdier method. To attach them you use the double sided pads and metal clips provided in the besta package.