Need Ideas With Installing Mirror Cabinet

[blursotong 0]

Hi folks,

Old flat with kitchen wall tiles only laid to half height.

Desired position of mirror cabinet would have part of it on tiles (bottom) and part of it 'floating' with a gap to the wall (top part).

Someone has suggested to use a board to fill the gap.

Any other ideas that has worked?

Thanks.

[RimBlock 0]

Hi folks,

Old flat with kitchen wall tiles only laid to half height.

Desired position of mirror cabinet would have part of it on tiles (bottom) and part of it 'floating' with a gap to the wall (top part).

Someone has suggested to use a board to fill the gap.

Any other ideas that has worked?

Thanks.

Most hanging cabinets are designed to be flat against the wall and gain a lot of their hanging strength from doing this. If you move the cabinet out from the wall (say, by a half inch) then it can loose some of the strength. Will the loss have an impact would depend on the weight to be stored. You could make a wooden frame on the wall where the edges of the cabinet will touch and that should elevate the issue.

Which gap are you looking to fill ?. If it is a new kitchen and you want to fill the side then just ask the carpenter to overlap the laminate on to the wooden frame on the wall. Between to the tiles and the bottom of the frame you could use the white filler (usually used fro around sinks etc).

Other options include hacking a row of the tiles and having the cabinets a bit lower or lifting them above the current tiles and having no overlap at all.

RB