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- Either stand-alone or integrated corner cabinets can require special installation.construction,cabinets image by Greg Pickens from Fotolia.com
A corner cabinet can provide valuable storage, helping you make the most of every corner of your living space. Mounting a corner cabinet may require slightly different brackets than usual cabinetry, as you'll be working with two faces of abutting walls, instead of just one. If your cabinet unit comes with brackets, follow the enclosed mounting instructions for the safest and sturdiest fit. - Stand-alone corner cabinets often have "bracket feet," broad and often decorative supports at the acute corners where the cabinet meets each wall. The feet usually consist of two pieces of wood, one flush with the cabinet's front face and the other flush with the wall. The bracket feet may meet the bottom of the cabinet with a sculpted or straight line, to match the cabinet's lines and overall style. The two visible bracket feet balance with a third foot, often larger, which is located at the cabinet's far corner, obscured from general view. On fine cabinetry, the exposed bracket feet may display elegant joinery techniques, such as dovetail joints. If a series of cabinets runs along a corner in the wall, it may feature an inverted L-shaped bracket foot where the cabinet turns the corner.
- Sometimes the bracket feet of a corner cabinet require leveling for the entire unit to sit flush with the wall and even with the horizontal. In older homes or homes with old flooring, this scenario is especially common. In such cases, you can use corner bracket levelers, which allow height adjustment with a screwdriver or a wrench. Typically the bracket feet do not bear the weight directly, but transfer it to a single padded foot which has a screw head, allowing it to adjust higher and lower.
- Besides the different kinds of bracket feet, you may wish to fasten your free-standing corner cabinet to the wall for added security. A corner cabinet is somewhat less susceptible to falling over than a regular cabinet. Nonetheless, bracketing your corner cabinet to the wall will pose less risk to curious children or climbing toddler. In the case of a suddenly slammed doors or a gust of wind in a highly cross-ventilated homes, your cabinet will remain precisely in place. For very tall corner cabinets, you may be able to use simple L-shaped brackets, affixed to the top of each of the cabinet's sides and to the wall. For lower cabinets, this won't work unless a large item like a television is permanently concealing the unsightly brackets. When installing a row of cabinets, such as for kitchen cabinetry, you'll want to affix all of them to the wall. If the corner cabinet has a curved back, a common technique to allow corner cabinets to fit through 36-inch doorways, then you'll need to install additional ledger board for a solid fit to the wall.
Bracket Feet
Bracket Levelers
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