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Bob meets with Charlie who has all the cabinets in place except for a final one that will go on one side of the new Thermador range. Charlie explains that when installing the cabinets Jimmy first determines the high point in the floor since old houses tend to be out of level. Then he draws a level line across the wall from the high point and shims the cabinets up so that the tops correspond with the level line. The shims will later be hidden by a toekick. Then he installs the cabinets centering the sink base on the wall and working his way across. The cabinets are fastened together with the doors off by driving screws through from one stile to the next. The doors are put on after the cabinets are installed. Next Charlie and Bob work on installing the final cabinet, checking for plum and level and shimming where necessary. Charlie drills a hole through the back of the cabinet and into a stud and drives a screw in to secure it in place.

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Kitchen Cabinet Installation

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" You've got all -- place Charlie except. This one in that in this -- artist -- period this when -- places of his cabinet is going side by side to a four point. So we've got a big Thurman or they frozen their shortly -- Okay you're installing our base cabinet yeah all right and that's what how did you get started is that the majority of the cabinets are right along the wall here under the windows. Where did you get started in the room well we have to do first -- we define the high point wrong signals I was on -- level before as normal levels that's what I thought. We determined the theory it was a high point. So couple days ago Jimmy had started installing cabinets -- high point leveled across. And then. So they basically took. The level and drew a level line across the whole walls. Which is where the tops of the cabinets wanna be right. Is at the bottom of the floors and even you will always add shim shingles and bill that is all right. Kind of make up the difference and and that'll be hidden by the -- right but at the top you want to provide a totally flat even surface for the countertops to sit on. You don't want to nation in the countertops -- OK so we started with the same place. And in this instance the only senator on the wall which is really not my way of doing things right in room yeah washing dishes here you're looking straight -- the cardinal or you can look that we're back well okay -- is that the mistakes think -- and then. And then these are all fastened together with the doors still off. So that essentially you're driving screws through from one. Style to the next -- with a side you're facing the inside depth and then after that -- installed we've put into effect on. -- any tricks involved here we've just got a line drawn on the wall here that's gonna move this in the position and it and well. And then we'll take a level and we'll just. We'll. That we have here. And pretty good right there. Him across the top. She buried in a pretty good. -- fiction. Class. Black side. In the news to bring it into plumb just a little bit right just a touch -- and we'll take drove."

" He drove on home. So you know this is going into a stud there yes you'd already checked -- checked it. The things you do want to put your level lines in as you find your studs marked in law and I guess it's very important to make sure that you're fastening them wood to wood yes it is like is that more."

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