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Bob is joined by John Wellborn, from Wellborn Cabinets, and carpenter Paul Anderson for the kitchen cabinet installation. Wellborn clamps cabinet sections together to insure that the joints are nice and tight and that the units are square and flush. Next, a fluted pilaster is attached to the top. This will receive the crown molding that kitchen designer Darci Miller has chosen. Finally, the end panels are attached to each side. To secure the cabinets to the wall, Paul Anderson scores a line on the wall to ensure the units will be level. Then he attaches two-by-fours to the wall for the cabinets to rest on while they are being fastened. Once the cabinets are secure, the 2-by-4's are removed and the cabinet doors attached.

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Kitchen Cabinet Installation

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" We're getting ready to put together the overhead cabinets here in the kitchen. And so John you're just clamping them together and answer shorter time."

" Keeping them flush. Everything is square everything is you know straight out of the factory nothing to worry about and -- construction we usually don't have to worry too much about the walls. But it pretty plumb popped in the -- pretty good. -- Would you got there John. So put a pile asterisk that the crown to crown molding is gonna wrap around the crown molding -- way. I asked Al pacified Ryan so Dorset design has got I think crown molding offsetting going around OK and then Paul these just yet. Together. On the backside here. We -- doing drill the holes they go in the right spot. Is there another end cap like this on this I don't -- so yes I do have a we -- now floors and aplomb as well OK now one of the let me give you can get one and one of the good things about having these end panels is that. If the wall is a little bit out of plumb. You don't have to -- the back of the whole box didn't you work with the end panel right that's correct. Okay everybody has their own. Preferred way of doing this I suppose but I will help out by holding up these two by four's that we already have in place. And once you've got -- and I can snake this through. And once you get the weight of the cabinet on top of the studs that pretty much hold it. OK Paul I've got a hand on if you want to. Skill level on it before we go any further -- after. And scored a line everywhere it's supposed to be level and it's right on the line it's -- received it. Great."

" Mr. Paul's already located our studs --"

" Inside this cabinet's gonna -- Covered with a bead board so we can put a screw just about anywhere I want. It'll be covered. OK and then we put the doors back on. And it's a deal affects us."

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