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Installing Cherry Cabinets
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" All right we're joining Tim now who is a continuing with the installation of the Merillat cabinets you obviously don't need and we that when -- it's that. And you know one of the great advantages of doing a complete rehab to an older house like this is that you have the option. Digging new plumb and level surfaces. That's correct and we worked a little bit on the floor is before we're able to put -- right therefore give us a much better finish so almost every cabinet bottom cabinets to go to put an end practically. Nice and level right went within about any evidence that just a small ship okay. Let's look at some of the features of our Merillat cabinets here one of the things I like and I think is very important in cabinets kitchen cabinets in the drawer construction look at the system that we got here. For the track system we've got here for the -- if if if you look at the whole -- the way it operates it won't catch your fingers. But it does that. Which I think is awesome also you look at the construction of the drawer box itself the size in the front are dovetailed together. And then the face panels which are solitary. Arm attached through to it. But that's always been great thing to have because you don't want to catch little fingers or big fingers. In the in the in the kitchen the construction of the boxes and sauces. Pressed board. But the corners are wrong gospel dissident with a solid piece and -- this is the island in your hand in hand. But the and so we've got a quarter inch piece with the cherry veneer on it we'll look at some of these decorative features a little bit later but let's. Look at what Tim is doing right now. I assume as we said they go to that box doesn't need any shift its it's it's just fine and level it's pretty close we just you know touch in the front corner. OK how they actually being attached. Actually using a two and a half inch cabinet true. Now what makes that -- cabinet screw is just that ahead. Right here on the backside versus a regular sheet rock screw then they'll catch more of the surface holding it. Right. And so you've already measured off on the wall where all your two by four's are right. Hammer the stud lines here here here. That way as I can pull up the backside of the cat and align my holes into the well actually catch the stud. Good time. Okay. How we look at it right on. All right so now we have another box just like it next to it right in this -- with two doors. Sure you don't want it don't get. Those fronts are pretty aren't they aren't they don't have any handles on it yet. But there's a nice simple panel. Now will you need any shimming on the bottom of this one. One's gonna require just a little piece in the front corner. You just rough it in like that yet. And eventually when you've cut the excess off it'll be hidden right now. We're still right on the level. When you do about joining the face frames of these two right here. -- here is actually take a constant. -- We've got the face frame to match right here so we're gonna pilot a hole through the side. So that's gone through the first part of the face trim and into the second part of the other cabinet there. All right we're using this kind of screw to fasten the two face frames together when you called it that's a two inch deck screw. Okay here. -- Now that shim shingle in the front corner has raised the cabinet up the almost eight of an inch. And Tim is just scoring the shim. Snapping it. Still a little bit of the shimmer since the united solid footing. Now the front of the toe kick will be dressed out. With this strip that's got the cherry stain on it are you gonna just nail into. Actually gonna put a little Edith. Construction he's on the backside of now we're ready to go ahead and fasten them. And this outer edge will just be. Stained cement. I'm the opposite wall we've placed in storage like China storage down here with solid panel. And then up here we've got these doors that have the of the glazing and the craftsman style. Martins so there's a nice combination of the two and now are you ready to work with the the island has the look. A table so you've got this first decorative leg. And you already pre drilled there. And this rail comes across and floats out here. Where we have the second leg goes in place are you gonna. Clamp it. Or just hold it I'll just -- you can do the pilot room. About a second screw on the underside. All right so now we've got the three sides built of what looks like an Italian style table. And I think probably we'll add some support in here some solid -- maybe even a gusset at both of these outside corners of course the countertop will really give -- lots of strength. What do you think about where the leg actually sits on the floor. I think what we'll do is it putting me hole here and drive a small screw actually securing it to the floor secure it to the floor great it's gonna be beautiful."