Fixing Kitchen Cabinets to Brick Walls
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30/09/2011
7:03 pm
#1
25 Jul 2011
156
Perth, WA
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We're currently installing our flat-pack Bunnings kitchen and we've hit a small snag with the installation of the overhead cupboards.
The cabinet instructions say something along the lines of "Speak to your local hardware specialist." That's great but every time we go there's no one "qualified" to speak to us and we've been asking (at multiple stores) for weeks now.
So - what do we use to fix overhead Bunnings cabinets to a single brick wall? Obviously we want something quite strong and sturdy and Husband feels that using dynabolts may be a bit of overkill.
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30/09/2011
7:12 pm
#2
15 Feb 2011
287
Mernda Villages
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Re: How to fix overhead cabinets to a brick wall?
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I don't think that dynabolts are an overkill at all. You can get them in 6mm and that would be plenty for any kitchen cupboards that you need to put up. 
A bank is a place that will lend you money only if you can prove that you don't need it...
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30/09/2011
7:41 pm
#3
30 Jul 2011
385
Planet Earth !
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Re: How to fix overhead cabinets to a brick wall?
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Be very careful as there are differing laws in each state as to what is required to fix them. YES, there are laws !
If it is fixed wrong just imagine a small child crawling along the floor who gets hit on the head with an overhead cupboard full of your plates ETC..... Death can occur, which is why laws are there.
If you sold your house and the new owners suffered this accident, it could be traced back to faulty installation methods and you could find yourself in a nasty lawsuit.
I would suggest getting some advice from a licensed and experienced cabinet maker.
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30/09/2011
9:13 pm
#4
22 May 2010
767
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Re: How to fix overhead cabinets to a brick wall?
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Bit over the top there eyspy, can you name the applicable laws for hanging cabinets or name one licenced cabinet maker? If so which state?
Sure there are building regulations and there are professional cabinet makers associations, but don't ever recall seeing a licenced cabinet maker.
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30/09/2011
9:33 pm
#5
26 May 2011
2,161
Brookvale, Sydney
Re: How to fix overhead cabinets to a brick wall?
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eyspy
Be very careful as there are differing laws in each state as to what is required to fix them. YES, there are laws !
If it is fixed wrong just imagine a small child crawling along the floor who gets hit on the head with an overhead cupboard full of your plates ETC..... Death can occur, which is why laws are there.
If you sold your house and the new owners suffered this accident, it could be traced back to faulty installation methods and you could find yourself in a nasty lawsuit.
I would suggest getting some advice from a licensed and experienced cabinet maker.
If you know so much then why not share the laws with everyone???
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30/09/2011
9:37 pm
#6
27 Apr 2008
8,075
South West WA
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Re: How to fix overhead cabinets to a brick wall?
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hubby used "coach screws" to fasten the over head flat pack cupboards in the laundry we got from bunnings.
1.drill a hole
2. put in an orange plastic wall plug into the hole
3. screw in a coach screw through the cabinet and it bites into the wall plug. As you are screwing it in it tightens into place and that's it. HUbby said it is possible to over tighten.
Hubby said he thinks they were 6mm diam on the thread from memory and they are rated to hold up about 40kg. He did his usual over kill and used 4 on each of the cupboards. We didn't add doors to ours but might at a future stage.
We installed 2 -2 shelf cupboards. A 400mm and an 800mm width cabinet.
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30/09/2011
9:42 pm
#7
30 Jul 2011
385
Planet Earth !
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Re: How to fix overhead cabinets to a brick wall?
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CuttingEdgeKitchens
eyspy
Be very careful as there are differing laws in each state as to what is required to fix them. YES, there are laws !
If it is fixed wrong just imagine a small child crawling along the floor who gets hit on the head with an overhead cupboard full of your plates ETC..... Death can occur, which is why laws are there.
If you sold your house and the new owners suffered this accident, it could be traced back to faulty installation methods and you could find yourself in a nasty lawsuit.
I would suggest getting some advice from a licensed and experienced cabinet maker.
If you know so much then why not share the laws with everyone???
You sound very sarcastic with that comment. 
I do not know the laws for each state, never said I did. Just know that here in SA when I went to get cabinets installed I was promptly pointed out by the cabinetmaker about fixing methods and liability.
I would assume that each state would be different, they are with everything else. My post was just a warning for SallyS to check the laws in her state and for others, it's up to them to do their own legwork.
In the future keep your sarcasm to yourself please. 
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30/09/2011
9:58 pm
#8
02 Aug 2010
1,327
Melbourne
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Re: How to fix overhead cabinets to a brick wall?
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I would be using 3 inch screws, into a hole that been pre drilled and filled with spaghetti.
If possible fix to the back and if you have available fix from the sides also. Make sure you put enough screws, to even out the weight distribution. You will be fine. You proberly want to go 2 screws every 500mm. (one on the top, and another on the bottom).
Note dynoabolts may not work properly because the backs on the over heads should be solid and perhaps 16/18mm thick. With dynobolts will will have trouble bringing the head out.
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30/09/2011
11:58 pm
#9
05 Mar 2010
1,972
WA
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Re: How to fix overhead cabinets to a brick wall?
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Spaghetti (continuous wall plug) and 55mm screws should do the job. The problem with a lot of internal bricks is that they are fast wall which has more air than clay. Most of the time a 75mm screws doesn't hold any more than a 55mm screw.
Just use regular chipboard screws as their course thread pulls up well in the spaghetti.
You can then use standard screw caps or covers over the screws.
In this situation the fixings are really taking shear force so as long as the screws pull up (you can tell if the screw is going to hold as soon as you put it in) then you really don't have to go mad with dyna bolts or coach screws, just put a screw in each corner and one in the middle (depending on size of course) and one in each corner at the bottom. The top is more important so any extra fixings are better at the top.
A 5.5mm masonry bit a roll of spaghetti and your screws as well as a cordless drill/driver are really all you need. Also a couple of props to hold your overheads up while you are fixing them.
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