Assembling a kitchen set with your own hands as a designer

Build a kitchen set with your own hands

The service collector costs about 6-10% of the cost of a headset, so if you have the time and some experience, it will not be difficult to assemble the kitchen set yourself, and you will not overpay the extra money.

Before you start assembling the kitchen set yourself, you need to make sure that all the work on leveling the walls, the floor, the finish (including apron mounting), as well as work on wiring device, connecting sockets, water supply already held and completed. After all, when the installation of the kitchen is completed, it will be difficult to carry out all these activities.

Preparation for assembly

Before you assemble the kitchen, you need to prepare the necessary set of tools:

  1. Perforator, drill with a diameter of 6 and 8 mm, drill (adapter to drill) and the corresponding drill;
  2. Screwdriver (MANDATORY!);
  3. Jigsaw or hacksaw for cutting off the tabletop;
  4. Hex key (attached to the kit);
  5. Tools: square and level, tape measure, hammer, pliers and knife-cutter.

kitchen headset assembly tools

Tip! The missing power tools can be borrowed, and better to buy. Screwdriver and hammer drill - things needed in every home.

Will require and fasteners of different types:

  • Furniture nails;
  • Eurovint;
  • Mounting strip (rail) for hanging;
  • Silicone-based sealant;
  • Ties, fastening sections together;
  • Self-tapping screws: 15-16 mm for fittings and 70 mm - for hanging kitchen cabinets;
  • Corners, dowels, anchor bolts (included in the headset);
  • Conductor for dowels (desirable).

conductor for dowels

If there is an assembly instruction, then read it carefully. The manual numbered all the details and describes the procedure. Make sure that the complete set of the headset is complete and sort all the elements according to the thumbs. Then you will assemble your cabinet as a designer, because most modern headsets consist of modules.

As a rule, they first assemble the lower cabinets and install a tabletop on them, then assemble and hang the upper modules, draw the markings on the wall, and then the modules can be mounted and suspended.

In what order is the installation of the kitchen set? First hang the upper sections or, conversely, the lower ones? Both methods have their followers. Many craftsmen install the upper cabinets first so that the lower cabinets do not interfere with the installation process.

Keep in mind that the upper cabinets are mounted without facades, so their installation will be easier. In addition, you can check the gaps between the facades directly on the wall.

We assemble the lower modules

Installation of the kitchen with your own hands, it is logical to start with the assembly of stands mounted on the floor. It is worth knowing that basic cabinets are classified by type of construction, each of which has its own assembly features:

  1. Assembling a wardrobe with doors with your own hands is quite simple.

Assembly instructions for kitchen cabinets

installation of legs

  1. A cabinet with drawers is also not difficult to assemble.

Installing Drawer Guides

assembly boxes

  1. When assembling a combined cabinet by hand, the first task is to install the guides correctly.

installation of drawers

Assembly rules for mounted parts

DIY assembly of wall cabinets is made by analogy with the lower ones, but there are 2 significant differences:

  • Installation of drawers is not performed here;
  • Facades are installed only at the stage of fixing cabinets on the wall;
  • In the upper corners it is necessary to hang the canopies with adjustment - for them, holes are cut in the back.

Features of the assembly stage

How to assemble a kitchen with your own hands right? It is imperative to take into account a number of key points:

  1. Installation of the cabinet under the sink is carried out without the back wall. It also needs to seal all the notches so that the moisture next to it could not damage the chipboard structure.
  2. Fastening the cabinet where the dishwasher is installed does not provide for mounting the bottom. If such a construction is impossible, then it is necessary to provide for the attachment of a protective rubberized canvas.
  3. Assembly and installation of the kitchen is done with utmost care. The most vulnerable parts of the headset are the ends of the facades. It is not possible to restore the damaged structure.

Install floor and wall cabinets

After assembling the kitchen unit, you can proceed to the mounting stage.

First you need to mount the lower cabinets - work is conducted from the corner of the room.


Draw a markup on the wall. The height of the installation must be such that between the floor and the base of the cabinet there is at least 100 mm left and the gaps between the facades are minimal.

Marking for kitchen installation

How to hang kitchen cabinets on the wall with your own hands? In the process of assembling the kitchen, the question arises - how to correctly determine the height of the suspension of the upper modules.

For this, the height of the kitchen furniture is first determined - as already mentioned, it depends on the dimensions of the drawers and the level of the ceilings. The standard height between the worktop and the bottom of the top drawer is 50-60 mm.

Tip! If the growth of the kitchen mistress is low or the upper cabinets of the headset are opened by the closers up, it is better to install the upper shelves at 45 cm from the level of the table top (but not less).

Allowed and a 10-millimeter error in the installation of wall cabinets on the wall - in the case when the fixture is used a special rail.

You can hang kitchen boxes with your own hands in two ways:

  1. A mounting rail is used - one part of it is attached to the wall cabinet, and the second to the wall. It turns out the system of "hook-groove", easy to use and provides a secure fit. Hang a closet with such fasteners can one person.
  2. Top cabinets can be placed on the wall and by standard fixing on furniture hinges. They are hung so that the gaps between the back wall and the wall do not remain. To hang the cabinet on the hinges, it is worth working together, because for one the design will be too heavy. Since modern fastening strips are quite expensive, budget hinges are used in traditional furniture sets.

Tip! In the corner headset, furniture is first fixed to one wall and then to another.

A few more nuances:

  • If the cabinets are hung on a plasterboard wall, you need to use butterfly dowels. It is also allowed to install a wooden bar under a sheet of plasterboard in the place of installation of the box;
  • When the installation of a kitchen set is carried out on an uneven floor, it is worth buying legs with adjustment in the range of 120-170 mm;
  • For small kitchens, a practical solution would be to install not plinths, but pull-out drawers;
  • When hanging facades, you must also observe the gap around the perimeter - it is equal to 3 mm.

Next, install the countertop.


Tip! In order to correctly install the countertop, you need to check the planes of several cabinets at once with the help of a building level. On uneven surfaces do not install the tabletop.

As soon as we set the tabletop proceed to installation of washing and mixer.

And finally fasten to the frame of the headset door.

how to hang the doors on the kitchen set

finishing work

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  1. Nikolay Prokopenko says

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