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hey gang it's paul with sledpack welcome
back to the channel joe and i are back
here at our main project and today we're
going to start installing these cabinets
let's get started alrighty gang setting
cabinets is a lot easier than you think
in fact we have almost everything you
need set out on the table in front of me
let me walk you through each one
obviously i need a way to drive the
screws i've got my impact driver with a
t15 torx that matches my screws i'm
going to show you that in a minute
drill set up with a 3 16 inch drill bit
that's to drill through the face frames
to connect those together speaking of
face frames jordan and i bought this
bessie cabinet face frame clamp it's
going to make sure that the face frames
on adjacent cabinets line up perfectly
it's a little detail but it matters big
time in the end previous videos you've
seen us use these antique clamps i love
those but we want to try this one out
and see how it works i think that's
going to be fantastic and a lot easier
obviously we need some shims i like the
long ones but the store only had these
short ones that's going to be fine and i
got four little packs here's the screws
we're gonna use grk cabinet screws we
like the ones with the white head and
these are number eight by two and a half
inches long that two and a half inch
length works great for us it's gonna
allow us to connect the face frames
together like we talked about just a
minute ago but it's also going to allow
us to connect these to the wall the back
of the cabinet's half an inch thick the
drywall is half an inch thick and the
blocking we put up is an inch and a half
thick those total to two and a half so
there's no reason for us to use a longer
screw obviously a couple of levels want
to make sure everything's plumb and
level and the last thing we got over
here is our cross line laser now you
don't need one you can do this with a
level but if you don't have a cross line
laser it's time to get one now this is a
bosch
gll100g now you don't need a fancy bosch
you go online you can find a lot of good
lasers for a little bit of money and if
you're doing this only one time it's
well worth the investment and we also
have a chalk line because once we get
the laser line set up where we want it
we're going to pop a line on top of the
laser line then we turn the laser off so
it's not on my eyes all the time right
all right you ready bud let's do it all
right
now our first step is we got to find out
where the highest spot of our slab is we
all know that your slab or your wooden
subfloor is going to be crooked right
it's not all going to be level is it
doing this is it doing this or is it
doing that we got to know so the laser
has given us a perfect field to
reference from and we're going to
measure from that laser line to the slab
to the subfloor and find our high spot
and this can be a random dimension here
it can be 24 inches it can be 48 it
doesn't matter it's just a reference
right now so let's find the high spot in
this slab grab our tape measure i got a
pencil too and put the tape measure on
the slab and where are we at 34 and a
half i'm just going to write that on the
wall one last thing i got to remember
and if there's something i don't want to
forget on this project are these
dimensions because they're critical so
34 and a half right there let's come to
the middle of the wall see where we're
at check it out 34 and a half pretty
unusual
all right what do we have over here
34 and a half
all right let's go check that other side
all right what do we have here 34 and
three quarters so we're a little lower
right here i'm gonna write that on the
wall
we'll go right under the window in the
middle of the sink
34 and three quarter
and one more right here
by the peninsula
34-9 sure all right
all right now that all our numbers are
written on the wall which one is the
high spot is it the smallest number 34
and a half
or is it the largest number 34 9 16
well the high spot is the smaller of the
numbers the lower number if you're
having trouble wrapping your brain
around that just hit the pause button
get it figured out hit the play button
now that we have our height established
we're going to use the laser to
establish a working level line on the
wall that working level line is going to
be what we reference when we install our
base cabinets so they're perfectly level
now check it out in the united states
most space cabinets are going to be 34
and a half inches tall
we're going to add an eighth to that and
our working line is going to be 34 and 5
8. why did we add an eighth if it was at
34 and a half the height of the laser
this is what's going to happen it's
going to interfere with the laser beam
and we're not going to be able to see
the laser beam
back here for instance
i can even prove it to you right here
look at that that laser beam is kissing
the top of this cabinet
all across the top plane of it and
that's perfect in fact this cabinet is
looking really nice without any shims so
i think it's going to be pretty easy to
install so now that we know that 34 and
5 8 is our working line all we got to do
is come over here and make a mark on the
wall at 34 and 5 8 and then adjust our
laser beam to those marks then we're
going to grab our chalk line connect the
marks basically replace the laser line
with chalk so we can save the battery
and save our eyes let's snap a chalk
line
good
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all right now that we've got our
perfectly level chalk line established
on both walls we are ready to set
cabinets now we can start over here by
the microwave where it's high or we can
start over here by the dishwasher where
it's low it doesn't matter as long as
the back of the cabinets are touching
that line and we get them plumbing level
this way we're going to show you step by
step all of that you're going to be fine
it doesn't matter where you start now
while i'm on the subject of where i
start
we're going to take a little pause and
i'm going to head off about half the
comments right now a lot of guys are
insistent that you must install the
upper cabinets first i like to do the
bottom ones for a couple of reasons
number one i got the granite guys coming
they're going to be making their
templates heading back to the shop
cutting sanding polishing all that
granite they're not putting countertops
on the upper ones we don't need those
installed right now i need the lower
ones in place the second reason for me
is i've got a big upper cabinet over the
fridge i have no idea where it goes left
or right until i get this wall cabinet
mounted which is going to line up with
the end of this bottom cabinet sure you
could measure all that three or four
times and hope you're right but there's
little room for error so the main
argument for hanging the uppers first is
so that you don't damage the bottom
cabinets so just be safe careful and use
proper protection
why don't we start right here jordan
this one's going to be easy i say we
start with that get a easy w what do you
think let's do it all right now i know
this wall is just under 12 feet wide i'm
gonna hook my tape over here on the
right
and i'm gonna make a mark
oh
at six feet
i'm to hook it on the left
make a mark
at six feet
now where's the middle of my wall it's
exactly in between there i don't have to
try to get 11 foot 9 and 5 16 and divide
it in half right i just got to divide
that in half so that's like three and a
quarter so an inch and five eighths
right
boom that's the middle now that we have
our center line we're going to put a 30
inch range in there right so what do i
have to do 30 divided by 2 is 15
and i make a mark at 15 right that's the
edge of my first cabinet you're already
doomed check it out see the face frame
right here it sticks out past the
cabinet by a quarter of an inch if i
line this up with my mark this is going
to interfere with the range
how would you like to be the one to tell
your wife hey honey i got to cut the new
face frame on our brand new cabinets
because the range doesn't fit you got to
account for that and we're actually
going to count a little bit more i'm
going to go 15 and 3 8 total and that's
going to give me a little more wiggle
room right here just in case that range
is a little bigger because it got hot or
the insulation expanded or whatever
works for refrigerators too all right 15
and 3 8
right there
erase that one so i don't reference it
and then 15 3 8 this way and you can see
what i'm doing i'm putting 15 and 3 8 on
my center line
i'm just using the pencil i don't even
have to look using the end of the tape
as a scribe like that that should be 30
and three quarters
total width
it is
but remember half of that is made up
of this quarter inch face frame on both
sides so my actual opening out here is
30 and a quarter hope that makes sense
guys you gotta account for the face
frame all right we have our first set of
cabinets on the mark we made to the left
of the range and we're ready to go now
one thing we're having to deal with on
this kitchen remodel is this parquet
floor which is going to remain if you
remember back in the demo there was a
wall here and i have to patch that we
have some resources for this park we
actually have some outside we can take
some from another part of the house but
we are going to have to patch that i'm
not looking forward to it i didn't want
a patch here and the cabinet is sitting
on top of the floor so instead of
removing the floor and having the
cabinet sit on the slab like the rest of
it i just cut this off and now it's
sitting on top of the parched so it's
going to be fine let's get these two
fastened to the wall but first we need
our fancy bessie face frame clamp and i
need to get into this impossible to open
packaging but i have the perfect tool
our friends at klein sent me a klein
pocket knife check it out aluminum
housing stainless steel blade made in
the usa baby and this thing is wicked
sharp check it out
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there we go
all right gang here it is check it out
even comes with felt pads that go on the
jaws so we don't damage our finish and
check out the edge here while it's
clamped together it allows you to put
the screw in and then remove the clamp
this little lever flips down and that's
an eighth inch bushing previously we
said we're going to use a 3 16 inch
drill bit well we changed our mines now
we're going to go with an eighth and the
idea is that you drill that hole flip
this out of the way
drive the screw to fasten your face
frames together then remove your clamp
pretty cool design huh yeah let's see
how it works
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that's it
nice
all right our face frames are connected
together and the white screws look great
now we were so excited about using the
face frame clamp i really want thinking
ahead but these would be better on this
side so they're hidden by the drawer but
they're white and they'll be concealed
even when the doors open but this one is
ready to be attached to the wall we're
on our corner mark right here we've
already checked it for level and plumb
we're good to go so we're going to put a
screw right here to lock it into place
how do i know what i'm going to put it
into check it out way back in the
framing stage we put blocking the middle
row of that blocking the middle of that
row of blocking is at 33 inches if this
is 34 and a half a screw an inch and a
half down will be right in the middle of
that block i've got a two and a half
inch screw ready to go in an impact
driver let's get this one done
and that's why you go to all the trouble
of installing blocking all right our
first cabinet is in it's time to do this
one but as you can see i'm a little bit
below our chalk line now i can't get
under here in the middle to put a shim
to raise this one up so we drove a screw
right there i'm gonna use my s to wing
pry bar
pry it up to the line and we're gonna
dry this screw
nice
all right the top is secure now in all
honesty we got lucky on these we never
have to set cabinets without shims but
i'm sure they're going to make up for it
on that side now because we have these
drawers here there's a possibility that
when you pull the drawers out it could
pull the bottom of the cabinet out right
now we got the parquet floor trapping
our cabinets but you're usually not
going to have that so we like to put a
screw in the bottom now we didn't put
blocking at the bottom but i know where
the studs are how do i know check it out
we have an adjustable depth box right
there
just like this
because of this screw
right here
i know the studs on the left and 11
inches will put me about in the middle
of that stud i'm just going to go down
to the bottom and put a screw 11 inches
from the right hand side of the box
now we do the same thing in the bottom
corner of this one
now we know we have a stud pack right
here right that's actually where our
name came from a pack of studs that's
holding up a beam so let's head down
here and put a screw into that stud pack
all right this one's done just rinse and
repeat for the other side
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all right this right hand side is done
and even though the time lapse made it
look quick and easy this side was slow
and hard remember we put this side in
with hardly any shims this one we got
shims all over it and that's just the
nature of installing cabinets right we
got our baseline here that's easy for us
to reference but then you got to get it
level this way and plumb this way and
this way and level that way right and
every time you move one of those it
seems to change everything else and one
key thing that jordan i like to do is to
get on the edge here and sight right
down here not just this one but the far
cabinet as well making sure that the
tops line up and the faces line up so
that our stone all lines up and that's
the detail you don't see in kitchens too
much anymore i'm always looking at that
and some of these things look like a
river going down the wall now we showed
you this one in time lapse but tomorrow
we're going to show you step by step how
we install this sink base we've got
these four cutouts to make and we're not
talking about one big window we're going
to cut out of the back of the cabinet
we're going to cut out four precise
holes for the hot coal the drain and the
electric it's going to look fantastic
and it's going to set your project apart
but we got a late start on the cabinets
today because we were spray painting the
cabinets in the back this morning but
we're going to be right back here bright
and early tomorrow and we're going to
show you how we install this sink base
we'll see you then
all right guys it's the next day and we
are ready to install our sink base
there's one or two ways you could do it
right you could cut a hole in the back
of that cabinet big enough to
accommodate all your utilities or we
could cut four separate holes one for
each and that's what we're gonna do
we've already established this working
line we're going to measure down from
that to find the center line of these
three pipes
and then our box and then we've
established a center line right here
using the same method we did on the
opposite wall we set up our laser beam
and then as you can see we've already
put a pencil line there so we can turn
off the laser save the battery let's
shut the laser off start measuring
all right got the center line on the
back of the cabinet center line on the
wall let's start measuring i'm just
going to start measuring with the cold
we're going to the center of the pipe
i am 10 and an eighth inches to the
center of the pipe from the center line
of my wall and come over here
transfer it
boom
12 and 5 16.
we can be that precise right
well i got you a bit that doesn't really
allow for error
13 and 7
hook it on the cabinet
look at that
13 and 7.
13 and a quarter
17 and a half
yep
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all right
all right we've got all our marks we've
got our hole saws and that's the one
jordan got me for the half inch copper
you must have a lot of confidence in me
bud i do all right let's go
and yes i'm going to stop and finish it
from the other side
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all right uh
pick it up on the line got plenty of
room just like that
nice
i got the sink base installed now let's
keep rolling forward to the right of the
sink is going to be the dishwasher and
we have this little guy and i think
there's a trash can that goes here but
here's a cool trick for you to get this
dimension always the same in the united
states every dishwasher i've ever
installed needs 24 inches yes there are
some smaller dishwashers but i'm talking
about a standard dishwasher in the
american home 24 inches so here's the
cool trick just cut two pieces of wood
24 inches long and we drilled a pocket
hole in each end one screw on each end
is all you need and we're going to use a
pocket screw basically to put that right
there and that's going to act as our
spacer top and bottom
and then we don't have to worry about
that dimension it's set all we have to
worry about is getting this plumb and
level and this trick would also work for
a 30 inch range a 36 inch range a trash
compactor whatever appliance you need to
put under a cabinet and it's a great
help if you're working by yourself it's
one less thing you have to worry about
all right but let's get these two
screwed our face frames and get this
cabinet set and then we'll work on the
peninsula behind me
all right this little cabinet is done
and these spacers help tremendously and
here's how jordan and i do it obviously
we got our line on the wall the chalk
line
we established the back of the cabinet
on that line
and we put shims in the back to help us
support the cabinet on that line then we
put shims in the front and we get it
plumbed this way and level and we're
checking it this way it's a big dance
your house is going to be a little bit
different right because your walls are
not the same as our walls but the goal
you want level front to back side to
side and i even do it this way
and this way last thing we always do
sight down the face of your cabinets
make sure this space frame is perfectly
aligned with this face frame
now that that's all done
let's come over here and work on the
peninsula what if you have an island or
a peninsula and you don't have a wall to
attach your cabinets to well you got to
attach it to the floor in our case
concrete floor let's show you how we do
it we're using a 36 inch wide three
drawer base as our peninsula and we have
it where we want it where do we want it
we want it so we don't have any crashes
right we don't want this drawer when we
pull it out to hit the knob or the
handle on this door if this were a
dishwasher and you open the door we
don't want that door to hit the handle
on this drawer that's what we're talking
about and jordan i measured not once not
twice not three times i think we
actually measured four times and got
these two distances where we wanted once
we established that we put a framing
square here and made sure the two units
are square our next step is to attach
this to our concrete slab if this were a
wooden subfloor it'd be easy but this is
going to be a little bit tougher how
we're going to do that we're going to
put a line on our floor right here in
the front and the back we may even use
blue tape because we have a finished
floor here then we're going to remove
the peninsula and mount a block on the
slab half an inch in board of our mark
why am i going half an inch inboard
because this plywood is half an inch
thick we're going to set this over the
block and then fasten our cabinet to
that block let's make the marks on the
floor get started
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might as well just go to 16.
that's an idea what it's going to look
like but we have our floor to deal with
instead of cutting this floor away we're
just going to notch the block so it's
sitting on the slab right here
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boom that's what we want how we're going
to attach it to the slab i like to use
these split nail anchors there's all
kind of ways you can do that a ram set
tap con use what makes you happy let's
grab our rotor hammer and get these
fastened to the floor
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cool
there we go guys pretty slick huh
and you'll notice we put a piece of tar
paper between our blocking and the slab
to prevent any wicking because we didn't
have any pressure treated here and
you're probably saying good job sled
pack way to think ahead but let me ask
you this
how come we don't put tar paper under
all these shims or how can we don't put
tar paper under a pocket door that's
sitting on a slab
now attaching the peninsula to the
blocks we're going to do it in two
different ways on this side since this
side of the cabinet's going to be
obscured it's going to be hidden we're
going to just go right through the side
of the cabinet into the block but over
here we don't want to see any fasteners
over here because it looks super clean
when the cabinet is sitting on this
parquet floor no quarter round in other
words correct no quarter no shoe no
caulk nothing like that we would never
do that we actually use these clips that
came with the cabinet we got like 500 of
them right we're going to put one there
one there
now we're going to fast them to the
block set our cabinet then we're going
to reach in under the toe kick right
here and going to the side of the
cabinet kind of a pain to reach in there
with a drill but it's only four screws
and it's going to look killer
and clean on the outside
all right let's put the peninsula back
where it goes using our tape on the
floor as a reference
that was painless
all right
now for the back too
going in
get it yep
yeah am i in
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the other three were so easy you got to
come up you're pressing you're
committing to
too hard too early get in and then press
right there you go there all right get
it
let me try from over here
yeah maybe you can push yeah
that would be hard it'll be so worth it
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nice
now you'll notice down here
we intentionally cut the block a little
short
so we could get our shims in there and
they wouldn't hit the block
got to think ahead all the time
dude this is ever like a hurricane i'm
going to hide in this cabin
cool man our base cabinets are in and
this is starting to look like a real
kitchen right we got our dishwasher
opening all our cutouts in the back of
the sink base our rock of gibraltar's
peninsula right here and all of these
other cabinets all the cabinets are
plumb level and square six different
ways so pick yourself up a line laser
practice on your like button make sure
it's plumb level and square six
different ways smash it for me and
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