Maybe you are a handyman and you like to organize the furniture in your kitchen with your own hands and to your liking. You may want to save the money of hiring assemblers because you are capable of assembling yourself. If you are one of those who do things your way and you have set yourself the challenge of assembling the kitchen furniture by yourself, these tips may not hurt you.

 

Even without having too much experience there is no reason to worry, setting up a kitchen is not too complicated, you just have to have enough space to work, time, the material, and the necessary tools. However, the prior organization is essential, the approach of those who want and what is needed to achieve it must be prepared thoroughly. You have to make the most of the available space and, therefore, choose the quantity, variety, and size of the necessary furniture accordingly.

 

When everything is clear in mind and in the sketches made, the assembly will be carried out following rigorous control in the order. The lower furniture will come first, then the upper ones, and lastly the countertops. According to this sequence, we will set aside a place where everything that will be necessary for the different stages of the assembly does not disturb.

 

Once the process is clarified, with the layout plan nearby, the tools and the first furniture to be placed, we will begin the work.

 

 

To begin with, the dimensions of the place must be taken into account, plan in detail the structure that is going to be given to the kitchen and organize both the furniture and the appliances in the best possible way, both for the optimization of spaces and for the convenience of its users in the future.

 

The size and shape of spaces, doors, windows, the layout of electrical and plumbing installations, as well as smoke vents should not be left behind. According to these specifications, the decision will be made to assemble the kitchen with the furniture arranged in a straight line, forming an L, a U or with an island or peninsula.

 

To assemble the structure you have to know that there are four different types of kitchen furniture. In the first place, the bottoms are located, which are those that will rest directly on the floor and just under the countertop. Secondly, the high ones, which will be fixed on the walls, the columns or the floor but which reach high levels. These serve both to store and to place electrical appliances. 

 

Thirdly, the countertop furniture, which is none other than those that are placed, as its name suggests, just above the countertop and, finally, the countertops themselves. As expected, the base units will be the first to be distributed and placed.

 

 

Kitchen furniture is marketed as modules, in this way it is much easier to assemble and couple them to the taste of each user, and the use of available spaces is optimized. In these modules comes everything necessary for their assembly (screws, stops, keys, spikelets... In any case, it is convenient to assemble them according to a previous plan and following the basic assembly lines to speed up this work and carry it out without errors. wasting time.

 

Priority should be given to the alignment of this furniture, following the tiles as a reference before making the exact measurements, since, when looking at them, the appearance will be preferable to reality.

 

 

Finally, the details that must also follow a rigorous installation order will remain to be defined. The first to be placed will be the cabinets (wooden bars installed on the lower edge of the tall units). There's no doubt that the installation of kitchen cabinets is quite hard, and may require some knowledge, therefore, you learn how to install kitchen cabinets, and then proceed further.

 

Subsequently, the doors, which have very simple systems, based on hinges with screws that allow to regulate the position and regulate possible unevenness. As a general rule, the handles do not come with any pre-installation, since they will be placed where the user is best interested.

 

Finally, the plinth must be installed in the lowest part of the base units and the countertop, entrusting the measurements to a professional marble or material contractor, taking into account the gaps necessary for the installation of the glass-ceramic plate and sinuses from the sink.