ᐅ Installing an Ikea Maximera Drawer into a Different Brand Kitchen Cabinet

Hi,

after realizing that our drawers don’t have inner drawers and the kitchen studio is quite slow when it comes to ordering just a small replacement part, I’m asking you:

- Has anyone ever installed a branded kitchen drawer like Nolte, Alno, or similar, with Maximera drawers? Unfortunately, Ikea doesn’t offer 90cm (35 inch) drawers, but I could upgrade our 60cm (24 inch) drawer. The internal dimension is 57cm (22.4 inch). According to the specs, the Maximera drawer is 65.4cm (25.7 inch) … so that’s about 6mm (0.24 inch) too large. I guess spacer strips could work, right?

- Plan B would be to order an original Nolte drawer from a kitchen studio that also sells online. However, they specify versions "before 2016" and "after 2016." Our kitchen is from 2013 … Who would measure the internal dimension of a new Nolte kitchen’s 60cm (24 inch) drawer for me?

- Plan C … this one is a bit crazy: has anyone tried fitting an 80cm (32 inch) Maximera drawer into a 90cm (35 inch) cabinet? Anyway, I’d be interested in any idea.

ypg schrieb:

The Maximera drawer was stated as 65.4 ..

That is obviously a typographical error: it should be 56.4 cm (22.2 inches) 🙂

I think Plan C is difficult to achieve: The Maximera drawers have a metal back panel into which the side panels clip. And that is only available up to 80cm (31.5 inches)…

I consider Plan A quite feasible. It will definitely be a bit of a challenge to determine the exact positions of the drill holes, and you will probably need to recreate the front panel at the appropriate height.

I didn’t implement this in a kitchen but in our walk-in wardrobe, where I installed the Pax interior components inside a Nolte wardrobe.

With your plan c, you would have to add 5cm (2 inches) to each side, which would look quite awkward.

opalau schrieb:

It will definitely be fun to determine the exact positions of the drill holes.

Yes, but it’s doable—just go for it, start with a pilot drill... measure first 😉

opalau schrieb:

You will probably have to rebuild the front panel at the right height.

Why? Is the Utrusta (front panel) no longer available? It’s not in stock at the moment, but it should be back, right?

ypg schrieb:

Yes, but it's doable, just hold it steady, punch through with a spade bit… measure first 😉

You just need to carefully measure exactly WHERE to hold it steady before punching through… but yes, it’s doable.

ypg schrieb:

Why? Is the Utrusta (front panel) no longer available? It’s not in stock right now, but it will come back, won’t it?

My mistake. I overlooked that this is about interior drawers.