ᐅ How to Secure an Ikea Cabinet to a Wall with Uneven Surfaces?

Created on: 31 Oct 2015 11:00
M
mezo
M
mezo
31 Oct 2015 11:00
Hello,
I bought a Metod tall cabinet and have already assembled it. After leveling it against the wall, I noticed that the wall is extremely uneven, leaving about 4 cm (1.5 inches) of gap at the top.

Corner view of a room: pink wall on the left, white cabinet on the right, bed edge in front.


Now I am wondering how I should secure it to the wall.

Another issue is coming up, as I want to install wall cabinets next to this cabinet, and the same problem will likely occur there as well.

Best regards
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IKEA-Experte
31 Oct 2015 12:32
Is the cabinet aligned vertically using a spirit level, or what exactly is meant by "aligned on the wall"?
M
mezo
31 Oct 2015 19:13
Oops, yes. Of course, with the spirit level.
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robi_aus_ffm
31 Oct 2015 20:02
You can consider yourself lucky that the slope inclines upward toward the back left; if it were slanting forward, the glasses would fall out of the cabinet.

For example, if you want to mount an 80cm (31.5 inches) wall cabinet and there is already a 1cm (0.4 inches) slope within those 80cm, you could attach a 1cm (0.4 inches) thick wooden strip under the metal rail. You can then use the same anchor holes with appropriately longer screws.
This strip will cover the gap:

Schwarzes, schmales Gummidichtungsprofil, leicht gebogen, auf weißem Hintergrund.


Just an idea.
Best regards, robi_aus_ffm
M
mezo
31 Oct 2015 23:01
You can actually consider yourself lucky that the slope goes upwards to the back left; if it sloped forward, the glasses would fall out of the cabinet.
For example, if you want to install an 80cm (31.5 inches) wall cabinet and there is already a 1cm (0.4 inches) slope within those 80cm, you could attach a 1cm (0.4 inches) thick wooden strip under the metal rail. You can use the same dowel holes with correspondingly longer screws.

Black, long rubber strip, slightly curved – probably a car door seal.

This strip covers the gap.
Just an idea.
Best regards, robi

Strictly speaking, that would be better, then I wouldn’t have any problems fixing it at the top and could have the spacing at the bottom instead.
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alsk1
17 Nov 2015 03:27
I would suggest using the white cover strip since you have a white cabinet frame:

Long white plastic strip/cover, flat, slanting from bottom left to right.


You will probably need to secure the cabinet with an angle bracket that has a sufficiently long arm (tip-over protection). You should visit a hardware store for this. You might even need to install two brackets at the top to prevent the frame from twisting (which can happen with just one bracket), as this could cause the screw to pull out.