ᐅ Ikea Metod Tall Cabinet – Issues During Assembly

Hello, while looking for a simple tall cabinet for our existing kitchen (not from IKEA), an employee recommended the IKEA Metod tall cabinet. Yesterday, we purchased this cabinet along with the Metod plastic legs and Metod plinth.

During assembly of the cabinet carcass, I noticed that the cabinet is supposed to be mounted to the wall, more precisely onto a rail. The employee did not mention this. When we installed the plastic legs, we had serious doubts about how these four small feet, which don’t even fit securely (one leg was wobbling and kept falling off), could support a 2-meter (6 ft 7 in) tall cabinet with doors and shelves. The plinth is also made of plastic and does not add any stability. Furthermore, it was impossible for us to attach this plinth. After cutting it, the side panels and the front/back panels did not fit properly, and the clips that you slide into the plinth and connect to the legs caused numerous blisters on our fingers.

At the moment, the cabinet is just sitting in our living room because we are afraid to place it on those unstable legs.

What should we do now? Is it even possible to set up the cabinet without mounting it to the wall? Would the Capita legs provide better stability? Has anyone experienced similar problems or does anyone have a more detailed assembly instruction?

I would appreciate any helpful advice.

You don’t have to attach the cabinet with the rail; there should be brackets included to mount it the traditional way using screws and wall plugs. I would definitely recommend fixing it to the wall.

The feet can be a bit tricky to install, but there isn’t really a “trick” to it.

Once the cabinet is in place, the feet are stable, but you should avoid sliding it around.

Also, see if this might help you:

YouTube.com/watch?v=BeRXze_jcp8

Thank you for the response. Unfortunately, the video doesn't really help.

We will attach the cabinet to the wall tomorrow and hope that the feet can support it. The issue with the baseboards remains. The biggest problem is that I don’t know exactly how the side parts of the baseboard are supposed to be fixed.

Option 1: This way, the brackets that surround the feet would hold the foot perfectly. However, the manual seems to indicate that the baseboard should not rest on the narrow black surface of the foot.

Option 2: In this case, the baseboard would not rest on the narrow black surface of the foot (as shown in the manual), but the brackets would no longer be long enough to fully grip the foot.

So, I’m not sure how to proceed here.

On page 2 of the foundation base instructions (top left graphic), you can see the correct version.
In your case, the first picture.
Regards, robi_aus_ffm

Then just use the CAPITA feet. They are more stable.

Besides that, a tall cabinet should always be attached to the wall. If a child pulls themselves up on it or you grab onto it while tripping... that can cause serious accidents.