ᐅ Wall cabinets on drywall partition

Hello,

My wife, my mother-in-law, and I are building a two-family house. Yesterday, my mother-in-law’s kitchen was ordered, and I then noticed that the wall cabinets will be mounted on a drywall (plasterboard) wall. How is this usually done?

Even during the construction of the room, care should be taken to reinforce the structure at the points where screws for the cabinets will be installed. For example, by adding battens to support the cabinets.

At least, that is how I would do it.

The cabinets are hung on a rail, which is then mounted to the wall. For this, special hollow wall anchors with screws are used.

For a 60cm (24 inches) wall cabinet, we used 4 anchors to secure the rail.

However, you shouldn’t store cement bags in it. But it is definitely strong enough for two layers of glassware.

OK, thank you very much. I believe the architect will plan it accordingly, but somehow I never really thought about it myself.

Razorbacks schrieb:
OK, thanks a lot already. I think the architect will plan it that way, but somehow I never thought about it myself.

You should definitely give the architect a note before the issue is overlooked.
We also had to reinforce the drywall later during construction with double boarding so that, for example, a sliding door on a track can be properly supported.

Razorbacks schrieb:
OK, thanks already. I think the architect will plan it accordingly, but somehow I never thought about it myself.

From my 10 years of experience in kitchen sales: No, the architect will not think about it.
So definitely make sure to point it out to them.
And hanging cabinets with drywall anchors is like driving with summer tires on a winter trip: possible, but I would strongly advise against it.
I’ve had cases where hanging cabinets came off the wall overnight (after several years!)....

I also keep being surprised by how many architects still don’t realize that the standard working height for a kitchen today is at least 91 cm (36 inches). (Regarding kitchen windows)