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Hi everyone - currently I am in week 7 of my 2-week kitchen remodel. Getting the floor figured out really set me back, but it's done and we're quite pleased with it! Now, on to the cabinet install.

I didn't have anywhere to safely unpack all of the cabinets when they arrived, so I did not get to inspect everything until the floor was done. Of course, 4 of the cabinets had defects in them. The cabinet maker was very accommodating and agreed to replace them. They are expected in another 1-2 weeks. In the meantime, I thought I could easily install everything else and be ready to drop them in when they arrive.

Here is a current photo of the north wall, along with a poorly-drawn schematic. The house is 100 years old and nothing is square. I suppose that's nothing new, but it has been a challenge to get my first kitchen done, that's for sure.

I got the pantry cabinet shimmed and secured with a bunch of tapcons, along with the corner cabinet (a combination of tapcons and regular cabinet screws as I framed out the east wall and drywalled over it. When I went to install the refrigerator return panel to the left of the pantry cabinet, it was too deep to sit flush with the face frame of the cabinet. Stupidly, I then proceeded to trim a little off of the back of the return panel until it sat flush with the pantry cabinet.

When I went to install the over-the-fridge cabinet last night, it was 1/4" too deep to sit flush with the front of the return panel and the pantry cabinet's face frame. DUH

Anyway, I obviously will be forced to undo my work and extend the pantry cabinet and return panel out 1/4" at least to ensure all cabinets are flush. I've tried figuring out whether the corner cabinet will need to come out too, but with the non-flat wall in the 44" space, I think I'll have a hard time knowing for sure until the replacement cabinets come (I thought about using the damaged cabinets as spacers, but one of them is over 1/4" out of square in the depth dimension due to the damage). I have a feeling, however, that the corner cabinet will need to be re-installed further away from the northern (brick) wall.

So, I guess my basic question is: what is the best practice for securing cabinets with an appreciable gap with the wall? Is there anything that I am overlooking that will allow me to properly install everything on this wall before the replacement units come? Any advice is appreciated!

Submitted February 01, 2017 at 10:11PM by nauerface http://ift.tt/2jwhNRV HomeImprovement