What fixings for kitchen wall cupboards?

[stuckinthemud]

Just picked up a second hand kitchen wall cupboard 300 by 1200 by 750. chipboard, from that Swedish flat pack company. It has 3 fixing points, is very heavy and will be carrying a lot of weight (it is going in the kitchen). I have the little height adjusters you fix through but no idea what screws to use. I’m fixing through black mortar to a stone and mortar wall. Any suggestions?

 

[Bingy man]

Just picked up a second hand kitchen wall cupboard 300 by 1200 by 750. chipboard, from that Swedish flat pack company. It has 3 fixing points, is very heavy and will be carrying a lot of weight (it is going in the kitchen). I have the little height adjusters you fix through but no idea what screws to use. I’m fixing through black mortar to a stone and mortar wall. Any suggestions?

I’d be looking at kitchen cabinet brackets as they are fully adjustable in/out up and down . Pre fit the kitchen corner brackets to bottom corners of your unit prior to fixing it to the wall and drill through the main fixing hole through ghe cabinet back panel . Once you have hung it on the wall and levelled it etc you can drill through the lower brackets you fitted into the wall for additional strength
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[deema]

You can buy the mounting plate in a long length, which makes finding studs easy / allows more fixing in dodgy walks / for heavy units.

 

[XTiffy]

I agree with Deema, continous lengths of steel hanging rail are the way to go. I had to use them in my kitchen, so as to avoid electric cable drops, which always seemed to be where a bracket needed to go.

 

[ColinDeVelen]

I have stone and mortar walls here, they are an absolute pig to drill in to. That being said, your stones and my stones may be different. I would try a few test holes, in the area that you hope will be covered by the cupboard. If that area drills OK, then use some of the suggestions above. If the plaster comes away, and the drill bit skids all over the place, then you may have to rethink things. Maybe get enough good holes that you can mount a board to the wall, then hang the cupboard from the board.
(The last time I had some cabinetry for the kitchen, a corner display shelf, I screwed it to some longer boards and stood it on the worktop. It was a very easy decision, given my previous experience trying to drill anything in this old house.)