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Do you have any experience of hang cabinets on drywall?
I saw a lot of options but can't decide what to choose...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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I find sticking them up with Duct Tape does the job.
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I will try that, and invite you to have a cup of coffee sitting UNDER the cabinet 
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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You need to locate the studs and use long screws into them if you want it to bear any weight. Anything else will fail sooner or later.
Cheers,
Peter
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Good idea. I can find those studs with some magnet - those made of metal...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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You can usually locate the studs, wood or metal, by tapping the wall with your fingers.
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Don't hang the cabinet on the drywall. Stabilize the drywall with the cabinet..
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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From what I remember (and it's been a looooong time since I did anything like this) the best method was to put a long batten the width of the cabinets, and secure that to the drywall / plaster board studs (the vertical wood behind it: easy to find, look for the row of large head nails securing the board to it with a magnet). You then hang the cabinets from that - it's easier to get it level, and to make the whole batten secure than it is to try and get the cabinets right individually.
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Studs are made of metal...so I can find them easily...Thank you...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Um...the studs should be made of wood. You can find them with magnets only because the drywall panels would have been installed by attaching them to studs with metal nails. So really you are using the magnet to find the metal nails....which you probably know, I just couldn't stop myself from clarifying.
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So it works to just screw stuff into that?
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I wouldn't hang anything heavier than a painting on drywall.
I second Peters opinion that you need to find the studs for the screws.
You can get Stud Finders in most hardware stores. They're invaluable since they won't just find metal as well as wooden studs but they also warn about electric cables.
It might be a shocking experience to put a screw through an electric cable.
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have a look at this
http://www.naturalhandyman.com/iip/inffastener/infanchor/infanchor.html[^]
about half way down there is information about the type of anchors as they call them to use.
BUT take care to make sure the wall & anchor can take the weight.
Most I've ever put up on a drywall is a shower.
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"NoMoreNails (tm)" - you only get one shot at it, but once stuck fast it will outlast the human race.
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Being the son of a carpenter I have done this a few times. The most recent time (without the help of dad) I built the walls and knew where the cabinets would go so I installed 2x4 blocking on near the tops and bottoms of the upper cabinets along with blocking near the tops of the bottom cabinets. We used a laser level to draw a level line on the bottom of the top cabinets same goes for the top of the bottom cabinets. In the past I had also used water levels to do this. The screws we used came with the cabinets however Lowes and Home Depot have similar cabinet screws in stock or you can order them online.
John
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You need to locate the studs which are normally 16" apart so once you find one the rest should be easy.
Cabinets have runners/reinforced wood top and bottom that you will need to run your screws through. Generally 2-1/2 to 3" screws are adequate.
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I know the voices in my head are not real but damn they come up with some good ideas!
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Typical "Touch me not", ... er ... "Touch my code not" attitude.
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In what forum do I ask questions about finding docs (Programmer's Reference Manual; etc.) on a relatively new chip ?
Is Forum: Forum: Hardware & Devices [^] the best place ?
Google/Bing/etc. are returning nothing, or perhaps I don't know how to ask the question.
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Manufacturer's website?
For Google the type code is usually sufficient.
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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Been there, done that; which is why I'm searching here and other places
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Might have been an idea to include that you're talking about SkyLake.
Can't help with that, sorry.
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
modified 27-Apr-15 23:55pm.
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Oh, sorry, I got cooties last time I mentioned a technical topic here, so I didn't want to inject the wrong buzzwords.
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Nothing wrong with technical topics here as long as it's not a specific programming question 
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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