Expert: Eileen Cronk - 7/20/2008

Question
My cabinet has pulled away from the back at the top and side. It leans forward slightly. How can I resecure the
cabinet?

Answer
Hi Ray
Nice to hear from you.
My goodness this is an emergency as far as I'm concerned.
Get everything out of the cupboard to relieve the weight.
Next you must locate the wall studs with a stud finder.
Once this is done, look in the cupboard.
There will be a board inside your cupboards where the screws go.
Look at the other cupboards and determine this.
Its very important the screws go in the proper place on the cupboards and also into a wall stud.
I just checked my own cupboards and they appear to have # 10 robertson head wood screws. I imagine they are at least 3 to 4 inches long.
I have one very heavy big cupboard that has lag bolts but thats pretty heavy duty.
Ray if I was there we could fix this in minutes.
Please get some help if you cannot do this yourself.
Its really hard to explain to someone who has never done this.
Very dangerous situation.
Regards
Eileen