How to assemble a cabinet?
Today, everyone can quickly and efficiently assemble a wardrobe on their own. To do this, you just need to order all the necessary materials that you will find in specialized stores. This piece of furniture is very popular and has many significant advantages. To install it in your room, you need to know step by step instructions for assembling the cabinet.
Special features
First of all, you need to decide what kind of closet is suitable for your room. Modern buyers prefer wardrobes because they are more functional.
Among their main advantages:
- Increased capacity and compact design. The furniture does not look bulky, but it can fit quite a lot of things.
- The sliding wardrobe can be placed in a room of any size and shape. Such a piece of furniture can skillfully transform and adapt to the characteristics of your room.
- The possibility of zoning space. With this item you can visually divide the room into different zones. Most often, the room is divided into a working and recreation area.
- The mechanism of the door. To open the closet you do not need extra space.
- Convenient assembly. This can be done independently and without special skills.
In a house or apartment, any type of wardrobe, be it a compartment or a swing, occupies an important place. Thanks to this piece of furniture, it was possible to find a decent solution in the matter of maximum functionality in a limited space.
The main advantage of cabinets is the economic use of the useful space of the room. They are multifunctional, durable and convenient to use.
They are also an integral part of the interior of the apartment. As a rule, it occupies all the space from the floor to the ceiling, excludes the presence of hard-to-reach places in which accumulation of dust and dirt is possible.This allows not only to extend the life of the cabinet, but also to maintain your health.
When designing this type of furniture takes into account all the architectural features of the room. This allows you to use all corners, niches and other "dead zones". The design of the cabinet allows you to store almost everything in it, even things that are not standard in size.
The greatest effect of the use of the useful space of the room of the cabinet is achieved through the use of sliding door systems. This system is designed for durable and quiet operation.
Due to the possibility of manufacturing a wardrobe to order, you have an unlimited choice, ranging from materials of manufacture to design solutions.
The cabinet should be as spacious and functional as possible. When choosing a design, you can order the number of exit shelves, drawers, hangers, baskets you need. In this case, do not forget about free access to the contents of the cabinet.
The modern market of furniture materials allows you to use almost any type of materials.
This allows you to design a wardrobe that harmoniously combines with other elements of the interior of the room, thereby not disturbing the overall concept of the design of the apartment.
Main rules
In order to quickly assemble the furniture you just purchased, you must strictly adhere to the instructions offered by the manufacturer of the product.
There are some basic rules for the installation of furniture. If you strictly follow them, then any thing can be collected in the shortest possible time qualitatively:
- No need to remove from the factory packaging all at once. With such actions, you can mix the details, and then it will be difficult to figure out what relates to what. It is necessary to observe strict sequence. Several times carefully read the factory instructions. So you do not have to redo all the work again.
- We strongly recommend to make sure that all the accessories are in place. If any part is missing, then you will not be able to assemble this piece of furniture. Fittings must match the stated colors. Make sure the drawer guides are soft enough.
- It is necessary to collect everything in turn, each section separately. Starting work is best with the bottom. Only after its installation can proceed to the installation of the sidewalls.
- Carefully open the factory packaging, lay out all the details on a special table and prepare the necessary tools.
- At the final stage of installation you need to install mirrored doors.This way you can avoid their damage.
Materials and finishes
Recently, a material such as chipboard has been most frequently used for the production of high-quality furniture. It consists of wood chips, only a fairly large dispersion. In order to give such chips the shape of a sheet, the method of hot pressing is used. Formaldehyde resins act as a binding element.
The main difference between particleboard and laminated chipboard is that the second material is covered with a special film. It is made from paper and melamine resin. Plate chipboard has a good density. It is because of this indicator, it is stronger and will serve you for many years.
This material varies in composition. Although some buyers believe that it has no varieties.
If we divide the chipboard by coating, we can distinguish the following types:
- veneered;
- laminated;
- draft.
In composition, they also differ.
There are three main varieties:
- For the first apply only the highest grade sawdust. The surface of such a product does not have chips and should look just perfect. For decorating the plate using veneer or a special film.
- On the slab of the second grade may be slight defects. Decoration is possible, but not very often used.
- Plates of the third grade have visible defects. Decoration is missing.
It should be noted that LDSP fire-resistant, and also moisture resistant. They are able to withstand quite high temperatures. Most often, chipboard is used in the manufacture of furniture, in particular, cabinets. Less commonly, it is used as a partition or for interior decoration. The composition of the material allows for good retention of nails or screws.
Furniture made from this material has a lot of advantages, if we compare it with other materials.
Among the main advantages note:
- Affordable cost.
- The manufacturing process has no special difficulties.
- High quality material.
- Long service life.
- Wide range of colors. The possibility of additional decoration.
- It is combined with various materials.
Furniture items from LDSP will perfectly fit into any style of an interior.
It is worth noting another feature of these plates. They have sound-proofing qualities, and are also able to retain heat indoors.If necessary, they can sheathe even the walls of the house.
Required tools
No big expenses for the purchase of the necessary tools from you are required.
In order to mount the cabinet, you must have a standard set of tools:
- special retainer for parts;
- electric screwdriver;
- rubber mallet;
- Allen key;
- construction knife;
- standard screwdriver;
- stationery knife;
- drills of different sizes;
- electric drill;
- awl;
- paper with fine-grained sandpaper;
- construction pencil;
- gon;
- You will need a tape measure to measure.
It is impossible to correctly guess what kind of construction tool for the assembly of furniture you will need. It all depends on the complexity of the project.
Mounting algorithm
First you need to prepare the room in which you want to put a closet. Next, you need to make sure once again that you have all the necessary tools and materials on hand.
For an inexperienced user, assembling furniture seems simple enough. Only after seemingly minor errors have been made, do various installation defects:
- The door to the door is very weak.
- The creak of the door during opening.
- Distortion of parts, which occurs as a result of mismatch holes.
- The furniture is unsteady and unsteady.
To avoid these troubles, it is desirable to perform the assembly in a strict pattern.
There are two types of installation - vertical and horizontal. In the second case, the distortion of parts that are connected occurs much less frequently.
Only if your ceiling height is not sufficient, then the assembly is carried out in a position where the cabinet is located vertically.
Initially, it is necessary to attach the legs and base to the bottom. Legs are only needed if the floor under the cabinet is uneven. Then you can proceed to the immediate assembly of the main body. For this sidewall firmly attach to the base. For additional strengthening of the structure we attach the rack. So the sidewall will not roll. Then you need to fasten the parts that remain.
Professional masters advise to fasten the back wall of the cabinet on the screws, and not to nail. At this stage of the assembly, the cabinet is installed in the place chosen in advance. Put the guides for the boxes and certainly check their work. Install the holders and barbell.
The next thing to do is to install the doors. First of all, you need to attach the guides smoothly. Then fix the rail screws on the screws. Next, take the door and insert them. They should open and close gently. If necessary, correct their work. Sealing brushes should be glued only at the final stage. We attach special plugs to confirmats.
It is not at all easy to assemble a wardrobe from furniture panels, laminated chipboard or chipboard. Prefabricated wardrobes for clothes have a fairly simple design, and the order of assembly of a folding, four-winged or other type of cabinet is almost the same.
Four-door wardrobe to collect a little longer. You must first choose what kind of cabinet you want. Maybe you will like a glass cabinet with an extra bedside table or other filling. The choice is yours. It is necessary to strictly follow the proposed assembly scheme, and then you will succeed.
You will learn more about how to assemble the cabinet in the following video.