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Install Locker Unit Carcasses

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DIY BUILT-IN MUDROOM LOCKERS

What happens here

Carefully lift and position the assembled base locker units onto the installed toe-kick. Use clamps to hold the units together, creating a continuous surface, and then drive screws through the sides to permanently join them. Secure the entire base unit assembly to the pressure-treated toe-kick using screws. Repeat this process for the upper locker units, placing them on top of the base units and securing them to each other and into the wall studs. Use a level extensively during this step to ensure all surfaces are perfectly flat and plumb, as any misalignment will affect the fit of the doors later. Use shims behind the units where the wall is wavy to achieve a flush fit. Drive screws into the wall studs to anchor the entire locker carcass securely.

Goal: Place and secure the assembled base and upper locker units onto the toe-kick and against the wall, ensuring they are level and plumb.

Tools and materials

  • Clamps
  • Cordless Drill/Driver (DeWalt)
  • Level (Stanley)
  • Stud Finder (Stanley)
  • Shims
  • Wood Screws

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[Music] all right couple of things uh leveling is important if this part sucks it's not parallel to this wall the rest of the cabinets are going to be shot once they glam together and i got a nice surface here i'm going to drive some screws along the side so they're together in order to keep it in place i got these little shims we're going to secure with screws this cabinet carcass that's right into the uh pressure cheese two by fours [Music] good good oh yeah nail it all right now we're gonna secure it right into the studs and then we'll start putting the towers [Music] up what's gonna happen is if it's a little caddywonkas you're gonna have a hell of a time trying to get these doors built for them so this is just like a good reference mark to know that it's gonna be the same exact distance and set your screws and you go from [Music] in the middle of the night i have this like epiphany of like is it epiphany epiphany i think it's epiphany uh anyways i had it and what came to me is thinking that in this design plan we need to have something that secures this against the wall to keep it from i'm gonna put it right in the back right there on both sides and then from this side we could secure it into the stud walls and then at the bottom will connect to the bottom base cabinet let's keep everybody safe [Music] like right here it'll be flush or plum and then over here it's about sticking out about a sixteenth of an inch because this wall as you can see is kind of wavy take maybe a knife find where the high spots are try to use a little love to push that drywall in so we're going to reference this wall you don't want to start making your doors later on in the process and they're all going to be kind of leaning to the side catch yourself before you prick yourself

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