Any furniture should combine the beauty of design and ease of use. In small apartments, where every square centimeter is worth its weight in gold, the compactness of the furniture plays a huge role. In this case, the ideal solution would be to install a corner cabinet, which, despite its large capacity, will not take up much space. Having ordered the furniture they like, the buyer is faced with the issue of installation. There are two ways out of the situation - entrust the assembly to strangers and overpay an impressive amount of money for it, or solve this problem yourself.
DIY assembly
Assembling a corner cabinet with your own hands has a number of advantages.
- Firstly, it saves money.
- Secondly, by assembling the furniture yourself, you will be able to do everything well, because you cannot always rely on the integrity of hired workers.
Also, despite the fact that this activity is labor-intensive and painstaking, it is also interesting and useful, because having completed this work, you gain new experience. It is important to understand that this process does not have significant difficulties and does not require special professional skills, the buyer receives a kind of large construction set with assembly instructions. Even if there is no instruction in the set of parts, you can always turn to the Internet for help.
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Design and construction
Depending on the taste and imagination of the client, as well as the required functionality of the furniture, the following variations can be distinguished. First of all, such cabinets are divided into built-in and free-standing (cabinet). Cabinet cabinets can be made as a solid structure or by combining two straight components. According to their shape, they are divided into the following groups:
- triangular;
- trapezoidal;
- L-shaped;
- five-walled;
- rounded execution.
The choice of form depends on the customer's wishes, as well as on the features of the room. According to the type of opening of the sashes, they are divided into swing, sliding (coupe) and combined.
The design of the selected product should match the style of the rest of the room. This applies to both the style of execution and the color scheme.
Selection of materials and tools
The material from which your cabinet will be made is an important aspect on which the beauty and durability of the furniture will depend. The pricing policy of the market is divided into two groups.
- The first, more expensive, includes products made of natural wood. They are distinguished by their high price, high weight and high maintenance requirements.
- Cheaper and easier to install and operate are products made of chipboard (wood chipboard) and MDF (finely dispersed fraction). However, their disadvantages include their lower durability.
Assembling a corner cabinet yourself will require a certain set of tools. Basically, these are:
- hammer drill for drilling holes in the wall;
- screwdriver;
- set of Allen keys;
- hammer;
- screwdriver;
- hacksaw.
If the store assembly does not include additional assembly fittings (screws, plugs, hinges, confirmat, etc.), you must take care of purchasing them yourself. This process does not require any special carpentry tools.
Assembly of a corner cabinet and its features
- If an ordinary wardrobe can simply be securely placed on a flat surface, then the main feature of such sets is their installation with fasteners directly to the wall. Therefore, at the first stage of work, it is necessary to prepare holes for fasteners. Then, monolithic load-bearing walls are installed, to which the remaining parts will be built.
- It is necessary to immediately compare the number of parts in stock with what the assembly instructions for the corner cabinet offer. In case of shortage, it is better to contact the store immediately. It is important to familiarize yourself in detail with the type of parts, as well as the places where they are connected.
- After marking, holes are drilled and the cabinet is assembled from large parts to small ones.
- 4. At the end of the work, hinges are attached to the walls, and doors are hung on them. This point must be taken into account at the calculation stage, clearly understanding in which direction the door will open.
- All work with doors is carried out only with the lock in the open position, which is closed after installation. If the design provides for a combination with a sliding wardrobe, it is necessary to make sure that the sliding door is not obstructed by other furniture elements.
- After finishing the work, you can take care of the appearance of the finished product. All connections are closed with plugs in the color of the surface, if there is no end decorative strip, you can stick it on yourself, then remove the excess with a stationery knife.
It is worth mentioning the installation of pull-out cabinets separately, since this is the most important moment in the assembly of such sets. Pull-out shelves and cabinets move inside the structure on wheels along special guides. There are options with wooden and metal guides, but if we are talking about really high-quality assembly, then the wooden option should be immediately discarded. The guides must be attached to the inner walls strictly opposite each other, always keeping to the level. Even the slightest distortion will lead to difficulty in using the moving parts of the furniture. In the event that a lot of things will be stored in a cabinet or drawer, or they will be heavy, you can attach two guides on each side. This solution gives the structure increased reliability.
By following simple instructions and following the recommendations of experts, it is not difficult to figure out how to assemble such a piece of furniture as a corner cabinet.
