Installing wall cabinets

[Mike E. Fullerton]

I am about to install some wall cabinets. The instructions say to "Pre-drill the cabinet (through top and bottom rail) to line up with the wall studs." What the heck are the top and bottom rail? On the base cabinets there is a piece of wood at the top which I guess is the hanging rail which would be screwed to the wall. Since the entire back of the wall cabinets are the same wood I guess it doesn't matter where you screw them in. How can you hide the unsightly screw heads?

Thanks for any advice.

[Nancy Young]

"Mike E. Fullerton" wrote

My cabinets have a wood strip inside, top and bottom, and the screws go through them.

I don't think it matters, being that the screws are inside the cabinet, but mine are black with a silver grommet looking washer. Doesn't look bad.

nancy

[Cliff Hartle]

There should be a strip of wood about 3" wide at the top and bottom of the wall cabinet running from one side to the other either on the inside or outside. If yours doesn't I hope the back panel is thick and attached well to the top and sides.

As for the screws you can use these, but the head is a liitle soft and you may stip it out before its driven all the way.

I like these better but the local Rockler doesn't stock them.

I ended up using an exterior stainless steel bugle head screw with a Square X head and a silver finish washer. the Square X head gives you a non stripout head and the tip on the screw has teeth that cut into the wood as you drive it.

Like these but in stainless

"Mike E. Fullerton" wrote in message news: [e-mail]...

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screws inside cabinets are just dressed up a bit. =I am about to install some wall cabinets. The instructions say to

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btw, silver is common, don't know about black or other colours

[Dan Espen]

They make stickon plastic circles out of vinyl that cover the screw heads. They come in various finishes.

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Make sure the cap fits into the screw, or vice versa. May fit onto some of slot, philips, robertson, etc. head types and sizes. This is all I found under "plastic screw caps", just for a view. Probably at HomeDepot.

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