Blind Base Cabinet Installation

How to install a blind base kitchen cabinets in a corner.

Blind base cabinet installation.

Tall pantry. Usually the adjoining base cabinet will require a filler strip so that it s door and drawer can open fully. A blind base cabinet is a piece used in a corner to transition from one wall to another without leaving a large empty void space in a corner. Blind corner accessories.

Ideally you would mount the blind corner cabinet out far enough so that the panel exposure next to the door is equal to the width of the filler strip. You ll note some wasted space to the left and right of the angled drawers dead zones built into the drawer to create 90 degree angles with. Bathroom vanity. It is also used when a traditional corner cabinet such as a lazy susan is not preferred or won t fit the available space.

While you may think that they are called blind corner cabinets because you reach in and feel around blindly for what you need they are instead called this becuase of the missing door and the blind side of the cabinet. Wait to add drawers doors and hardware until after the countertop is attached. We forget about how much kitchen countertop space is wasted above those base cabinet blind corners and below wall cabinets and you could do all sorts of things with it. If your wall bows out a lot shim it before you hang the cabinet.

By width cabinet actual cabinet width actual cabinet width recommended installation door opening width bb36 30 36 39 12 bb42 36 42 45 15 bb48 48 48 51 21 actual cabinet width see recommended installation dimensions door opening width filler top view application shown. Install these cabinets as a team and clamp them together as you level plumb and attach them to the wall. Right blind d adjacent wall cabinet. See the latest in cabinet accessory innovations.

In the first option a blind base installation the cabinet on one wall the blind base extends almost to the corner and then a standard base cabinet installed on the adjacent wall butts into it. Blind corner cabinets are the cabinets in the corner of the kitchen known as the bermuda triangle of kitchens. Doing so before can help prevent damaging the wall or the back of the cabinet.