# WTH: Kitchen cabinet installer **URL:** \ **Category:** Classifieds\ **Created:** [April 11, 2008, 8:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wth-kitchen-cabinet-installer/46629 "2008-04-11T08:34:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dlatone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@dlatone](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dlatone)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 8:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wth-kitchen-cabinet-installer/46629/1 "2008-04-11T08:34:50Z")
i could probably do this myself, but i would rather pay someone else to do it…anyone know someone good? im not looking to spend too much here, but i would like it to be done well. i have a cabinet guy, but if anyone else knows of somewhere i could get cheap cabinets/countertops let me know so i can compare. ---
**Author:** ![camarojoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@camarojoe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/camarojoe)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 8:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wth-kitchen-cabinet-installer/46629/2 "2008-04-11T08:36:34Z")
It is soooooooo easy to install cabinets. Try it yourself. If you have good walls, and all the cabinets measured out right, should take you an afternoon. Buy some cabinet screws for mounting them in the wall and some shims. ---
**Author:** ![dlatone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@dlatone](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dlatone)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 8:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wth-kitchen-cabinet-installer/46629/3 "2008-04-11T08:42:27Z")
thats what i am worried about. my walls arent the greatest. but honestly, if i could pay someone like $100 to do it that would be money well spent. ---
**Author:** ![Jagermeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jagermeister](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jagermeister)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wth-kitchen-cabinet-installer/46629/4 "2008-04-11T08:51:23Z")
> [@dlatone](#): > > thats what i am worried about. my walls arent the greatest. but honestly, if i could pay someone like $100 to do it that would be money well spent. For $100, you better only have 2-3 cabinets to install… ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 8:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wth-kitchen-cabinet-installer/46629/5 "2008-04-11T08:59:51Z")
^ lol, for serious. ---
**Author:** ![dlatone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@dlatone](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dlatone)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 9:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wth-kitchen-cabinet-installer/46629/6 "2008-04-11T09:15:22Z")
well, i mean if i help with it some too. i would like someone to come in and be like here is what you do. and put in all the shims and all. i can do the lowers, im not too worried about that. while im at it…i will need a dishwasher installed too. anyone know someone for that? i do not have one now, but there is an electrical line right above where i want to put it in. so that should be easy. im just not too sure how much work will go into plumbing etc. ---
**Author:** ![TurboTSi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@TurboTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTSi)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 9:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wth-kitchen-cabinet-installer/46629/7 "2008-04-11T09:33:38Z")
You mean you can do the uppers? The lowers are the ones that require the most work with shims and leveling. ---
**Author:** ![dlatone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@dlatone](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dlatone)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 9:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wth-kitchen-cabinet-installer/46629/8 "2008-04-11T09:40:19Z")
really, i would have thought the bottom would be easier. i talked to a couple of guys at work that said it is pretty easy. so i dunno. maybe i will give it a shot. i also saw some of those ready to assemble ones too. they are pretty cheap and look like they may be a good deal. but that is also a lot of work putting it all together. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 9:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wth-kitchen-cabinet-installer/46629/9 "2008-04-11T09:42:53Z")
they’re all pretty “easy” depending on what you’re comfortable with. Just take your time. ---
**Author:** ![TurboTSi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@TurboTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTSi)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 9:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wth-kitchen-cabinet-installer/46629/10 "2008-04-11T09:49:04Z")
I’m not saying it’s hard, but with the lower cabinets you have the wall and the floor to contend with, not to mention they all have to be level with eachother or the countertop won’t fit right. The uppers only require shimming the wall, if needed. ---
**Author:** ![dlatone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b19c9b/32.png) [@dlatone](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dlatone)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 9:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wth-kitchen-cabinet-installer/46629/11 "2008-04-11T09:50:49Z")
i mean…im pretty good with stuff like that. i would be more concerned with the time it would take me. if someone can come in and do it in a day great, where it may take me like 2 weekends because i tend to get sidetracked. i put in the floor myself in the new house and that went well. it was money well saved. i need to do the countertop too. it is a 13’ linear run so i am thinking that will be a bastard to put in. i just want this done though. these old metal cabinets are killing me. ---
**Author:** ![Nikuk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/nikuk/32/7254_2.png) [@Nikuk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Nikuk)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2008, 9:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wth-kitchen-cabinet-installer/46629/12 "2008-04-11T09:58:04Z")
> [@TurboTSi](#): > > I’m not saying it’s hard, but with the lower cabinets you have the wall and the floor to contend with, not to mention they all have to be level with eachother or the countertop won’t fit right. The uppers only require shimming the wall, if needed. word, in a nutshell ---
**Author:** ![deebo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deebo/32/5218_2.png) [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wth-kitchen-cabinet-installer/46629/13 "2008-04-14T14:05:54Z")
Measuire a line from your floor for atleast 18" of space (ideal size of appliances to sit on counter) create a level line around the whole kitchen, and when you are on a section, screw a 2x4 about 2 cabinet widths in length , screw one cabinet to the wall first and the screw the next cabnet to the cabinet you screwed into the wall… its pretty easy to install cabinets but there is no way at all that you will find someone to do it for only $100 ---
**Author:** ![TurboTSi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@TurboTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTSi)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2008, 2:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wth-kitchen-cabinet-installer/46629/14 "2008-04-14T14:31:43Z")
^ you have to find the high spot in the floor first, before you do anything