Attaching Ikea Cabinets To Each Other

I use two clamps to squeeze the cabinet frames together.

Attaching ikea cabinets to each other.

And are there any particular screws i should be using. They were 2 brackets for hooking them together at the back and a strip of double sided tape for the front pix. I have some 1 1 4 deck screws on hand. I put a minimum of two screws in each one about 1 5 inches from the top and bottom of the face frame opening.

Cabinets 24 inches or taller always get three screws connecting the face frames. When attaching them to each other though should i be using construction adhesive as well or just screws. I wanted to stack 4 bestå cabinets on top of each other and attach them together to make them very stable. Attaching besta cabinets vertically.

This blue floating wall unit in the picture was made by attaching two three door cabinets in 15 and 25 1 4 on top of each other. If you have limited wall space you could instead build the besta cabinets vertically. You attach that strip to the back of the cabinet then drill from inside the cabinet through the cabinet back filler strip and slightly into the cover panel. Just don t screw it in too.

But i didn t like the attachment kit that came with the cabinets. It s stupid and it s pointless and anyone with common sense knows to distribute the nails throughout so that the back of the cabinet is attached evenly. To attach them you use the double sided pads and metal clips provided in the besta package. Stacking bestå cabinets an alternative sturdier method.

What about spacing of the screws or does that matter. I then drill the screw pilot holes.