Can wall mount cabinets attach to ceiling?

[A1an]

This is probably a really stupid question but I am still learning home improvement/repair so please bear with me while I get up to speed.

I have about six wall mount cabinets out of our kitchen. The garage has concrete walls. My thought is it will be easier to attach these to the joists rather than to the wall. What would be the proper way to secure a wall mount cabinet to the joists? Can I just run a lag bolt through the cabinet, drywall, and into the joist or should there be some sort of additional support between the two?

 

[Weekend_warrior]

I would not do that. Then all the weight will be suspended from one spot in the joists.

They makes screws that will go into concrete. Predrill with a hammer drill and mason bit. Should work fine.

 

[red baron]

Cabinets usually are built so that most of the strength and structure come from the sides and bottom, with the top mainly to help keep thing square and to help stiffen up the boxes. Unless they were designed to hang from the tops originally I think they would likely pull apart after getting loaded up. YMMV though

 

[KenS]

Use a french cleat.

 

[bochnak]

My garage has cinder block walls. Use tapcons...they work great.

 

[A1an]

Got it. I was trying to avoid buying or trying to find someone with a hammer drill. I'm assuming a regular drill with concrete bits wouldn't do the job?

 

[bochnak]

Got it. I was trying to avoid buying or trying to find someone with a hammer drill. I'm assuming a regular drill with concrete bits wouldn't do the job?

Sure it will. It'll just take longer.

 

[A1an]

Good to know. Tapcons it is.

Thanks for the information.

 

[troop231]

If the Tapcons wont grip the block, put a little snip of weed eater string in the hole, it'll make the connection super tight. Learned that trick from an electrician.

 

[bochnak]

I like to use the 5/16" by about 1 1/4"L size with a large fender washer. Use 4 screws per cabinet if your gonna load them with heavy items.

Go to Ace for both.

 

[rickycobra]

I would not especially if their holding anything substantial in them.

 

[djd99]

On mine I took a couple 2x4x8 and tapcon them in the cinder blocks then I attached the cabinets to the 2x4's. This works well for shelves also. It make hanging the cabinets pretty easy. I also took rigid insulation and put it between the 2x4's and osb the walls. Then I could attach pretty much anything I wanted.

 

[6768rogues]

It depends on how much weight you want to support and how well the cabinets are made. Many kitchen islands have them suspended from the ceiling. Personally, I would go the Tapcon route or Tapcon some supporting boards to the wall and screw on the cabinets.

 

[BigAirT]

Tapcons, definitely. I'd suggest picking up a cheap hammer drill @ HF or the like, it saves a lot of time & headaches over a standard drill.

 

[djd99]

Tapcons, definitely. I'd suggest picking up a cheap hammer drill @ HF or the like, it saves a lot of time & headaches over a standard drill.

I vote no on the HF hammer drill as it only drilled 2 holes before it burnt up. Come on guys you need a good drill in a garage so get something worth keeping.

This comes to mind.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0008ELQ0G/?tag=atomicindus08-20

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001EYU8T4/?tag=atomicindus08-20

http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc...splay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053

http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc...splay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053

I like cordless myself but there 100 bucks more.

 

[DeadSock]

just rent a hammer drill (and possibly the bit) ...

 

[tcianci]

Like others have mentioned, use the Tapcons. This would be a perfect time to justify a nice cordless 18V drill/hammer drill and impact driver. You will probably never fasten anything to concrete again without these tools and Tapcons, it makes bolting stuff to concrete a piece of cake.
Typical kitchen cabinets are not designed to be hung from a ceiling, the back wall of the cabinet is intended to be screwed to the wall, in fact, when you do attach them make not of how they were originally attached as some cabinets have dedicated areas where the back wall is thicker, that's where the screws need to go. You are actually at an advantage in attaching the cabinets to the concrete block... you can install the Tapcons anywhere along the width of the cabinet since your screw locations are not dictated by the presence of studs in the wall.