Furring cabinets out from the wall?

[abt12]

My Newage Pro cabinets finally came, and I realized I designed myself literally into a corner. I have a stem wall/foundation wall that's between 3.5 and 4" deep along both walls.

The back wall is high so I'm definitely mounting in front of the wall.


This leaves me about 4" away from the back wall. I figure I can throw a couple horizontal 2*4s up (one top for the hangars, one low for the lower mounting point) and be good. Maybe get some longer screws so I'm definitely all the way back to the studs. This will set the uppers back 2.5" deeper than normal but no big deal there.

The lockers will need a stack of 2x4s for the upper attachment point but that's easy enough.

The bigger challenge is then aligning the wall cabinets around the corner... There's no way I can swallow the 5" the low wall here sticks out.



The concrete curb is 4-5" tall (and, of course, not completely flat or level). The adjustable feet only adjust up to 4.5" tall, so I figure I can buy longer leveling feet and set them back on the ledge with some shims underneath to level and support. Easy enough.

The uppers still need to be firred out 2" to 2.5" in order to get the corners to align correctly, so a single 2*4 ain't gonna cut it.

What's the best approach here? Vertical 1x4s with horizontal 2x4s, long screws to mount both 2x4s and the cabinets?

 

[abt12]

Planned design for reference

 

[The Cobbler]

I'm having a hard time understanding your issue at the corner

 

[abt12]

I have all of the uppers linked together around the corner - so if I directly mount all of the uppers to the wall, it's going to be short on both sides.

That said... They're garage cabinets, so maybe I should just leave those gaps and use them to store tall things

 

[paredown]

Can you do a finished corner with two cabinets, and lose the extra length at both ends?

As we used to say--they make trim boards for a reason...

The other possibility would be notching all the bases to keep them tight to the wall--pretty much impossible with frameless to be sure.

 

[Ehcrain]

what about building a false wall that is flush with the surface of the offending concrete, who cares if the wall and the concrete dont meet perfectly along the edges as long as they are in plane with each other. That would allow you to place the cabinets as if they had a flush wall to mount on.

 

[abt12]

Figured out a new plan... I only have to line up one side this way. Going to move one of the large lockers to the back wall instead of the side wall. Some longer leveling feet will let me rest the back of the left lower on the concrete sill, and there's 2" extra depth on the work surface so I can make up the difference in width. Might still space off the back wall a bit with 2x6s, but it's not strictly necessary.

 

[CraigStu]

If you do space off the wall w/ 2x6s run 3 inch construction screws through the 2x6s into each stud. Then screw your cabinets to the 2x6s. I may have misunderstand you above but I wouldn't want to use say 4 inch screws through the cabinets, through the 2x6s, then into the studs. This also allows one set of screws to secure the 2x6s properly while the second set of screws can go through the best spot in the cabinet since studs are not controlling their location. I know we have all done it but I hate it when a 30 inch wall cab has one screw 4 inches from one side and the other screw is 10 inches from the other side.