Gladiator cabinet hanging

[polexican23]

To wall track or not to wall track? That is the question.

I have a wall that is 69" wide where they are going. They are the 28" cabinets

The Gladiator wall track comes in 48" lengths.

thanks.

 

[bshusted]

I would just mount them straight to the wall, though with the stud spacing, you may have to run a couple of furring strips behind.

 

[chrispyny]

If you are going to need to run firring strips, just get the wall track. I got the wall track. It looks good and was fairly easy to install.
I just finished this about two weeks ago.

 

[mrvm]

To wall track or not to wall track? That is the question.

I have a wall that is 69" wide where they are going. They are the 28" cabinets

Sears has the GearTrack on sale every now and then, BOGO, etc. GearTrack is strong, light-weight, allows for cabinet adjustments, makes it easy to hang the cabinets singlehandedly and fast. I used a single row of GearTrack to support the upper mounting brackets for six of the 30" Premier cabinets in a row and installed a inexpensive 1 x 4 stud along the wall parallel to the upper GearTrack in place of the lower mounting bracket. This method allowed me to save some GearTrack for other uses while still allowing me to move the cabinets along the GearTrack. The Premier cabinets were simply bolted into the 1 x 4 board with short lags once the cabinets were in their final position. I'm not familiar with the 28" cabinets but I think they are RTA (ready to assemble) and don't come with mounting brackets. They probably could be mounted on the wall as long as you hit the wood studs. This may require you to drill extra holes and hopefully have relatively flat walls.

 

[SILVERPLATE]

To wall track or not to wall track? That is the question.

I have a wall that is 69" wide where they are going. They are the 28" cabinets

The Gladiator wall track comes in 48" lengths.

thanks.

Get two 48's and cut one down to size.

 

[Tink]

I would use a long French cleat on the wall and shorter ones on each cabinet.

 

[polexican23]

MRVM, was that online or in store sale? I swear I was just there the other day and it was still $12.99 for a 4 footer.

 

[mboss4]

If you are going to need to run firring strips, just get the wall track. I got the wall track. It looks good and was fairly easy to install.
I just finished this about two weeks ago.

Looks nice!

 

[k-os]

I also just got done mounting my 4 cabinets using the Geartrack. I picked up 8 pieces of the geartrack when it was $6.50 or so (half price). I was thinking of just using the geartrack on the top and then mounting a 1xsomething on the bottom of the cabinets, but for now I don't have any other use for the Geartrack. I can always take it down in the future and re-use it somewhere else.

 

[Zrexxer]

I elected not to use the track. Here's how I hung mine (and how I'm going to hang the three I've got sitting on the floor waiting):

http://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=273282

 

[plain garage]

You can cut the gear track to size (I think there's a minimum length)

 

[mrvm]

MRVM, was that online or in store sale? I swear I was just there the other day and it was still $12.99 for a 4 footer.

The GearTracks "sale" will cycle through again and it usually gets posted in the Hot Deals thread for online or in-store. If you can't wait, Zrexxer's plan for mounting the cabinet without tracks is nice but its not as mobile and you might need an assistant.

 

[rexer]

I used the Gladiator trac's , A lot easier to hang and slide over if needed.

$6.50 ea. why not.. I did use better screws..

 

[polexican23]

$6.50!!??? Daaaaang, that is cheap. I took most of your advice and picked up the track. It was $11 each at Blowes.

 

[bushmechanic]

Just use the track. It's easy to get straight, you'll have hardware in as many studs as you want, and you can cut it to length. It's not very picky stuff.

Hanging the cabinets becomes an idiot-proof one-man job if you are allowed to pick up heavy/bulky objects.

You can even slide fully loaded cabinets about if you want, or fix them in place. It all slides more easily than you might think, and if you need to adjust or replace something later it's simple.

One of the often unnoticed benefits is the slight space behind the cabinets and between the track sections. You can put stuff back there, or at least run cables.

I've used some smaller sections of track to fill in the spaces at ends, or cut two larger sections and ended up with leftovers. So long as you keep your sense about you, and watch your studs, it's possible to adjust for annoying spans without any trouble.

These things don't have to be perfect, and that's part of the charm. Fast, easy, and only as permanent as you want it. It ain't light duty stuff, either. You can load those things.

 

[polexican23]

Yeah, thought about using the husky track. I read it works both ways, but that track felt cheap.

 

[lynnbilodeau]

We just hung 10 of the welded 30 inch cabinets. We screwed 7 directly into the studs with 1/4 inch x 2.5 lag bolts. The studs were too few and far between for the last three (non load bearing wall, so someone skimped a bit on studs), so we hung two sets of the 48 (96) which worked out well for three cabinets (90). The track was 11 each at Lowe's.

The three cabinets in picture 3 were mounted to the track. The other 7 screwed directly into the studs.

 

[risc]

did use better screws..

The Gladiator screws are made of bubblegum, a complete waste of money.

 

[polexican23]

Yeah, I bought better 2inch screws. I got the track mounted and one cabinet up. Cant find the mount bracket for the other cabinet. I bought that one a long time ago, when I got overzealous about getting this build on track.

Looks okay, but I will def add the 1x4 or something on the bottom. I dont like it angled down.

 

[Dave.R]

We used the tracks in our workshop and I like it quite a bit. I like how you can slide the cabinets around and reorganize on the fly.

 

[k-os]

I think tonight I'm going to pull off the bottem gear track that I had put up and just put a 1x2 behind the cabinets on the bottom. I can re-use the gear track in another spot.

 

[Kevin54]

I hung mine on the tracks, but used one track for two cabinets. I also used a 1x4 preprimed board for the bottom instead of running two tracks like they recommend. The extra $10+ for a lower track is just a waste of money.

Dave R........the wall color you have looks like the same color I have on my walls.

 

[polexican23]

Cant comment on delievery time, but Gladiator customer service was great. Received a door that had some weird dents in it around the hinge area. Called them up and are shipping me a replacement. No questions asked other than where are they sending it to.

 

[SkeeterAg99]

I use the tracks. Got most on sale at Sears over period of couple years. I'm gladiator tapped out since im out of useable space. But in the shop im building I'll use the gear tracks and hooks but prob not cabinets. The gear track and hooks are really well made and like the interchange of hooks for needs. Here's my garage when we moved in as I was hanging it all...alone at that. It's not close to completed as the pegboard is all way around and under cabinets now. This is older pic

 

[k-os]

Just took down the lower geartrack last night and spaced the cabinets out with 1x2's. I'm going to end up taking down the shelf on the left side this weekend and moving the cabinets to the left side of the wall so that I can also move them lower. Space in the middle is for the TV.

 

[polexican23]

The important TV. I am trying to sort that out myself. 1 car garage doesnt leave much room.

--Skeeter, I really like the cabinets with the little open shelves you have. That may be my next purchase when the warden isnt looking.

 

[polexican23]

Was just at Sears and they had offwhite gladiator cabinets and benches. I thought they looked really cool. Almost wish I waited to buy mine, but they were almost double the price for the black ones.

 

[Kevin54]

polexican........one 4' track will hang two cabinets. You just don't see the end of the tracks. I have two gladiators on one track with the 1x4 at the bottom, so basically the cabinets hang one rail. And stacked full of catalogs, you know how heavy they can be, and I haven't had the first problem. BUT......I used 3" deck screws and made sure the screws are into the studs.

Don't use butterfly clips, or don't use the screw in drywall plugs that you run your screws into. If you have a pole barn, make sure you run the screws into some strapping. If you have OSB walls, then you are fine anywhere. Just make sure you use a deck screw and not a drywall screw, and you want a screw that is long enough to penetrate the drywall and securely into a stud, or long enough to penetrate the OSB plus the thickness of the rail(s)

 

[Gear Wolf]

The Gladiator screws are made of bubblegum, a complete waste of money.

True story brother!

 

[FunkyfullWidth]

I hung mine like this... Still a one man job.



I drilled holes in the back of the cabinet where my studs were located and put a bunch of screws in. Adjust-ability of the cabinet is nice and all but I'm not going to be moving wall cabinets around a lot. I'd rather have something snug against the wall even if we're only talking an inch off the wall. Besides, why would I want to spend 100 bucks on a cabinet and then have to spend another 20 something just to hang it on the walls.

here's my finished product.

 

[polexican23]

looks nice.

 

[polexican23]

Sears has the 30in locking gladiator cabinets in stock at $99 again.