Scored on some Oak Cabinets

[kywildcat]

I got sooooooo lucky today. A friend called and said he was doing a remodel, and wanted to know if I wanted some SOLID OAK CABINETS.......DUH!!
I got two 4 1/2 foot base, two 24 inch base, and one 18 base. Several overhead wall mounted units and one 7 foot tall 24x26 *****. These are in great shape, and I cant wait to get them mounted over next couple months!

 

[TN_GARAGE]

Very cool.

Knowing what i have in my kitchen, I'd probably mount those in my kitchen and move my kitchen cabinets in my garage.

 

[Gary S]

They will look great in your garage. I built oak cabinets for my garage and I really like the look of them. I figure a garage deserves to look nice too.

 

[R6 Racer]

I got sooooooo lucky today. A friend called and said he was doing a remodel, and wanted to know if I wanted some SOLID OAK CABINETS.......DUH!!
I got two 4 1/2 foot base, two 24 inch base, and one 18 base. Several overhead wall mounted units and
one 7 foot tall 24x26 *****.
These are in great shape, and I cant wait to get them mounted over next couple months!

That be some scary chick fittin those !!

 

[kywildcat]

That be some scary chick fittin those !!

Good catch Racer......LOL. In fact there are two type o's in there. ***** for sure, and it should be 24x36 too. Guess I was tired from unloading them by myself. Should read 24x36 PANTRY........and I dont like big women anyway!!

 

[kywildcat]

Im highjacking my own thread now. I read somewhere on here that when I mount my base cabinets to the floor, I should put something under them. My shop doesnt leak, and I doubt it will see much water, but should I put rubber or treated wood under them first??

 

[shoot summ]

OK, first I have to nitpick a little first, are they really "SOLID OAK"? Pretty unusual if they are, most use ply or some sort of sheet goods for the case with solid wood for the face frame and sometimes the doors. I'm really not trying to be an *** it is just a pet peeve of mine as a woodworker.....

As far as mounting the cabinets go if you don't expect them to see any moisture there is no reason to bring them up off of the floor. It's likely they will be a bit off the floor anyway to get them level based on the slope of your garage floor.

 

[Gary S]

OK, first I have to nitpick a little first, are they really "SOLID OAK"? Pretty unusual if they are, most use ply or some sort of sheet goods for the case with solid wood for the face frame and sometimes the doors. I'm really not trying to be an *** it is just a pet peeve of mine as a woodworker.....

My guess is that they would have to be veeeeerrrrry old to be solid oak. Even the oldest oak cabinets I've been around were plywood sides and back. Most of the newer stuff isn't even plywood anymore. It is particle board of some sort.
But, even oak veneer plywood sides and back with solid oak fronts are magnificent cabinets compared to what most people have. Most people have painted particle board with no real wood in them.

 

[shoot summ]

My guess is that they would have to be veeeeerrrrry old to be solid oak. Even the oldest oak cabinets I've been around were plywood sides and back. Most of the newer stuff isn't even plywood anymore. It is particle board of some sort.
But, even oak veneer plywood sides and back with solid oak fronts are magnificent cabinets compared to what most people have. Most people have painted particle board with no real wood in them.

I agree, if they were old enough to be solid they would have also been job built so getting them down intact would be challenging at best. I am sure they probably are really nice cabinets, I just get tired of the over use of "solid", seems these days everything is "solid" even though it is really MDF and veneer. Solid to me is real wood(no veneers).

 

[Kevin54]

 

[PassnThru]

Im highjacking my own thread now. I read somewhere on here that when I mount my base cabinets to the floor, I should put something under them. My shop doesnt leak, and I doubt it will see much water, but should I put rubber or treated wood under them first??

It is unlikely that your floor will be level enough to set the cabinets on the floor. Even inside the house that usually doesn't work without shimming. Out in the garage it is usually even worse. To look right they should be on a flat level surface when they are joined together and attached to the back wall.
One option would be adjustable legs on the bottom of the cabinets so you could account for those irregularities in your concrete floor. Another option would be to join the face frames with the cabinets in the order that you want them in and add a piece of three quarter OSB to the bottom cut to fit. I think the OSB is probably better because it in effect joins the cabinets into one unit. Flip it back against the wall and shim the front and sides. Screw the cabinets to the wall at level. So you have the cabinets sitting on a uniform surface that you can shim at the front and sides to account for the unlevel floor. Of course, if there is a really high spot in the center then forget it - it would be platform time at that point. You might get lucky and see that it sits just fine without shimming - maybe just shoot a little caulk around the bottom where the OSB meets the floor. And if you do have any sort of leak in the future, it has a little ways to go before it reaches the cabinets themselves.

 

[kywildcat]

Thanks PassnThru!!

OK......you guys got me!! I got excited and called them Solid Oak Cabinets, but there are parts of them that are not. Wasnt trying to mislead anyone, I just got caught up in the heat of the FREE moment......lol. They are damn nice ones though!! Sorry about the confusion, and I will post some pics from my phone later.

 

[kywildcat]

They are stored at a friends shed for a couple weeks!

 

[shoot summ]

Looks great!!!

 

[Slupie]

Great score. Do not put cabinets on concrete. Concrete absorbs moisture from the ground and that moisture will eventually rot the cabinets. Mold loves to grow on cabinets.

When I was redoing my sisters kitchen I kept the old cabinets and counter tops. Once they were in my garage I hung the uppers and and put the lowers on locking caters. They are easily rolled out to make a giant workbench. I also made them just the right height to be the out-feed table for my table saw when needed.

 

[nmanitou]

I like the idea of "re-purposing" old stuff. I just finished installing these oak faced cabinets in my new garage build. They had been in my basement for 4 years after a kitchen remodel - just waiting for my garage addition.

I set the base cabinets on 2x4 treated to keep off any dampness from the floor. It also adds a nice lift to the counter top to put it at a better working level. It provides a great work space. I think I will like it a lot!

 

[kywildcat]

Great score. Do not put cabinets on concrete. Concrete absorbs moisture from the ground and that moisture will eventually rot the cabinets. Mold loves to grow on cabinets.

When I was redoing my sisters kitchen I kept the old cabinets and counter tops. Once they were in my garage I hung the uppers and and put the lowers on locking caters. They are easily rolled out to make a giant workbench. I also made them just the right height to be the out-feed table for my table saw when needed.

I'm going to mount them to the wall so I won't be moving them. I'm thinking about putting a ripped treated 2x4 under them, so they will be a little higher. I guess 3/4 inch plywood would be the best for the tops.

 

[kywildcat]

very nice nmanitou.