Install Kitchen Cabinets On The Level

To obtain the very best results, make a trip to your local rental store and rent a laser level for the day

. This is going to give you the most accurate level line to start off with.

It only takes a few minutes to set it up, and after you have transferred the laser line on the walls, you are ready to get started. This is when you can go around the corners of the walls and mark the level line locations.

After you have done this step, you can take a chalk line and connect the dots. But here is the important step that you need to take. Make sure that you stretch the chalk line as tight as you can get it. This will ensure that the line is not sagging in the center. After you have snapped the lines using your chalk box, go back with the laser level and double check the chalk lines.

If you cannot rent a laser level or if it is not in your budget, then a four foot level will work just fine. But, you will need to be extra careful here and pay close attention to detail to ensure that the lines that you draw are accurate.

By measuring up thirty four and a half inches from the high point of the floor, you can start at that point and use the level to draw the lines. While you are using the level, I recommend that you have the help of someone else with the opposite ned of the four foot level.

After you have finished drawing the lines around the kitchen, flip the level end for end and reverse what you have just done. If your four foot level is not accurate, this is where you will be able to tell. If you make it back to the opposite end of the kitchen and the lines are still mathced up, you will know for sure that the level is accurate. If the lines do not match up, your level is not accurate, and you will have to purchase a new one or have it recalibrated.

By renting a laser level, you will not have to worry about your level not being accurate. It will save you some time at the beginning stages of the installation, but it will be the very best way to give you level lines to start with. Think of this step as the buildin of a foundation for a house. If it is not right here, the entire process will be compromised.

by: Rob Stouffer

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