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Old Nov 12th, 07, 6:37 pm   #1
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Installing AKURUM Legs

LEGS ON A BASE CABINET

The Akurum black plastic leg bases have pegs/tabs on them that go into the holes in the bottom of the base cabinets.


You can use the leg under the corner of one cabinet or you can have two cabinets share a leg. The leg is just pushed into the leg base.

If the leg goes under one cabinet, you need to use the plate that transfers the weight of the cabinet from the side panel to the leg.


If two cabinets share a leg, the leg base itself supports the side and the additional plate is unnecessary.


The pegs hold the leg plate in place. However if you'll be moving the cabinet much, it's good to screw it in just so it doesn't fall out. The base is 3/4" thick so a 5/8" screw works fine.



LEGS ON A 12"D WALL CABINET (Used as a shallow base)

If you want to put legs on a 12"D wall cabinet to use it as a base, you don't need to drill holes for the pegs, just cut the pegs off.


To figure placement, I measured the distance from the front of the cabinet to the leg plate on a regular base cabinet (2 13/16").

Then screw the leg plate into place. Two screws are required so it doesn't twist around.
Leg on one cab:


Leg shared between two cabs:


I hung the wall-as-base cabs from the suspension rail so I only had the legs in the front to have somewhere to attach the toekick/plinth.

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Re: Installing AKURUM Legs

Another helpful thread on this topic: http://www.ikeafans.com/forums/modif...-cabinets.html

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Re: Installing AKURUM Legs

Thanks for the info Gloria. Did any of your base cabinets have three holes towards the front to insert the pegs on the Akurum legs into? I'm not sure which two to insert the leg unit into...

And I assume the little rings that come with them are to secure the plinth to....

Thanks!

Richard

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Re: Installing AKURUM Legs

Hi Richard, you're welcome. No, I didn't have any base cabs with three holes toward the front. You can post the question in the Assembly and Installation forum, maybe with a picture, and someone may be able to help with that. My largest cabinet is only 30"W. Yes, the rings go into the groove on the back of the plinth so it can snap onto the legs. HTH Gloria

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Re: Installing AKURUM Legs

Hi everyone---- we *thought* we'd done the kitchen install correctly but we made a big mistake with the legs and I'd love some help. This is my first post, so I am sorry if it is in the wrong place?

We installed the cabinets but totally missed the step about using either a ledger board or a back leg on the cabinets that are connected. Our corner cabinet and sink base do not have a middle back leg and neither do a 15 inch and 30 inch base cabinet.. Do we need to unscrew everything and pull it off the wall? Thanks for any advice---

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