Are you in the middle of installing new kitchen cabinets or perhaps moving them around and might need a few tips on how to protect kitchen cabinets jammed in garage temporarily. If so then read on as we explain the main points to look out for.
How to Protect Cabinets that are stored in garage
Most kitchen remodelers love the idea of putting your new kitchen cabinets in the garage so the answer for this is “Cardboard” Lots and lots of it.
Cardboard will be your best friend when storing cabinet anywhere, You will need to place cardboard on the floor to prevent any chipping or indentions on the bottom of your cabinets especially the wall cabinets since you will be staring at the bottom edge of your wall kitchen cabinets for as long as you have them in your home.
Most cabinet manufactures deliver their cabinets with a protective cardboard box wrapped around them including triangular corner pieces on each corner sometimes made of Styrofoam and others kind of plastics. Since moving the cabinets around will lead the corners to be bumped or dragged at times if not careful.
A good way to store kitchen cabinets that are not installed and laying around is to place them face to face and back back so they get scratched up since the backs of cabinets are very rough and not finished. Taking all the shelves out is a good idea because this will make your cabinets lighter and easier to move around.
If you have glass in your cabinets please be sure to bubble wrap between layers and to lay in a flat surface or lean against the wall with a cardboard in between glass and wall.
Why would you have to store cabinets in your home
There could be a number of reasons why you would have to store cabinet somewhere in your home if you are planning a kitchen remodel, install, or update and here are the main reasons why:
- Backordered Cabinets: We wish everything was perfect but when it comes to ordering your new kitchen cabinets it may consist of a long list of multiple items and some are made by different manufacture’s and not all will deliver at the same time so this made lead to some temporary storage cabinets in your home.
- Storage Fee’s: Storing cabinets can be expensive for any company or person since they take up so much space so it could take several hundred dollars for a few days if need, so most homeowners prefer to have them at home to prevent being charged for that storage.
- Installation: Best case scenario is that you have all your items and cabinets already delivered and that you are just waiting on the professional kitchen cabinet installer to come and finally install your new Kitchen, These installers are running on tight schedules and may not be able to install the cabinets day of delivery so be expected to wait at least a couple of days no more than a week.
- Other Trades: If you made multiple changes and upgrades to your kitchen besides the kitchen cabinets like changes in the electrical outlets, wall frame structures or drywall additions then this means that multiple companies or contractors will be a part of your project and it takes a master scheduler to get everyone to come at the exact time as needed, just keep a warm list and check up multiple times with them before their services are needed to keep them freshly reminded.
Conclusion
Thank you for allowing to express certain things to look out for when storing cabinets in garage and hopefully your projects turns out great with good timing and careful planning.
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