How To Build A Wall Oven Base Cabinet

The short narrow face of the cleat should be flush to the wall with the beveled edge facing up.

How to build a wall oven base cabinet.

Face frames cover plywood edges. I just looked up the specs on the cooktop and it is calling for 8 depth which sounded like quite a bit to me. Lift the cabinet into place so the halves of the french cleat interlock. Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation.

Stand one of the cabinet sides up so the cutout is facing up. Drive a pair of 3 inch screws through the bottom nailer from the inside of the cabinet and into the wall studs to secure the bottom of the cabinet. I have never placed a wall oven in a base cabinet but i have a client who wants to place a 30 wall oven below a 36 gas cooktop. The top of the cabinet has no stretchers which allow for the addition of a cook top over the oven.

The sample base and wall cabinets shown belowhave these features to make building them as simple as possible. After it dries sand the cabinet with 100 grit sandpaper. Repeat this with the three remaining 28 1 2 by 23 1 2 by 3 4 inch pieces between the lines drawn and at the top of the cabinet. Apply glue to front edges of the wall oven cabinet and place the face frame on it.

Put one of the 28 1 2 by 23 1 2 by 3 4 inch pieces of plywood on top of the cleat against the cabinet side and secure it with finish nails. The wall oven specs call for 27 1 4 cutout for height so with a 34 1 2 base cabinet it s not possible. Create an opening that will accept your double oven appliance. This is a wall oven base cabinet.

Step by step instructions that show you how to cut your existing oven pantry cabinet. There should be a 1 4 inch gap between the sides of the oven and. Secure the frame to the cabinet with the finish nails. Set all the nail heads and fill the holes and the frame joints with wood putty.

Place the hardwood boards on the front edges of the oven cabinet on both sides.