Half kitchen island - is it enough to attach at one end?

[tobbew]

Hello

I am building a half kitchen island that is about 180 cm long.

Is it enough to screw the cabinets to each other and screw "the first one" into the wall, or is that considered insufficient? It is an island with electricity, water, and other plumbing, etc., so it should not move too much. Plus, it's likely to have pull-out drawers, so a large part of the weight may end up outside the cabinets' volume.

Either the cabinets stand on regular legs (Ikea) or I build a frame of studs on the floor for the cabinets to stand on. If necessary, I will drive a screw down through the laminate floor (click) and into the concrete slab.

In that case, the laminate floor can't move very well underneath, but maybe one can live with that. Or maybe I'll drill a larger hole in the laminate. But it's doubtful if the laminate moves at all under the kitchen, etc.?

How would you do it?

It will go from the wall and just past the pipes.


Thanks for the tips!

 

[thomas33]

If you attach the kitchen island to the wall and then also attach it with some type of bracket where the water comes up from the floor, it should be stable enough. But do not use IKEA legs, instead frame up a stable framework and screw the cabinets into it.

 

[jtl]

I assume electricity, water, and sewage are in the plinth and not coming up from the floor? If they are coming up from the floor, there's no reason not to secure it properly since the island will be there. With plinth routing, I would say the island is not permanent and can just as easily be moved elsewhere. What do you think has the longest lifespan; the frames, the floor, the kitchen layout? Everything determines what is easiest.

If the kitchen island extends straight out from the wall and is not an extension of another row of base cabinets (L / U), then I would secure it at the outer end. A frame is great, but try to attach it in such a way that you can move your island if it becomes necessary.

I have a peninsula (250cm) that extends out but is also part of a U. The entire U construction has a 4cm oak top on it. My peninsula stands on regular Ikea legs and is only attached to the wall (and connecting row of base cabinets). It's rock solid and doesn't need any more attachment points.

 

[AndersMalmgren]

I will also anchor only to a wall, will have an 11mm OSB in the back of the cabinets to give them extra stiffness.

 

[tobbew]

Thank you for the reply. The pipes will go fairly straight up where they come out, so I would call the island very stable and permanent. It will probably involve screwing a standing 45x70 or similar as a base. One or two screws into the concrete might suffice.