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[hazze76]

Planning a kitchen renovation this summer and will be tearing down/building up some walls.

What is best/right/easiest when it comes to the walls where the wall cabinets will be installed?

The kitchen sellers don't have many recommendations other than ensuring the wall cabinets are anchored in the "right" way. No one seems to be able to tell what the "right" way is....

I have two thoughts:

1. OSB board plus drywall with possibly additional framing (CC 30) behind the OSB board?

2. Tongue and groove wall with drywall on top.

Or does anyone have a better/easier suggestion?

Thanks!

/Hasse

 

[daviden]

OSB or raw paneling I think will suffice without extra studs. Personally, I will just have plasterboard but make sure that some of the screws are in the studs.

 

[byggare henke]

it's good to have something behind the drywall. just drywall is not much fun. keep in mind that there will be many kilos in the cabinets.
On the countertop cabinets surely someone will stand. and in the wall cabinets there will be porcelain, glasses, flour, sugar, oils, etc..

 

[oskis 123]

What is the rest of the wall made of? I installed construction plywood with gypsum in our kitchen. It feels like you can drive any screw into it.

 

[hazze76]

Don't know what it looks like behind the existing kitchen, it will be a surprise when I tear it down.

 

[mandg]

Placed floor chipboard behind and then covered with renovation plasterboard...(6mm) worked perfectly...

 

[MathiasS]

Both your options work. I would go with OSB or plywood. Both work and hold up better than the kitchen cabinet itself does.

 

[byggare henke]

plyfa becomes more expensive. invest in OSB

 

[Alpha]

I have recently mounted my wall cabinets (92cm) with only 2 screws in each upper corner with OSB + plasterboard as wall covering, is that enough?

I used 6x50mm screws and it held, but you never know with all the glasses and plates.

 

[MathiasS]

It holds.

Here you can read about how well or poorly it holds.

http://www.byggahus.se/forum/byggmaterial-byggteknik/145270-bygga-koeksvaegg.html

 

[GladaSnickaren]

Isn't it usually said that plywood is stronger than OSB? Screws hold better in plywood than in OSB, it's easier to get "stripped threads" on OSB than on plywood.

When I installed the kitchen, I used plywood behind the drywall, it’s a bit more expensive but negligible in the grand scheme of things.

Right or wrong? Use what you think works for you...

//Best regards

 

[hazze76]

12 mm Plyfa with Gips it seems to be then...

Thanks for everyone's opinion and ideas!

 

[MathiasS]

Doesn't it say that plywood is stronger than an OSB board?
Screws hold better in plywood than in OSB, it's easier to strip the threads in OSB than in plywood.

When I installed a kitchen, I used plywood behind the drywall, it's a bit more expensive but in the context, it's negligible.

Right or wrong? Use what you think works for you...

//Best Regards

Yes, it often does. And it is stronger. But not as much stronger as some people think.