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My question is: do you need to treat the OSB board and "tidy up the wall" before installing cabinets, or can you install the cabinets directly?
We have done some renovations at home, like wallpapering and painting, but it's mostly my husband who has done everything - I've mostly been the assistant and checked pattern matching, etc. Now I've started a construction project in our summer cottage without him being there, and I'm facing a lot of questions that I have to try to tackle one at a time. I can only fill screw holes, so that's a dilemma. We've had a construction company where the work has now stalled, and they are only supposed to complete the plumbing and electrical work they started. The cottage is somewhat extended with a cast foundation - the rest of the cottage stands on pillars. The craftsmen have screwed OSB boards onto the kitchen walls, among other places. We're planning to have kitchen cabinets that cover the entire walls (i.e., base cabinets and wall cabinets, and either tiles or some other board in between) and I'm wondering if the cabinets can be mounted directly onto the walls or if they need to be fully filled or painted or something else first? I've received different advice from paint and building stores, but opinions have varied on what should/can be done.
Hope you understand what I mean.:S:S
We have done some renovations at home, like wallpapering and painting, but it's mostly my husband who has done everything - I've mostly been the assistant and checked pattern matching, etc. Now I've started a construction project in our summer cottage without him being there, and I'm facing a lot of questions that I have to try to tackle one at a time. I can only fill screw holes, so that's a dilemma. We've had a construction company where the work has now stalled, and they are only supposed to complete the plumbing and electrical work they started. The cottage is somewhat extended with a cast foundation - the rest of the cottage stands on pillars. The craftsmen have screwed OSB boards onto the kitchen walls, among other places. We're planning to have kitchen cabinets that cover the entire walls (i.e., base cabinets and wall cabinets, and either tiles or some other board in between) and I'm wondering if the cabinets can be mounted directly onto the walls or if they need to be fully filled or painted or something else first? I've received different advice from paint and building stores, but opinions have varied on what should/can be done.
Hope you understand what I mean.:S:S
Hello,
I see no reason to putty or paint behind the cabinets. Instead, be careful with the priming behind tiles (absorbent surface).
Jörgen
I see no reason to putty or paint behind the cabinets. Instead, be careful with the priming behind tiles (absorbent surface).
Jörgen
If you are going to use plaster as a substrate for the tiles, also place it behind the cabinets; otherwise, the tiles will protrude quite far, which will look a bit odd at the sink.
Also, look at an installation description for the kitchen, where it is quite well described what is required, including that a batten should be screwed in place for the base cabinets to rest on.
Also, look at an installation description for the kitchen, where it is quite well described what is required, including that a batten should be screwed in place for the base cabinets to rest on.
Normally, you put 13mm gypsum on the OSB board - it provides a somewhat stiffer and soundproof wall but above all increased fire protection, which is practical in a kitchen. If you choose the option to skip the gypsum, you will find it a bit trickier and more time-consuming in all areas not covered by cabinets - it is simply shortsighted to skip the gypsum since it saves you from having to apply a wide filler on the walls and provides a good base for wallpaper or paint, which OSB is not.
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Thanks so far to those who have responded. 
Perhaps I should add to my description that the part of the cabin that will have kitchen cabinets is U-shaped where all 3 walls will be covered with cabinets, so the question doesn't concern the 4th wall in the open floor plan. That wall is wallpapered today but will be covered with renovation plasterboard before the wallpaper is put on. I just got a tip to put plasterboard between the cabinets if tiling is needed; otherwise, a sheet (plexiglass or stainless steel) is enough. It’s just a small cottage of 35 sqm with summer water that can't be inhabited for half the year. The "problem" is the small spaces which make every cm important so the planned cabinets will fit. Fire protection is, of course, an important aspect that I haven't even thought about, but it hasn't been there before either, and the cabin is over 50 years old and originally made of masonite. I'm not a handyman, so it's hard to know what will be best here. We have entirely different conditions when it comes to our permanent residence. In the cabin, it's about the budget and making it as nice, simple, and good as possible. I welcome even more opinions! Thanks in advance.
Perhaps I should add to my description that the part of the cabin that will have kitchen cabinets is U-shaped where all 3 walls will be covered with cabinets, so the question doesn't concern the 4th wall in the open floor plan. That wall is wallpapered today but will be covered with renovation plasterboard before the wallpaper is put on. I just got a tip to put plasterboard between the cabinets if tiling is needed; otherwise, a sheet (plexiglass or stainless steel) is enough. It’s just a small cottage of 35 sqm with summer water that can't be inhabited for half the year. The "problem" is the small spaces which make every cm important so the planned cabinets will fit. Fire protection is, of course, an important aspect that I haven't even thought about, but it hasn't been there before either, and the cabin is over 50 years old and originally made of masonite. I'm not a handyman, so it's hard to know what will be best here. We have entirely different conditions when it comes to our permanent residence. In the cabin, it's about the budget and making it as nice, simple, and good as possible. I welcome even more opinions! Thanks in advance.