Extending Upper Cabinets To Ceiling

This will give you something to nail your front panel piece into cut 4 8 sheet of mdf to width and use for front panel piece.

Extending upper cabinets to ceiling.

Use a nail gun to nail through the boards into the cabinets and. Instructions measure from the top of your cabinet to the ceiling. Glue and nail them in place behind the existing panel of the cabinet. Cut several cleats out of scrap wood.

Covering the space with plywood. How to extend cabinets to the ceiling method 1 of 3. Install wood cleats into ceiling. Adding cubbies above the cabinets.

Cut your board to that length. Cut as many of these as you want we did 4. Remove molding or trim along the top of the cabinets. Glue and nail to the side walls for upper support making sure they would be level to keep the extension face plate level with existing cabinets.

Once the structure is extended we reface the cabinets in order to hide any seams and structural changes so they are essentially brand new taller cabinets with new doors. Basic steps i took to extend cabinets to ceiling. Cut mdf trim pieces to. The cleats will be what will support the extension faceplate.

Add on to existing upper cabinets if ceilings are eight feet high we can extend the structure of your existing cabinets rather than building them completely new. Measure from the top of cabinets where the wood would sit.