Installing Your Own RTA Kitchen Cabinets

One great advantage that RTA kitchen cabinets have is that they are very easy to assemble and install as compared to custom made cabinets. They are very helpful as they can save a huge amount of cash because the companies manufacturing them do not have to pay labor charges for assembling them. Usually RTA cabinets are of the same quality as custom made, but the only difference between them is that RTA cabinets have to be assembled at home while custom made ones are already assembled and then delivered to your homes.

In this article I would mainly like to tell you some very important points that you must keep in mind while assembling and installing them.

1. Features of RTA kitchen cabinets
These days you will find a wide collection of RTA cabinets available in the market. They have attractive designs, exotic styles, different sizes and alluring finishes. While buying them from home improvement stores you always keep some essential points in mind.

* The RTA kitchen cabinets should have hardwood stiles, face frame and doors.
* They should possess a good cam lock assembly system.
* They should have dovetailing solid wood drawers.
* Solid wood strips and solid wood back should be present to attach the cabinets to the studs.
* It should preferably have epoxy drawer slides and European hinges.

2. Assembling the cabinets with the cam lock
These are usually delivered to your house within 3 weeks. Once they are delivered you must start the assembling process. They are very easy to assemble as the basic box is held together with cam locks. For the assembling process you would need a screwdriver for installing the screws and a drill for tightening all the screws that are needed for holding the drawer faces and drawer slides. You always get an instruction booklet with every RTA cabinet that has all the assembling and installation instructions clearly mentioned in it.

3. Installing the Kitchen Cabinet
I am sure that it would not take more than five minutes to assemble. Once the assembling process is completed, you have to start installing them at their appropriate places. Before installing the cabinets, you must make sure that your kitchen walls are straight and floor is perfectly leveled. If you face some problems while installing your RTA cabinets then you can also take the help of the internet to find information about kitchen cabinet installation.