Under Sink Kitchen Cabinet Base Repair

This is not a how to or diy do it yourself.

Under sink kitchen cabinet base repair.

The flimsy particleboard bottoms in most kitchen and bathroom sink bases are often swollen and moldy from leaks. Find base stock kitchen cabinets at lowe s today. Water leaks are a common occurrence under kitchen sinks. We ll never understand why cabinetmakers use.

Diamond now wintucket 36 in w x 35 in h x 23 75 in d truecolor cloud sink base stock cabinet. The space beneath the kitchen sink is exposed to high levels of humidity and may even be exposed to water through leaky plumbing. Over time this can cause the wood under the sink to rot. I am not a carpenter and this video is for entertainment use only.

Let s face it it s easy to get water on the floor of your sink base cabinet. Btw some sink areas have a gap in the framing bottom panel connecting to a forced air vent or rarely to a hydronic heating loop or bare pipe or radiator be sure to leave that open if you have such because that is designed to keep the under cabinet area and pipes warm to prevent pipe freezing. Don t bother replacing a sagging shelf with another 1 2 in thick shelf or it ll end up sagging. If you have a particle board floor underneath your sink that is showing signs of water damage you can tear it out and replace it to prevent the growth of mold.

Drawer base kitchen cabinet with ball bearing drawer glides in satin white view the shaker cabinets collection 218 00 218 00. Kitchen cabinets work hard and all that opening and closing creates a variety of problems. Hampton bay shaker assembled 18x34 5x24 in. This is how i replaced the sink base cabinet.

If left unrepaired the leaks can cause significant damage to the cabinet floor by promoting wood rot warping and mold or mildew growth. The best fix is to cut them out and replace them. Most are inexpensive and easy to fix so take a day and plow through them it ll be like having a new kitchen.