How to attach IKEA furniture to wall?

Question

What is the best way to attach an IKEA pax wardrobe to the wall when the wall has a skirting board and picture rail?

David · Accepted Answer

Hi measure the wardrobe width and cut the skirting board and the picture rail so it fits against the wall

Ricardo · Answer

You can fix a timber with the same skirting board's wide  between the wardrobe and wall.  Therefore, you fix the wardrobe in the timber.

Matansi · Answer

You will need to put a screw fix cup into the wall first before putting in any furniture and the screw.

Galin · Answer

For skirting, the wardrobe needs to be filled, and for dry skis, there are brackets that are mounted on the wall, and then the wardrobe is fixed for them ... so you isolate all the irregularities.

Rory · Answer

You would need to remove these as the wardrobe would need to sit flush against the wall.

Rosario · Answer

Does the wardrobe hit picture frame from it stationary position? If that's ok, you can carefully remove skirting board, centre wardrobe decide best method to attach, lastly cut skirting board to fit in void spaces and make good etc.

Lynden · Answer

Hi,

If your not using the internal wall fittings that are provided.

You could either place a small beam of wood behind that is attached to the wall so that you can fix in internally

If you are able to access the sides then on Amazon you are able to pick up small fixings to attach from the side either via clip or high tensile cable

Ricky · Answer

Either cut the wardrobe around the skirting and picture Frame, or use a belt/wire type fixing

Mariusz · Answer

Hi. I use brackets to attach the pax wardrobes.
A lot depends on what type of wall (brick, concrete, Plasterboard) the appropriate screws.

James · Answer

I would start by assessing the walls in question - what they are made of will obviously affect what fixings you should use.

If you are able to get some decent plugs in (using drill) then screws, I would perhaps use baton (attached using the plugs) vertically between skirting board and rail and then butt and secure the wardrobe to the baton.

This mimics getting it flat against, then attaching it to the wall, which will stabilise it. Haven't used this exact model but assume the wall attachments would be to hold in place rather than weight bearing.

Hope that's of some use, James

How to attach IKEA furniture to wall?

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