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Sunday, 28 February 2010 01:42 |
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Q: I have two kitchen cabinets. One is under the counter top and the other under the sink. Both have floors made of some type of wood that has gone bad over the years, it was there when I moved in. They look like they got wet and feel damp sometimes. The parts that are dry feel velvety and when I use my duster I can brush some of it off. I don't know what this kind of damage is called. I just want to repair it and changing all the cabinets would not be worth it. We rent and we will be moving soon.
We want to repair them in a way that can isolate the whole cabinet under the sink and counter top as if we had installed new cabinets. A: The first thing to do is to fix whatever leaks you have, this can be a small leak so check thoroughly. Cabinetry is basically box building. The floor or bottom is part of the structure that holds everything together. This is put in place by the use of dado cuts otherwise called grooves. You will need to remove the bad material completely. If you are able to remove the material in the groove then you can install nailer strips into the grooves using wood glue and screws. If you can't remove the material in the grooves. Then place the nailers at the joint line and attach with glue and screws.
Then you can insert a plywood bottom in place and screw down on the nailers.
NOTE this sounds easy but will require some Patience cutting everything to fit drain pipe, etc.
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