Great job! I am at the same point with frameless cabinets that go to within about 1/2" from the ceiling. I'm going to leave a reveal like you mentioned. I'm really glad I saw your video, good job!
@FixThisHouse Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Clay! This is what this video is intended for, which are for those who have the same issue as me 👍🏽😊🙏🏽
@chrisford8403 Жыл бұрын
As a professional carpenter, don't EVER ask if someone wants a reveal. Just do it! The flush mount will always have a noticeable seam unless both pieces have dead square edges and caulk will make it worse. The reveal will always look nicer and will hide settlement of the structure much better.
@Doodad2 Жыл бұрын
I was just going to say the same! I thought I would see if someone else had already pointed this out. 😀
@TechwithSTONE4 Жыл бұрын
There should be a three inch apron on top, Similar to bottom floor Cabinets kick plate/apron, like that yo can dress it up with a nice molding, for a nice looking professional job.
@911WASanINSIDEjob4208 ай бұрын
women are always wrong anyways
@DragonPilot Жыл бұрын
Pro Tip from my 40+ years experience general contractor brother: Spritz that caulking bead with a NON-AMMONIA-based window spray cleaner. Then run your finger along the bead to give it a professional finish. Does a much better and less messy job than a damp rag. No need to even wipe up the excess spray cleaner as it will simply evaporate with no residue. Great video!
@Longtack554 ай бұрын
And hopefully won't embed any bacteria from your finger.
@tonygoshive785 Жыл бұрын
I prefer the overhang also, much more luxury looking
@Vanessa-pe1fo11 ай бұрын
I have about 1 inch gap, love what you did. I was wondering how I was going to do this! good job well done.
@thezfunk9 ай бұрын
I am also finishing up an Ikea cabinet install with the 40 inch uppers which are leaving a gap at the top. I was going to take their contoured deco trim piece and cut it down but I am not sure that is going to work. My ceiling is pretty uneven from filling in an old soffit. I have a ton of scribing to do but this might help me in a few areas. It at least gives me something to think about. Having the piece wider than you would think you need so you can nail it through the top is kind of an obvious 'duh' moment for myself. We have the bodbyn gray so I would have to do some paint matching. Luckily, I found some caulk you can custom color with paint so I can get all those little fiddly bits filled in.
@TOTLE9292 ай бұрын
as i always learned not all walls or ceilings are straight 😁 this is a good idea im remodeling our kitchen in next 2 weeks and our 42 in cabinets will be all the way up the ceiling BUT.. i'd rather leave an inch to fill so cabinets wont have problems opening so filling that gap will be helpful. and the back gap can be filled with scribe molding.
@ttuck9603 Жыл бұрын
nice - I prefer the reveal, but I understand why you had to go flush :)
@FixThisHouse Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Tony! 🙏🏽😊
@Unknown-un6nt Жыл бұрын
Flush just creates an ugly seam. We try and avoid seams if possible. If your installing new cabinets, Cut and install the molding first, then install the cabinet tight to the ceiling. Shoot your nails in from the top. Make sure they are not too long, or you will blow out the inside of the cabinet and have nails sticking out. This is still considered crown though. Flat crown
@shaffer4220 Жыл бұрын
I like a reveal. Puts character in the look.
@Kathleen253 Жыл бұрын
This is great, I have the same problem with my kitchen cabinets. Thanks for the helpful tips as always.
@FixThisHouse Жыл бұрын
I’m glad I could be of help! Thank you Kathleen! 🙏🏽😊
@booster1469 Жыл бұрын
Yep. I have the same problem right now.
@peggykhiev28849 ай бұрын
Our kitchen had the same issue, and we went with the reveal route. It turned out great! (And I'm the wife/boss, lol)
@phyllissmith7003 Жыл бұрын
i think the over hang set the cabnit off and makes it look factory made
@FixThisHouse Жыл бұрын
I agree! 🙏🏽😊
@bartosullivan80507 ай бұрын
Invest in a stand for your mitre saw. Better cuts and better knees!
@robertbehl84849 ай бұрын
I like the flush look. I would of just gotten some matching panels to use as the trim. Ikea has some cheap returned panels in their discount area that would work.
@pqsnet4 ай бұрын
I like the reveal option better too.
@mayorstoner3459 Жыл бұрын
I'm with you, I like the reveal look better
@lisaferrara8120 Жыл бұрын
Using the reveal is more practical and better looking. You don’t have to use caulk between the cabinet and trim.
@FixThisHouse Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the feedback Lisa! 👍🏽😊
@radicalpipes Жыл бұрын
I like the video of the kitchen cabinets that you posted today it was awesome really big thumbs up.👍👍👍👍👍👋👋👋📷📷📷📷👋👋👍👍👍👍👍
@FixThisHouse Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! 🙏🏽😊
@borndiy54904 ай бұрын
I liked your idea best. Looked nice seeing a bit of reveal coming forward. Flush looked like you messed up hanging cabinet and used extra wood to cover mistake.
@buffalotears1785 Жыл бұрын
Your Wife was Right , it Looks So much better. 😊👌✌🖖🖖🖖
@FixThisHouse Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! My wife will be happy about your comment! 🙏🏽😊
@flytheskymyway Жыл бұрын
The wife was wrong. To complex to make everything flush. I find it funny when guys bow to the wishes of the wife - even when they are the expert.
@rea8755 Жыл бұрын
The reveal looked better.
@FixThisHouse Жыл бұрын
I agree! 🙏🏽😊
@LABoyko Жыл бұрын
Instead of a reveal, insert it flush like you did, but attach a thin quarter round and do the same where the cabinet meets the wall.
@jamesnichols25359 ай бұрын
I like the reveal good 1/2 in out
@k.p.9990 Жыл бұрын
If there is a small space a person could put some lights above the cabinets... like rope lights.
@AK-dn8sp Жыл бұрын
Reveal, for sure. Makes it look like a moulding
@mariselacontreras67327 ай бұрын
Excellent. Thank you
@FixThisHouse7 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching! 🙏🏽😊
@MrsJAZack Жыл бұрын
People ...the ceiling is not level so the reveal is not level. He had to find a way to fill in something. So what if he moved the cabinet up. The cabinet needed to be level, thus no matter what there would have been a gap. Once the area is filled, lived in and accessorized, his solution will hardly be noticed. When I had this problem in an home reno to make three apts thus needing three kitchenettes, these cupboards where not only simple, but the perfect tenant cupboard easy to replace. We hung up four wall shelves in each kitchen using the thick colored acrylic shelving which we had cut at a glass store and angle brackets. Then took the same colored thick plastic see thru material-acylic Green or Blue or Yellow (each kitchen had its own color)... and that was what we inserted into the gap, essentially matching the blinds to the acryllic shelves to the acryllic gap material and the handles on the drawers all coincided. So you can always decorate this away. but the acryllic comes in a array of colors and is very nifty looks like colored glass easy to attach no need to glue corners. We caulked the top! used a pry bar to get it flush with the cabinet and caulked the ceiling seam. Came out very clean.
@dighawaii1 Жыл бұрын
Nah. the cabinets could have simply been mounted as close as possible to the ceiling. It's half an inch, no one cares about cabinets being a half inch higher. Then use either caulk or lattice strips to hide any gaps.
@ernestoregaldo11 ай бұрын
What about that gap between the back of the cabinet and the wall. How would you cover that?
@amaarasangam59734 ай бұрын
how to attach cupboard to ceiling in the middle of the room?
@jovosedlar3395 Жыл бұрын
Поздрав из Црне Горе. Педантно и уредно! Браво!
@BradleySkaggsNYC10 ай бұрын
You were right by letting it extend a bit. Do that makes it look intentional, trying to make it look flush, looks like a mistake.
@maloney7461 Жыл бұрын
Excellent fix.
@emiliaescobar76525 ай бұрын
Great video, thanks for posting.
@bartgarver6646 ай бұрын
You just solved my problem.
@bevyg563511 ай бұрын
What is “baccarat”? Not sure I’m spelling it correctly…it was the rope product shown after the Dap Extreme Stretch …thanks UPDATE : he’s saying ‘Backer Rod’ lol, which I found in notes lol
@brettbarager9101 Жыл бұрын
What about the gap behind the cabinet on the wall? Just Dap it?
@FixThisHouse Жыл бұрын
Hi Bret! It’s totally up to you and how big of a gap. This one I have is about 1/4” which dap will work, but for bigger gaps you might want to fill it in like the top with a thin piece 🙏🏽😊👍🏽. Some would add quarter round or shoe, but that’s a preferred taste.
@dighawaii1 Жыл бұрын
Industry standard is 3/4" scribe molding.
@chrisford8403 Жыл бұрын
I think you did a nice job cleaning up the cabinets. BUT I gotta ask, are they 24" deep? Did you mount a base cabinet on the wall or did you make a pantry style cabinet by stacking 2 bases?
@truthbetold2914 Жыл бұрын
Your supposed to build the top frame first, attach it to the ceiling then install the cabinet pushed up against it
@Utseuski Жыл бұрын
Doesn't work with IKEA rail hanging system. Work with traditional US cabinets though.
@01jbeals Жыл бұрын
Just because that’s how it’s supposed to be done, doesn’t mean whoever installed it did it properly lol. Have the same issue in a house I just bought. Super annoying.
@MommaJB Жыл бұрын
So if I have a smaller gap ( 0.5”) on one line of cabinets versus 1.5 “ on the other side of cabinets. How can I make it look less nice ? My cabinet guy said there is nothing he can do and now I’m very disappointed. He had told me there would be a mall gap but it looks unfinished. The rest of the kitchen looks beautiful but just the uneven gaps are really bothersome.
@katrinarose39036 ай бұрын
I think they were build a tad too high haha but you did a great job with it
@marklangkamp3151 Жыл бұрын
Nice job, thanks for sharing
@rxlo1015 Жыл бұрын
Nice job 👍
@FixThisHouse Жыл бұрын
Thank you! 🙏🏽😊
@juanandujar7187 Жыл бұрын
The reveal looked better. But it still came out looking good 👍
@FixThisHouse Жыл бұрын
Thank you Juan! 🙏🏽😊
@lesliejones88175 ай бұрын
This was so helpful
@juanpabloflores2355 Жыл бұрын
Very nice work
@SuccessShared Жыл бұрын
Great informative video thanks
@user-rq1rh8qf4j2 ай бұрын
like the reveal
@chasingche4 ай бұрын
Classy!!! Love it.
@todd7148 Жыл бұрын
I prefer the reveal. It looks like it was done on purpose. The flush looks like it was to cover a mistake or poor workmanship.
@FixThisHouse Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the feedback! 🙏🏽😊
@badtoro Жыл бұрын
Reveal 100%. Flush looks cheap/after thought
@FixThisHouse Жыл бұрын
I agree! But it wasn’t my call 😅
@JLT2342 Жыл бұрын
Reveal option looks more professional than flush. The the flush option, the seam is shown looks very ugly, no matter how good the cauking job is.
@snowlinewest13217 ай бұрын
Reveal looks far better...even a deeper one would look great, like intentional trim. Flush looks like what it is...a filler or patch.
@donaldlee6760 Жыл бұрын
I preferred the look of the reveal.
@psdaengr911 Жыл бұрын
If the ceiling is flat, you should have been able to mount the cabinets high enough that no gap was visible with the doors closed.
@chrisford8403 Жыл бұрын
When you're mounting cabinets, you want them level. Floors, walls and ceilings are never perfectly square and level. So, you need to leave space above the cabinet for adjustment. Consider that a run of cabinets is usually made up of 3-10 cabinets, that can be anywhere between 3 and 20 feet. Also consider that these are Ikea style flat top cabinets. That means the entire roof of the cabinet needs to sit on the ceiling as opposed to conventional plywood cabinets where only 3/4" is touching the ceiling.
@Josh.1234 Жыл бұрын
@@chrisford8403 also you don't want to mount your cabinets much higher than 18" over the counters. If he has a unusual ceiling height, there might not be a cabinet height that perfectly hits the ceiling.
@seamus6994 Жыл бұрын
Well done...
@hellokittyr Жыл бұрын
Why cant u just mount ur cab an inch higher? Or mount it lower, add a nice trim piece and fill the gap
@FixThisHouse Жыл бұрын
That works too Alvin! I’m just showing it for educational and instructional purposes, i like to show different scenarios on this channel, some of the viewers may have just bought a house with cabinets with this type of situations 👍🏽😊🙏🏽
@01jbeals Жыл бұрын
@@FixThisHouse so glad you do too, because there’s soooo many situations where information like this is needed!!
@harrisond8132 Жыл бұрын
You were right about the reveal. Don't tell your wife though.
@FixThisHouse Жыл бұрын
😂 🙏🏽😊
@bigdave5946 Жыл бұрын
I like the reveal better
@domtam6571 Жыл бұрын
Yes, I get brother…wife wins😂
@FixThisHouse Жыл бұрын
😂 🙌🏽
@yavuzhocaoglu8568 Жыл бұрын
Instead of 18mm of you use 15mm mdf of mfc you will not need hammering my opinion and some any way still good job
@compilation8800 Жыл бұрын
The ceiling is not flat how I don’t think its safe
@aure818v Жыл бұрын
I would go with a moulding. But that's me.
@shawntotalhomerepair3467 Жыл бұрын
Would it have not been smarter to just move the cabinet up 1/2"? Not to mention a hell of a lot easier and a lot less work.
@chrisford8403 Жыл бұрын
Actually, no. This was the much easier option. He only showed the 1 cabinet. Kitchens usually get entire walls full of cabinets. Plus, what are the chances of the ceiling and wall being square along the entire run of cabinets.
@SaldosInc Жыл бұрын
I think this whole kitchen was done wrong. Those cabinets needed to be installed lowered and add the crown molding, the the can light next to the cabinet a no,no
@douglasaxcess3547Ай бұрын
The bosss🤣😂😂😂😂
@joevaldivia67337 ай бұрын
It appears you installed the cabinets too high and filling the gap simply doesn’t look good 👎
@rafars2246 Жыл бұрын
Or just shove some kitchen paper and fill the rest with some mud, paint over it and it looks like wall. Sometimes people are just....
@rafars2246 Жыл бұрын
@@joemmaal rtded
@wowyummyyy Жыл бұрын
WOW 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍👍👍👍👍👍👍💯💯💯
@FixThisHouse Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@SuperDryDiver7 ай бұрын
your wife was wrong the reveal looked better
@Kevin-mp5of7 ай бұрын
No revel is instant fail.
@nel6211 Жыл бұрын
Now fill the gap on the wall.
@FixThisHouse Жыл бұрын
🫡
@michaelparker5030 Жыл бұрын
😎✌️
@FixThisHouse Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@cynthiaayers7696 Жыл бұрын
You don't need to fix the Gap, the Gap isn't broken.
@danchev338 Жыл бұрын
If you get stuck having to do this after having done a refurbishment, you should put tools down for life. A little forward planning will do miracles
@dighawaii1 Жыл бұрын
What if it was always the plan?
@danchev338 Жыл бұрын
@@dighawaii1 then you would have raised the cabinet to be flush with the ceiling plus your ceiling will be dead flat
@dighawaii1 Жыл бұрын
@@danchev338 not if the plan was to leave a gap.
@franksuhuang6 Жыл бұрын
👍👍🌹🌹
@darrellwalker34038 ай бұрын
Hack
@LikeItOrLumpIt2107 Жыл бұрын
Please don't pronounce route as 'rowt'
@LABoyko Жыл бұрын
Nothing beats persnickity pronunciation criticism from a cat.
@txmade4371 Жыл бұрын
Dosent look good at all. Move the cabinet up, that’s a Mickey Mouse job. 🤦🏿♂️
@FixThisHouse Жыл бұрын
This video is meant for those who have this situation, but I do Agree with your solution 👍🏽😊
@trevorritchie2575 Жыл бұрын
If you move the cabinets up and the ceiling isn't flat the doors could rub on the ceiling when you open them. Plus, some cabinets are hung on rails so it's impossible to get them tight to the ceiling.
@taralewis9916 Жыл бұрын
Still looks cheap
@FixThisHouse Жыл бұрын
🥹
@LABoyko Жыл бұрын
Don't talk about yourself like that, Tara.
@taralewis9916 Жыл бұрын
@@LABoyko HaHa
@jer3504 Жыл бұрын
Doesn't look too good
@FixThisHouse Жыл бұрын
🥹
@VMa-mq3pm Жыл бұрын
Dude you need to graduate to a miter saw stand rather than work off the ground