How To Build A Wall Oven Base Cabinet

The sample base and wall cabinets shown belowhave these features to make building them as simple as possible.

How to build a wall oven base cabinet.

Lift the cabinet into place so the halves of the french cleat interlock. After it dries sand the cabinet with 100 grit sandpaper. Create an opening that will accept your double oven appliance. The wall oven specs call for 27 1 4 cutout for height so with a 34 1 2 base cabinet it s not possible.

Step by step instructions that show you how to cut your existing oven pantry cabinet. Face frames cover plywood edges. Set all the nail heads and fill the holes and the frame joints with wood putty. Secure the frame to the cabinet with the finish nails.

I have never placed a wall oven in a base cabinet but i have a client who wants to place a 30 wall oven below a 36 gas cooktop. Stand one of the cabinet sides up so the cutout is facing up. The top of the cabinet has no stretchers which allow for the addition of a cook top over the oven. The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups.

This is a wall oven base cabinet. Apply glue to the front edges of the oven cabinet. The short narrow face of the cleat should be flush to the wall with the beveled edge facing up. Drive a pair of 3 inch screws through the bottom nailer from the inside of the cabinet and into the wall studs to secure the bottom of the cabinet.

There should be a 1 4 inch gap between the sides of the oven and. Put one of the 28 1 2 by 23 1 2 by 3 4 inch pieces of plywood on top of the cleat against the cabinet side and secure it with finish nails. Place the hardwood boards on the front edges of the oven cabinet on both sides. Repeat this with the three remaining 28 1 2 by 23 1 2 by 3 4 inch pieces between the lines drawn and at the top of the cabinet.

I just looked up the specs on the cooktop and it is calling for 8 depth which sounded like quite a bit to me.