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Insulation Behind Kitchen Cabinets

By john blog 18 Feb, 2017 Post a Comment

You could work thru the soffit and get to the back wall that way. Gently don t stuff it too packed.

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In kitchens this will be above the cabinets.

Insulation behind kitchen cabinets. Ok this is probably the quickest and easiest insulating job i ve tackled so far. Right now all i can think of is using 2 2 lumber to fir out my 2 6 wall so that the medicine cabinet still allows 3 5 of room for insulation behind it. If your cabinets get cold from the wall then i would check if the wall is insulated.

Assuming 3 5 deep cabinet and 2 6 2 2 7 depth i would only use 2 2 s for the width of the vanity and then return to standard 2 6 thickness so my linen cabinet would have the extra space and the jog in the wall would not be noticeable with the cabinet fit in there. You may need to remove the cabinets open up the wall down to the studs add insulation. If the draft is coming from beneath the cabinets remove the toe kick and get insulation installed under them.

Take off the plinths and have a little check under your kitchen units if you ve an older kitchen like mine and invest in a roll of rockwool at 18 or thereabouts i only used one roll in the end for a 4 5m run of units. Finally if you re coping with antiquated cabinets. Since this is under a sink i would fill the space with fiberglass insulation.

Insulating under kitchen cabinets september 5 2013 by eenjones in all basement kitchen uncategorized. So isf the soffit is only as deep as the cabinets. Then i would cut a piece of luan or 1 4 plywood big enough to cover the opening 1 on all sides.

If your cabinets open directly onto an exterior wall or otherwise lack insulation this is another job for rigid foam insulation. Cut a 3 4 inch hole in the drywall over the kitchen cabinets. Just in case there is a water issue some day under.

Enough so you can easilly pour the insulation into the wall space. Or go thru the back of the cabinet i think my choice would be thru the soffit. But you say you have a soffit there.

Locate a high area that is fairly unobtrusive. In bedrooms this will be inside of closets. Instead of checking low areas for insulation another option is to check high areas that are not visible.

Use gloves when you cut it then wash your clothes afterwards as it s a bit itchy. The lower the better. Put on new drywall prime paint and reinstall the cabinets.

Screw it over the opening and caulk the edges.

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