Building a 3 unit wall-to-wall bookshelf and with base cabinets - 11' across and 9' high. A few questions come to mind
1. How much side-to-side play do I need to allow for? Assuming perfectly plumb and straight walls, how much play would you allow?
If actual width is exactly 11', would you make these 3 units total 10' 11.5", allowing 1/2" play? 3/4" play? 1" play? I have not seen the state of the walls, I will check for plumb etc.
2. On upper units of bookshelves any scribing is done on a face frame stile. I presume the same is true on a cabinet with doors - outer stiles are kept wide and scribed to fit?.
3. With a full length painted top surface, how to do accommodate side-to-side variation in the top (counter height) of the base cabinet? A trim piece at the edge would look weird would it not? So I presume I need to cut to length on-site? Any advice on getting an appropriate fit?
4. Top-to-bottom fit is accommodated by the crown molding to be installed - 8" high in 2 pieces, so lots of room to operate in that dimension.
5. How exactly would you attach the top shelving units to the base cabinet?
All of this will be paint grade.
Thanks
1. How much side-to-side play do I need to allow for? Assuming perfectly plumb and straight walls, how much play would you allow?
If actual width is exactly 11', would you make these 3 units total 10' 11.5", allowing 1/2" play? 3/4" play? 1" play? I have not seen the state of the walls, I will check for plumb etc.
2. On upper units of bookshelves any scribing is done on a face frame stile. I presume the same is true on a cabinet with doors - outer stiles are kept wide and scribed to fit?.
3. With a full length painted top surface, how to do accommodate side-to-side variation in the top (counter height) of the base cabinet? A trim piece at the edge would look weird would it not? So I presume I need to cut to length on-site? Any advice on getting an appropriate fit?
4. Top-to-bottom fit is accommodated by the crown molding to be installed - 8" high in 2 pieces, so lots of room to operate in that dimension.
5. How exactly would you attach the top shelving units to the base cabinet?
All of this will be paint grade.
Thanks