French Cleat Cabinet Mount

Includes wall dog mounting crews.

French cleat cabinet mount.

Multiple punches in wall track make it easy to hit at least one stud. This picture hanger is designed for flush mounting canvas art and open back frames and has a 200 lbs. You secure one half of the cleat to the wall and the other to the cabinet and then simply set the cabinet onto the cleat. French cleat picture hanger with wall dog mounting screws has inter locking brackets for safety and security and it provides level hanging.

Using a french cleat is probably the easiest way to hang a cabinet on the wall when working alone. Mounting bracket provides high torque leverage for use in hanging cantilevered shelves. A simple french cleat hanging system for a wall cabinet in our utility cabinet project the french cleat is formed from a piece of 2 x 6 dimension lumber sized to match the length of the cabinet and then ripped in half on a table saw at a 45 degree angle. Top the wall half of the cleat is bolted to studs with lags a minimum of 1 4 x.

A vertical area of about 5 must be left open to allow the wall mounted half of the cleat to engage the cabinet mounted half. One half of the bracket is mounted on the wall and the other in the rear of the cabinet. A french cleat is usually attached to the underside of the top panel of a cabinet running from one side to the other. Hangman professional french cleat has several unique features for safe and accurate installation of shelves cabinets mirrors and artwork.

A french cleat system will be just as strong as most.