How to Install Kitchen Cabinets | This Old House

This Old House general contractor Tom Silva shows how to hang cabinets like a pro carpenter. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)
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Shopping List for How to Install Kitchen Cabinets:
- kitchen wall and base cabinets [amzn.to/2ZHYbdL]
- finishing nails [amzn.to/2L7tfjg], used to find wall studs
- 3-inch drywall screws [amzn.to/2ZC0MKr], used to fasten filler strip to floor
- 1 1/4-inch pan-head screws [amzn.to/2PqRIEl], used to screw sides of cabinets together
- wood shims [amzn.to/2MLwu1J]
- 2 1/2-inch drywall screw [amzn.to/2ZF2VVC] with finishing washer [amzn.to/2MNTrl0], used to fasten rear of upper cabinets to wall
- cabinet jack [amzn.to/2HzVwwG1], used to hold wall cabinets

Tools for How to Install Kitchen Cabinets:
- 4-foot [amzn.to/2MMw630] and 6-foot level [amzn.to/2NFNuGw]
- drill/driver [amzn.to/2ZB9WCN]
- hammer [amzn.to/2NR7TIT]
- tape measure [amzn.to/2zyXmcI]
- clamps [amzn.to/2MI9SPL], used to hold cabinets together
- jigsaw [amzn.to/2ZAjAG1], for cutting vent hole in over-the-stove cabinet

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