We’ve been lucky with the walls being almost plumb. The uppers went up no problem, but we’ve run into trouble at the lower foot of one wall that’s off by a critical half an inch. Should we just cut out the section of drywall or is there another way?
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If the drywall is there to prevent damp, it would not be a good idea to cut a hole in it. Much better to take a jigsaw to the back of the cupboard unit and re-make it a bit smaller.
The back of cupboard units is often simply fitted into grooves in the sides. If you don’t have a router you can adjust a circular saw (assuming you do have one of these) to cut to the appropriate depth and use a piece of wood clamped to the side as a guide while you cut out a new slot 1/2 inch forward of the original. It will take 2 passes, as the slot is wider than the sawblade.
The wall has no relevance to the level of the cabinets,no wall is truly plumb or level.This link should help you
I would plumb the cabinet and then either use caulk or some type of moulding on it to hide the out of plumb area. They don’t make plumb walls.
Most cabinets will come with enough trim skirt so that
you can trim the cabinet to fit the out of pliumb wall.
This is standard practice.
You stand the cabinet near the awall and use a fixed length
scribe to mark the cut.
You never cut the wall or the cabinet.Make them all level and plumb and add a piece of trim between the wall and the end of the base cabinet run.If you cut the drywall or base cabinet the counter top will not have the same reveal and will not fit.
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