Now lay down your plywood board and put your microwave on it in the same position that it will be in when it s all hung up.
How to hang your microwave on the wall.
How to make a countertop microwave into a mountable microwave step 1.
The cabinet should have wall.
There is hardware i found on amazon but you need it to be secure microwave wall hardware.
Frames without doors are cheap.
The previous ikea kitchen cabinet line had a wall cabinet frame with a lower inserted shelf that extended out farther than the frame so a micro could sit on it.
Mount an under cabinet microwave 1.
Measure up from the floor or down from.
A recirculating or front venting microwave can be installed beneath a counter without.
Repeat for the other side.
Locate the wall studs.
Determine a location on a wall that s in proximity to an electrical outlet.
I estimated that i wanted my holes to be centered at 1 and 9 5 from the wall.
Use an appropriate microwave.
2 on an upper shelf.
Position the accessory bracket on the wall with the upper rail horizontal and the support arms extending out.
Slide the stud.
Follow these methods for finding and marking these vertical wall supports.
If you can make do with a smaller microwave then you can tuck it onto a shelf as part of your upper cabinets.
Pick a location under a kitchen cabinet where you want the microwave oven mounted.
Can t identify the same in the current sektion cabinets.
Depending on the model you choose you may find that you need the shelf the microwave sits on to protrude out a little further than your upper cabinets and you ll want to plan ahead so that your electrician puts the required outlet on the wall in the space.
Mounting a microwave oven without a cabinet above 1.
Then use your tape measure to mark the hole placements on board with a pencil.