First decide on screw placement.
How to anchor cabinets to brick wall.
How to attach cabinets to brick walls 1.
Set the cabinet in place.
Set up a power drill or cordless drill with a 3 16 inch drill bit.
Leah from see jane drill demonstrates how to use a screw and anchor also sometimes called a walldog to attach furniture to a brick wall.
Then drill a clearance hole for the screw at each location.
You secure the cable with two.
Now raise the cabinet to its exact placement location and take one of your screws and a hammer and mark the masonry with the tip of the screw and a few hammer blows through your screw clearance holes.
Make sure area is free of clutter so it is easier to work in.
Drill all the way through the back of the cabinet penetrating into the cinder block wall to a depth of 2 inches.
Drill four holes in the cabinet 1 inch from each corner diagonally.
Locate where you want to attach the cabinets.
Drill into the brick using a masonry drill bit that corresponds to the size of wall anchor you have.
Measure and mark the inside face of the ledger or the upper portion of the cabinet back for anchor screws.
Measure up from the floor and mark the wall at the bottom height where the cabinet will be located.
The bit should be slightly smaller in diameter than the anchor.
How to attach cabinets to brick walls step 1.