This guide shows you how wall units are attached to hanging brackets & plates and how to adjust the wall units so that they hang straight and level.
Securing wall hanging plates
The wall units come with adjustable wall hanging brackets designed to prevent tilting. These brackets include universal anti-tilt wall hanging plates.
You need to secure these plates to the wall using appropriate wall fixings (not included). Refer to the diagram above for the drilling positions of the hanging plates.
If you’re installing a single wall unit without any adjacent units, it’s advisable for the fitter to use an extra method to secure the unit to the wall, which will be determined on-site.
Wall unit adjustments
Once your wall units are in position, here’s how to adjust them.
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After hanging on the wall, should adjacent wall units be fixed to each other as well?
November 20, 2025 at 8:07 pmHi Giles, wall units do not need to be connected to each other, as they’re primarily supported by wall brackets, while base units do need to be connected to one another using carcase connector bolts for stability. The carcase connectors are supplied within your fittings box.
November 21, 2025 at 9:00 amHi There –
I’m not entirely sure what ‘Additional Capacity’ in the instructions above means? What does this additional screw actually do?
Thanks
February 18, 2025 at 1:48 pmHi, you place a 25mm long screw into the cabinet through the hole. The screw reinforces the hinge, as it will have two extra fixings into the carcase.
February 24, 2025 at 3:50 pmWall hanging brackets – one of the questions above refers to the revised dimensions of the holes to fit the wall hanging brackets as per the 2023 revision to the technical manual This shows the holes at 30mm and 55 mm from the side of the cabinet. The technical guide on the website link is still to the 2021 or 2022 technical guide, ie with 27mm 27mm from the side. Can you confirm the 30/55 offset are the correct dimensions? I suggest the link on the website is updated.
January 24, 2025 at 10:36 amCan you also confirm that a 5mm diameter screw will fit the wall hanging brackets. Thank you
Hi Graham, the updated document is correct with 30mm and 55mm (We will get the Tech Guide link updated.).
Our fitter has recommended 5 x 50mm screws for solid walls and 5 x 70mm screws for dot and dab. There are quite a few variations in wall types, but the 5mm refers to the thickness of the screw, with the head being wider. I would suggest that the final choice of fixings be made on-site by the fitter, taking into account the different wall variables.
January 24, 2025 at 4:09 pmWhen planning for my kitchen layout It gives a warning about whether the base corner double door unit would be able to get through the door opening. Mine won’t so it says to order a self assemble one. Do these come with all screw fixings and glue. Also will all hinge holes be predrilled
December 15, 2024 at 4:01 pmHi David, a dry assembled unit is assembled and made in exactly the same way. The only difference is that no glue is used, so you can take the unit apart easily, and put it back together when modified or placed inside your home.
December 16, 2024 at 9:24 amWith regards to fitting wall units your guide says to fit brackets 40mm down from top and 27 mm in then another 27mm . However just above this question forum it states that the wall brackets should be 42mm down and 30mm in followed by55mm. Which is correct?
December 15, 2024 at 3:55 pmHi David, the images on this page are correct and here is a link to the updated wall unit instructions.
December 16, 2024 at 9:50 amI have a single hanging wall cabinet that does not have a safety clasp on the mounting bracket to lock the wall cabinet into place (there is a safety clasp on my larger wall cabinets but not the 500mm one). Is this okay or should there be one?
September 25, 2024 at 11:45 amHi Naomi, I think it would be best for you to contact our support team and send an image of the issue, as all our wall units, bar the small curved corner wall units have wall brackets.
September 26, 2024 at 7:41 amWhich direction moves the cupboard up or down on the vertical adjustment, i.e. clockwise move the cupboard up or down the wall once fitted?
June 26, 2024 at 9:00 amHi, turning the screw clockwise, moves the unit upwards and anticlockwise would move it downwards. You would need a PZ screwdriver for this.
June 26, 2024 at 3:40 pmThe additional wall unit fitting guide (updated from May 2023) mentions to achieve a nominal capacity of 65kg a dig3.5×20 screw has to be screwed into the indicated hole. I can see the hole, but I don’t know where the end should screw into. Do you mean to screw it into the wall unit cabinet 18mm MFC side panel?
September 19, 2023 at 3:49 pmHi Dorcas, you need to screw into side panel and we now recommend a 3.5 x 25mm screw
September 22, 2023 at 6:56 amHi are the two brackets enough for the 900MM high units on a brick wall? my old units are screwed to the wall at the top and bottom. I want to make sure I dont need to fix at the bottom also?
July 19, 2023 at 2:58 pmHi Robert, the 900mm high wall units are fine to be fitted, the same as the standard 720mm high wall units. The adjoining wall units will provide support when connected, as well as the 2 brackets at the top of the unit. The unit should not need more support than this.
July 20, 2023 at 7:37 amWhat a brilliant website! I was really nervous about fitting a large 1m kitchen wall-cupboard, but your instructions made it easy. I was especially worried about height adjustments on the hanging-brackets, but I had no trouble at all.
June 18, 2023 at 7:07 amHi Alan, thanks for your kind words. Don’t forget to send us some pictures of your kitchen when it is complete, for our Real Customer Kitchens page!
June 19, 2023 at 6:56 amI’m not clear on the positioning of the wall unit hanging plates in relation to the required position of the unit. The Technical guide (page 12) shows screw holes should be 40 down from a horizontal line – but what does that horizontal line represent? The outside top-edge of the wall unit? Or the inside of the unit at the top? Or something else?
April 3, 2023 at 5:06 pmThe same diagram shows that the outer screw hole should be 27 from a vertical line, and the second screw hole level with that but a further 27 away from the line. But what does the vertical line represent? The outer edge (side) of the cabinet? Or the inner edge of the cabinet? Or something else?
Hi Iain, the screw hole positioning for the wall hanging brackets should 40mm down from the TOP of the carcase, the FIRST screw should then be positioned 27mm in and the SECOND 27mm over from the first screw position. Same applies to left and right hand side of each wall unit.
April 4, 2023 at 11:46 amHi, I have the influx wall unit fixing brackets, at the bottom of the bracket there is a folding tab should this be folded up or down, on mine they are folded down however in the instruction booklet they appear to be folded up as you can’t see them on the diagram. What is the tab for it appears to be some sort of locking method for the fixing pins located in the unit.
March 12, 2021 at 9:59 amHi, I’m not sure what you mean regarding the bracket as we have never come across this question before. If you give our aftersales team a quick call on 01977 608 418 then they will be able to provide some more assistance with this.
March 12, 2021 at 10:54 amWhat diameter holes are in the wall unit hanging brackets please?
May 12, 2020 at 10:53 amThe hole is 5mm.
May 12, 2020 at 6:59 pmHi.
I have two horizontal bi fold wall cabinets but the hanging brackets are not the same as those in the technical guide and there is no hole in the rear of the cabinet for the adjustment.
Mine lock into small holes in the side panels using a lever at the bottom and the screws are only accessible from the outside before the cabinet os fitted. Just one each side for a 1000mm cabinet, is that considered sufficient?
Have you changed brackets and do you have instructions for mine please?
April 24, 2020 at 11:51 amHi Will, it would be best to create a support ticket here and attach a picture, so that they can see what fitting there is in the unit and give you some advice on it.
April 24, 2020 at 3:06 pmHi
January 15, 2020 at 2:06 pmI want to make a template for marking the drill hole positions of the mounting plates of the wall cupboard’s. Can you please give me the measurement of the hole positions measured from the outside of the cabinets, from the top and the side.
Thanks David
Hi David, page 12 in this guide shows the position of the holes. If you need anymore advice on this then our sales team will be able to help on 01977 608 418 (M-F 9-5)
January 15, 2020 at 10:51 pmIs the vertical adjustment of 18mm split evenly 9mm up or 9mm down from the target point. Somewhere I read it was 0-18mm.
December 16, 2019 at 4:43 pmi.e. If I measure the 490 + 720 up from the base unit and set the brackets at 40mm below, but some end up say a few mm up or down due to drilling etc will the cabinets be only adjustable up, down or either way to align.
If it’s only up or down I would need to adjust the 40mm by 9mm to ensure the adjustment ends up at it’s mid range to cope with up/down adjustment
Hi Mike, sorry for any confusion. Once the unit is in place, I’ve double checked and the the brackets that we now use on our wall units, once the unit is in place on the wall, will only move by 13mm in total. The vertical adjustment is approx 5mm down and 8mm up.
December 19, 2019 at 11:26 amWhat size and kind of screwdriver do you use I have a wall unit that needs a small adjustment and I can’t figure how to make this adjustment
December 12, 2020 at 9:12 pmHi, a standard Phillips screwdriver is required to make the adjustment. The areas where the adjustments are made are shown above. If you need any further assistance the our aftersales team will be able to help on 01977 608 418.
December 14, 2020 at 8:35 amHi, I am looking to box my wall units in below a soffit / bulkhead.
How much vertical adjustment do the brackets allow? Will I have enough adjustment in the wall bracket to hook on and then adjust upwards in order to sit flush with under side of the bulkhead?
Thanks.
December 4, 2019 at 9:28 amHi Chris, sorry for any confusion. Once the unit is in place, I’ve double checked and the the brackets that we now use on our wall units, once the unit is in place on the wall, will only move by 13mm in total. The vertical adjustment is approx 5mm down and 8mm up.
December 5, 2019 at 9:53 amHow close to a ceiling can the wall units be fitted? The diagrams look like you need about 10mm to hook the unit over the bracket but your planner says you need a ceiling height of at least 2450mm for a 2300mm unit. I am not using a cornice so do not need access above to fit it.
February 6, 2019 at 6:26 pmHi, you will need to ensure you allow 100mm gap if you are not using a cornice.
February 7, 2019 at 9:56 amHi, 100mm is recommended to give you enough space to be able to push the units up and over the wall brackets and back down again. You could probably do it with a smaller gap but it would be much harder to get the units into position.
February 7, 2019 at 2:17 pmHow do you prevent the wall unit from sliding off the brackets if accidentally pushed laterally? Almost happened to me during installation and now am a little bit concerned.
June 17, 2018 at 12:37 amHi Pierre, once the wall units are attached onto the wall plates, you need to turn the top screw from the inside of the unit, so that the wall unit is flat to the wall. Once this has been done, the unit cannot move more than a few mm in each direction, as the side of the unit then hits the wall plate and prevents the unit from moving. The minimum movement left & right then allows you to attach the units together using the unit connecting bolts supplied in the fittings box. The green sections in the image below show how much the unit could move and it cannot slide off the wall, left or right as the sides of the unit prevents it.
June 20, 2018 at 3:01 pmHello – what size screws fit the wall hanging brackets, how big are the holes?
March 9, 2018 at 9:22 amHi Jeremy, for the wall hanging brackets, they need 2 1/2″ long screws with a 10mm head.
March 9, 2018 at 11:03 amHi
How do you attach the Luca curved wall units? There are no fixings at the back. Do you attach it to the wall unit next to it and not to the wall? Is that secure?
February 22, 2018 at 7:58 pmHi, the curved units do not come with fixings at the back and are intended to screw into the unit at the side of them.
February 22, 2018 at 8:30 pmHi,
January 9, 2018 at 6:42 pmHaving fitted a few kitchens in the past some wall units have additional fixings lower down the cabinet, in addition to the usual top hanging brackets. Do your wall units have or require these extra fixing points?
Thanks
Hi, the only fixings are at the top of the unit, as shown on pages 11 & 12 in this Technical Guide.
January 10, 2018 at 11:37 amHi,
I am looking at ordering a Luca carbon kitchen. We have just had an internal wall replaced with timber stud and we are needing to know what heights to place the noggins (structure support) for the base & wall cabinets. We have a 300mm wide/ 1970mm high larder with 720mm wall cabinets, in 300mm and a corner unit. Could you advise where the fixing points on the units are?
Many Thanks
January 5, 2018 at 5:14 pmHi, the height of the base units including the legs are 870mm, the tall units are 2120mm, for the wall units the hanging plate, which fix to the wall will need setting at 2080 from the floor.
January 8, 2018 at 11:43 amhi do you supply extra long wall hanging brackets for stud walls so it can fix onto the wood not just thru the plaster board
regards
June 4, 2017 at 5:10 pmHi, we use one standard size hanging bracket. We would advise you to baton the wall if you are installing onto a stud wall. Then use the supplied wall brackets, ensure that your screws reach through to the batton behind the plaster board. Once the brackets have been fitted to the wall, you simply position the wall units on the brackets, align the wall units and then secure them together using the supplied unit connecting bolts.
June 5, 2017 at 11:23 amHello, I have this similar cabinet hanger.
Can someone tell me please what type of bit should I use to adjust the height of the cabinets?
I tried with T27 and PZ2, PH2 but it does not work.
If it helps the head of the metric screw looks like a Castle Nut.
Thank you!
April 20, 2017 at 1:26 pmHi, the adjustment only requires a Phillips head bit to adjust both the tilt and vertical axis of the cabinet.
April 21, 2017 at 10:09 amHello,
June 8, 2017 at 5:10 amYes PH2 is the answer, the hardware piece on which I tried several bits had a manufacturing defect, I change it and now it works.
All the best and thank you for your support
Hi,
I’ve bought a new kitchen and the fitting plate for wall unit is very close to existing holes from the old kitchen unit – do you have any tips regarding filling the old holes (in brick) to make them strong enough for the new fittings please?
thanks
October 3, 2016 at 9:44 pmThe best thing would probably be some very hard fast setting filler. As we don’t fit the kitchens, the best thing to do would be to contact your fitter or go to a hardware store on the high street and ask which would be the best filler to purchase.
October 4, 2016 at 10:52 amWhat tool do you need for vertical alignment! We have tried different size torx and hex and I phoned your helpline but they didn’t know.
July 11, 2016 at 5:35 pmA Philips screwdriver works for the vertical alignment however it works on a cam style rotation, so it looks as though it will not fit/work but it does adjust when inserted into the alignment hole.
July 12, 2016 at 9:52 amHi, my corner unit Has no bracket. How Am I suppose to fix it to the wall?
Thanks,
Lucas
May 21, 2016 at 8:58 pmHi, if it’s a base unit then we don’t supply the L-brackets. If it’s a wall unit then you can contact Aftersales on 01977 608 418 to get one sent out to you.
May 24, 2016 at 12:50 pmI have your horizontal bifold wall units but I cannot find instructions on how to adjust the doors on these, both the angle and the speed that they open.
March 7, 2016 at 6:26 pmHi, there is a installation guide on the website but there are no instructions for the bi-folds. If you phone 07879402469, Kenny our in-house fitter will be able to help you.
March 8, 2016 at 9:39 am