Kitchen Drawer Unit Detaching - which Glue?

[SantiSuk]

One of my wooden kitchen units has come unstuck from its concrete and tile host. See pictures attached or below if I have inserted the pictures correctly.

Clearly the builder used caulking sealant to stick them in 5 years ago and presumably that's a good idea as an outer trail to provide a water seal against liquids dripping down the unit. It would be nice to put a layer of something else more adhesive inside that though - so I don't have to repeat the task in 5 years time.

Suggestions as to which adhesive? Plus where can buy if its not something that's widely available in the usual watsadu branches?

[RichCor]

Are the units full 'box'?

I might be tempted to ADD some 'anchor' bolts though the back of the box cabinet (or alternately attached 90° to the sidewalls of the box if backing board not possible) to act as a pulley to keep the box cabinet snug in the cavity against the back wall.

Re-apply the caulk, then tighten the new anchor bolts until snug.

[Morgan Wu]

I recommend the Sika Brand or a similar Poly Urethane glue, should be available in white. Sold in most major chains like HomePro and Thai Watsadu.

It takes some skill to apply it properly. I recommend you use a masking tape to tape up your kitchen fittings before applying the caulk.

For masking tapes, i recommend the Nitto Tape Brand. All other brands sold in Thailand are pretty much unusable, since they all leave sticky residues if you leave them on for more than 1 day.

The Nitto Tape will be slightly harder to find. But try your luck at hardware stores.

I attached reference photos for both product.

[bankruatsteve]

Ask for "silicone" and get the one in a tube - check the color to make sure it's white. Unless it's just the open drawer that is causing the gap you will need to do something else though (like ^^). Be sure to scrape off the old bead first.

Edited December 17, 2015 by bankruatsteve

[eyecatcher]

I am about to fit the same units myself. Never even considered anything other than a couple of screws each side.

I cant believe people use silicone; that should only be used to fill a very small gap between the archtrave and tbe tiles.

Just push it back and fit one screw each side.

Edited December 17, 2015 by eyecatcher

[SantiSuk]

Thanks guys - I'll investigate the possibilities of tieing/screwing it down from the sides/back and aslo thanks for the detailed ID on materials for glueing MorganWu

[xylophone]

Thanks guys - I'll investigate the possibilities of tieing/screwing it down from the sides/back and aslo thanks for the detailed ID on materials for glueing MorganWu

Clean off the existing silicone with a Stanley knife/blade and buy some "Strong as Nails" (or is it tough as nails) and stick back on with this..........extremely strong and have used it for similar applications inside and outside.

[bankruatsteve]

Well, I don't know if you want to glue them in just in case they should need to be removed at some point. (I needed to remove the ones I have to clean out a bad case of mold.) My units just set in place with a slightly snug fit - so don't have anything securing them. If a loose fit, can fold up some paper and wedge into the sides. Actually, the silicone probably isn't necessary either unless it just makes you feel better about it.

[keeniau96]

I have a number of similar cabinet units mounted inside concrete kitchen floor cabinet unit which also has the sink/HOB. The cabinets are in essence a box within the concrete, with the box retained by screws into the side of the shelf unit. The screws are set into anchors in the concrete, two on each site.