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Help! How to make bookcases sit evenly on tile floor?

loveglobe
hace 9 años
I bought 4 new bookcases and after delivery we realized they don't sit flush because our tile floor is uneven (the tiles are slightly curved like a loaf of bread baked in the oven). It's not tragic but just enough to make my OCD eye cringe. Any ideas for how to fix this without having to redo our floor?
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  • cabingirl13
    hace 9 años
    You could use those sticky back round felt pads that go on the bottom of chair legs so they glide smooth across the floor. That would give you a layer of cushion between the wood (shim or the bottom of the bookcase) and the tile. Are you going to have the bookcases filled with books or other objects that aren't so heavy?

    Comentarios (9)

    • PRO
      Choice Cabinet KC
      hace 9 años
      From eHow "Shims are thin pieces of wood used to level cabinets, doors and other construction items that might otherwise vary due to elevation changes in the subfloor. . By placing shims below the lower-sitting cabinets, you can achieve a level height for all cabinets regardless of variations in the subfloor" Start at the low point and build up with shims to make level. The gap created at the bottom between the cabinet and the floor can be covered with either base shoe or scribe molding both of which can be found at your local home center or possibly supplied by your cabinet maker.

      Read more : http://www.ehow.com/how_6595521_shim-kitchen-cabinets.html
    • hayleydaniels
      hace 9 años
      Look on the bottom of your bookcase to see if they have screw-on 'feet' that can be adjusted so they sit level. I have a tile floor that isn't perfectly even too, and my husband had to adjust one the feet of the bookcases as it wasn't quite straight just the other day.
    • PRO
      PPF.
      hace 9 años
      I'd start by fastening them all together. Depending on how much shimming they need, you could scribe the base of the cases so they match the floor.
    • loveglobe
      Autor original
      hace 9 años
      Thank you both for your quick responses! The problem with shims is that I think they'd be visible especially since its white wood on light tile. These bookcases as you can see already come with a built in base molding so I think adding a second one to cover the shins would be a bit strange. Maybe the felt will work though if I only put them where there's a gap to the floor. Hopefully felt is subtle enough to not be super noticeable. They will be filled mostly with books and some board games/puzzles....
    • PRO
      Cal-Spec Inc.
      hace 9 años
      try mounting a cleat to the cabinet and then to the wall. After that screw the cabinets together and wa la your even!
    • acm
      hace 9 años
      Well, you would want to shim from the side -- e.g., on the right side of the right cabinet, to press it flush against the left -- so it wouldn't need to show. Alternatively, fill 'em up -- sometimes the weight alone will make everything settle a bit.
      loveglobe agradeció a acm
    • loveglobe
      Autor original
      hace 9 años
      No feet just the wood base.

      Fastening is a good idea. That'd make it very obvious when the unevenness is though they'd be a bit more difficult to maneuver as one long heavy piece versus four smaller lighter bookcases. I read up on scribing and see how it would work for wall shelves or the back of the bookcase but it seems like it'd be very difficult to scribe the base to the floor since its not just like a sloping wall but very subtle convex bulges across a dozen tile segments. Also I don't have the right tool or expertise to scribe them!
    • loveglobe
      Autor original
      hace 9 años
      Acm that's a good point!
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