Can a slide out floor hang over the edge?
Once you have laid your underlayment and placed the floating floors down, you may realize that they hang over the edge of your slide out a bit too far. Don’t freak out if this happens, use your best judgment and cut the pieces down a bit in order to add more strength to the lip.
How can I fix a drawer that is dragging on the bottom?
I didn’t take this into account when installing the drawer slide hardware onto the drawer and cabinet. To fix a drawer dragging on the bottom of the cabinet you have to lower the slide hardware on the drawer. This will make the drawer sit higher on the slide hardware attached the interior of the cabinet.
Can a slide out be used with main flooring?
Side-Note: Our slide out does not come completely level with the main flooring of the RV, however, we have seen models that do. If your slide-out does become flush with the main flooring you may want to consider a different transition piece.
How did I Fix my kitchen drawer slide?
To fix my drawer I had to remove the slide hardware and trim down the width of the front and back pieces with my table saw. This was a quick fix, and a lesson that I won’t soon forget. The drawer size matters. Like a lot. Even a tiny 1/8″ overhang stopped my drawer slides from working.
Once you have laid your underlayment and placed the floating floors down, you may realize that they hang over the edge of your slide out a bit too far. Don’t freak out if this happens, use your best judgment and cut the pieces down a bit in order to add more strength to the lip.
I didn’t take this into account when installing the drawer slide hardware onto the drawer and cabinet. To fix a drawer dragging on the bottom of the cabinet you have to lower the slide hardware on the drawer. This will make the drawer sit higher on the slide hardware attached the interior of the cabinet.
Side-Note: Our slide out does not come completely level with the main flooring of the RV, however, we have seen models that do. If your slide-out does become flush with the main flooring you may want to consider a different transition piece.
To fix my drawer I had to remove the slide hardware and trim down the width of the front and back pieces with my table saw. This was a quick fix, and a lesson that I won’t soon forget. The drawer size matters. Like a lot. Even a tiny 1/8″ overhang stopped my drawer slides from working.
