IKEA - Cardboard Furniture!

[isuzurover]

Bought some (reasonably high end) drawers from that swedish company for the kitchen. Found out they were slightly too large and needed to be modified. Cut into them, only to find they were made of cardboard!!!

[87County]

commisserations - sorry it happened - but unfortunately "top end" and "ikea " hardly go together....(they're just saving money to make more profit)


I'm thinking you can either clean out part of the cardboard in the hollow and fit a piece of finishing timber -

- like a style or rail in a hollow-cored flush door (similar construction)

- alternatively clean off the finishing timber piece that was used (and no doubtedly still is in the part you sawed off) .... and refit it back into the hollow as a new finishing rail

...if you try this second alternative watch out for and remove pins/staples in the original timber - they'll rip your hands and chip your chisels.

[clubagreenie]

I'd quite enjoy modifying some Ikea really well so it won't assemble then calling their assembly team to come and help. Sit back with a few and watch.

[funkyfedaykin]

That's why its all so cheap! It still does the job though, and I hear it's pretty strong.

I still prefer Ikea stuff over plain laminated chipboard, but having said that I haven't tried introducing my Ikea furniture to generous amounts of water...

[loanrangie]

Ikea must be swedish for crap, some of their storage nic nacs are ok but i'd never buy any of their furniture.

[alexturner]

Ikea must be swedish for crap, some of their storage nic nacs are ok but i'd never buy any of their furniture.

Beds and some drawers are fine (nothing wrong with Ikea in a kid's room) but I don't think Ikea has a place in any kitchen.

[isuzurover]

I find Ikea a bit hit and miss. E.g. their hinges and rollers on most of their kitchens are top quality (Edit: Blum hinges - the best of the best apparently). A lot of their kitchen stuff is good too, however not designed to be fitted to a brick veneer or timber house...

I was quite surprised by the cardboard though... Guess it saves a lot of weight.

One thought was to remove the cardboard and fill the space with expanding foam

[sheerluck]

I've found that with Ikea stuff you have to be very choosy. There is some stuff that is quite high end, and there is some that is terrible, and lucky to last a year.

We have some lounge furniture, a low level entertainment unit and a sideboard that came with us from Ikea UK, which has stood the test of time, and is 6 years old but looks like new.

However, we have had a few bookcases and bedside tables from Ikea here that have barely lasted 18 months before falling apart.

[It'sNotWorthComplaining!]

No different to Corinthian and Hume 4 or 6 panel doors, cardboard sandwiched between masonite panels

[stuee]

A lot of their kitchen stuff is good too, however not designed to be fitted to a brick veneer or timber house...

Edit*Scrap my previous comments.

Whats the issue with fitting to timber frames? Difficult to ensure cabinets fixed to studs?