Hi everyone,
I am in the process of refacing my kitchen and also would like to replace the shelves in the pantry with slide out drawers. The cabinet is face frame and I will need to build out from the inside the box (about 1 inch on each side) so that the drawer slides do not hit the face frame member. The current cabinet box is made of melamine covered particle board and the current shelves are dadoed into the box. I was planning to cut out the current shelves, build out where I will install drawer slides using hardwood strips, however not sure how I should attach these hardwood filler pieces on which I will be installing the drawer slides. Given the cabinet box is particleboard, is there a preferred screw type for this application, realizing ultimately these hardwood strips will carry the weight of the drawer and its contents? Alternatively, can you think of a different/better way to accomplish this task?
Thanks and happy holidays!