Shims correct for small irregularities in walls and floors, ensuring each cabinet sits perfectly level and plumb regardless of minor structural variations. Without shims, cabinet doors can hang unevenly, drawers may not glide smoothly, and countertops can end up slightly out of level once installed.
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Very few walls and floors are perfectly level, and this is especially true in older Louisville homes throughout neighborhoods like Portland and Shively where decades of settling have created subtle variations. Shims, thin tapered pieces of wood or plastic, are placed behind and beneath cabinets to fill these small gaps and bring each cabinet into true level and plumb position.
Properly shimmed cabinets ensure doors close evenly, drawers glide without dragging, and adjacent cabinet runs align seamlessly at the seams. Southern Indiana and Central Kentucky homeowners who have seen a poorly installed kitchen with misaligned doors often trace the problem back to inadequate shimming during the original installation.
Once cabinets are shimmed and secured, any visible gaps are typically covered with matching trim or filler pieces, so shims themselves are never seen in the finished kitchen despite playing a critical structural role. Learn more about our professional cabinet installation service.
What Most People Get Wrong
Homeowners sometimes assume shimming is a shortcut used only for poor-quality installations, when it is actually a standard, necessary step in nearly every professional cabinet installation regardless of how new or well-built the home is.
From Our Experience
Our installers take the time to shim every cabinet correctly, which is part of why Louisville homeowners consistently notice how well their doors and drawers operate after our installations. Visit our Louisville cabinet showroom, call (502) 690-9813, or email us at ecsoflouisville@gmail.com. We are here Monday through Friday, 9AM to 4PM.