Fun fact! KALLAX, LACK and other hollowcore IKEA furniture is made in the kinds of factories that're used to make hollow-core doors. The construction of KALLAX is a hollow-core, double wall construction with a paper honeycomb interior. Please let me know if you have further former IKEA employee here. I've added a rendering below to illustrate a possible connection method. Please seek professional assistance if you are in doubt and follow the manufacturer's guidelines for installation. If units like these topple over, they can cause serious injury, so you must ensure the unit is secured adequately. Due to safety concerns, I wouldn't advise you to fix the unit solely to the plaster. To secure the unit to the wall, you'll need to locate studs/noggins and screw through the unit into those studs. Any joins can be made in line with the dividers, or if that doesn't suit, black gaffer tape can be used over the seam. You'll then paint them with black water-based paint and tack them to the back of the unit with flat head nails. You can have our team in-store cut the panel/s down to the correct size. If it doesn't fit, you can always return it.Īdding an MDF Panel Standard 2400mm x 1200 x 3mm backing panel would be a reasonably straightforward process. Your best bet would be to pick up a single cube and do a test fit on your unit. Most of the Flexi Storage inserts will fit as they are slightly smaller than your 330 x 330mm.

Welcome to the Bunnings Workshop community It's sensational to have you join us, and many thanks for your question about cube storage. I have attached a photo of a stock Kallax unit just in case you aren’t aware what I am referring to. So I just wanted to know if this is possible/how to do it? The cubes in the Kallax are 330 x 330mm which appears to be similar to Bunnings but I just wanted to know if anyone has done this successfully, as I would prefer to not have to rebuy a new storage unit.Īlso - has anyone put a backing on their cube storage before? I’d like to have a solid back to add the room divider feeling and I’m assuming I could just screw in some MDF or something similar?Īnd lastly, is it possible to secure these units to the wall from the side? Whether I use the Kallax unit or buy a new one from Bunnings, ideally it would be sticking out into the room, but I would like to secure it to the wall to ensure it’s safe, as I do have an 8 year old daughter. I am aware that I could buy a new unit from Bunnings + the inserts, but I already have a 16 cube unit and to replace it, that is an additional few hundred dollars to do so. I would love to pop in some drawers etc and I saw that Bunnings have them available for their cube storage units, and so I was wondering if anyone has fitted these Bunnings inserts into an IKEA Kallax unit?

I have an existing Kallax unit from IKEA that I am looking to repurpose as a room divider in a granny flat.

Ikea kallax shelf anchor studs