What a great video! Wish I had seen these tips before I unsuccessfully banged nails at an angle into the bottom of the drawers. The drawers are holding together but will need re-doing again but I now know what to do. Thank you 😊
Thank you so very much for making this video. I was literally ready to trash this dresser because 3 of the 5 drawers are sagging and I kept saying to myself I wish I had noticed that it was 3 drawers before I painted it. But I will be ordering these wedges tonight. Also, thanks for keeping it fairly short. Great job!
Thank you so much! I ordered the wedges and will do the repair tomorrow. I have been putting this off for almost a year because I thought I was going to have to do something really complicated to brace the drawer bottom and keep it in place. I wish I had found your video sooner!
I have SIX of these Ikea dressers, three drawers each, all sagging and worthless. So frustrating! Thanks for sharing this solution, I'll give it a try.
This is the problem I've seen with most drawers and this is what's been holding me back on one. Now I'll definitely get one and add this reinforcement, you're awesome man
Thank you so much for your tips. I bought a used drawer (my dream drawer!). I just wanted to be safe with the bottoms of the drawers. Now, there's no risk of sagging! And you're right: I went to Bunnings and the wedges are ridiculously cheap!
Omg my husband just yelled at me to buy a good dresser instead of this "ikea crap that is falling apart" I love the easily ikea dressers open but hate the sagging drawers. This will fix my problem and save me from buying new dressers.
Omg! Ty!! I was gonna toss the dresser. Now I can keep it and not spend money that I don't have at the moment. I think I'll do this to every drawer from now on. You're a lifesaver, and you just gained a new sub from me!
I have an Alex office draw set that has been driving me bonkers! I bought it specifically to hold my large watercolour and art pads but the bottom keeps falling out. I'm so happy you shared this solution!! Thanks so much!!
You’re a genius. I received close to 30 of these for my makeup vanity. I looked at the instructions and then looked for holes in the back of the vanity to stick them in. Obviously there weren’t any 😂 I thought “ I don’t know how I’m supposed to put these on with no holes “. I was honestly just going to skip that part all together but I at least now know how to install them. All because of you 🤗
Definitely not a genius. Thank you for the kind words, though. That's interesting that some pieces of furniture of coming with them these days. They should!
Thank you! I ordered these for a kitchen cabinet drawer that the bottom is bowed from too much weight. They’ll be here Thursday and so we’ll see how it goes with fixing them!
I got mine second hand and it was sagging so badly that I'm having to bend the bottom board itself back into shape. Once I do, I'm definitely going to use your technique. Thanks so much for an excellent video!
Thank you!!! The wedges from Amazon took two days to arrive and I just installed them. My drawer is finally sturdy :) I was taking my clothes out almost monthly to fix the bottom board in place. I finally had to do something lol
What a great video. I have been fighting a saggy file cabinet for a long time. I just ordered the drill and screw kit. I am going to take on this project now!
OMG!!! Thank you, thank you so much!! I was literally about to throw out my whole pax wardrobe because of how fed up I was of these drawers. Heading to amazon right now ❤
Great video. Doing this to a brand new Alex (wide) drawer unit - bc I learned with an old Hemnes what the future holds for these very thin bottoms. THANK YOU!
Thank you for this. Really helpful and your video is so clear and well lit and your calm voice is great. And the link to the wedges was helpful. I used it on a second hand Ikea dresser I got. Here’s the funny thing. Previous owners had installed the same doohickies, but they put them on the INSIDE of the drawer 🙃 obviously that didn’t work 😂 anyway your video didn’t really mention which side but I thought it was intuitively anyway and then I studied yours to make sure I was right. Maybe I’m more handy than I thought!
Thank you! I appreciate your video, and your explanation of how to do it step by step. (And I have a cordless screwdriver too... bought it with a set of various bits when I got my first project from IKEA over 30 years ago!)
I just received my wedges today, and put one into the bottom of the drawer for placement (without screwing it in yet- just to see how it would work). Yup, fits perfectly and is exactly what I need. Thanks again!! @@fixitFlip
Not just ikea. I purchased very expensive chest of drawers and matching bed side table in grey high gloss. I probably paid 6x what they’d cost in ikea but do look great and the actual chassis and drawers are excellent quality but what peed me off was the use the same crappy cheap under-boards as shown in this video and over 3-4 years the sag has become really significant, whilst the outside is immaculate This hack is incredible as I was so fed up I was going to 🗑️ the entire set
This was so helpful thank you!! I bought a nice used dresser and love it except it was sagging out of these grooves and I didn’t know what to do. Lifesaver!
So glad I found this video!!! Now if you can tell me how to fix a dresser where the side panels are arching outward making the drawers fall, I can keep the other dresser too!
Now THAT would need some more serious reinforcement on the inside with some boards and screws. Never actually seen that, but I would have to get creative!
It's a outside pocket "hole" without having to create a hole!!! I'm way too excited about this but I really found it cool that something so simple exists
The whole bottom of my drawer is bowed, I don't have any clamps and the bottom back edge of the drawer back, the part that is above the drawer bottom is missing it is only like maybe a half inch thickness . IIs it better to replace the bottom board? I am not sure wood glue would hold that edging on any recommendations?
since the whole bottom is bowed should I replace that too? I have some thin pressed wood that was off a baby changing table I found a while back and I think it should work, it's about the same thickness of the bottom of the drawer. I also found today the boards between the drawers one is missing and the other bows a bit I can see it has separated from the front piece. It came out of the groove in the front. Some reason it won't budge at all. @@fixitFlip
Excellent - thank you! I am repairing the exact same dresser (with the exact same problem). IKEA could save themselves a ton of poor reviews by including these wedges with the original product.
great video. do you have another video to adjust the gaps so they are even around each drawer face? I like the overall look of my cheap dresser but don't like the inconsistent gaps around each side of the drawer face.
Great fix. Question, on an Alex large set of drawers it says it will only support 4 lbs of weight. If I used these, how many pounds do you think it will hold? Thanks so much!
Many thanks for the great video. I used a similar set of wedges and screws provided by furniture producer. However, it's frustrating that all the screws went to the gap between the bottom panel and the front (or bottom) board of the drawer. In the end it looks like that the bottom panel and the board each had a semi hole, but not appropriately fixed onto the front/bottom board of the drawer. Is there a way to make sure the screw going to the right direction of the board itself?
Any idea for kitchen drawers that will bear alot more weight than clothes? I love kitchen bottom drawers in place of lower cabinets. Much easier to see whats in the back and use the space well. They are brand new but are clearly sagging from the weight of just a few items. We knew this would be an issue, its what I call paperboard and would likely need a strip of metal or wood across the bottom that can be screwed into the sides.
This is awesome, Thank you! I’m about to replace our 19 year old IKEA Dresser and I will do this when assembling them. Also, do you have any recommendations for the side lock screws? The ones on the current dresser seem stripped in places. I was considering wood glue or some other glue to keep them in place but, I guess 20 years is a decent run for an IKEA dresser.
I actually used floorboard molding and nailed them in. My drawers are good now. However the cheap way of assembling with their screw and tighteners and the former owner using it as a kitchen drawers for her pots and pans, and dishes. So, my drawers were squared up, but the pressure on their screws, the whole thing fell apart. So I have the parts, and I got some nails, and I will rebuild the thing.
Any suggestions on fixing a dresser top that's sagging to the point where the drawer lightly catches when closing? Any help would be much appreciated! 🙏
If it is stuck due to sagging, you may need to open the drawer below and push up on the bottom of the drawer you are trying to open so it has room to open.
@@usmi3369 Oh I see. In the beginning of the video I demonstrate how to remove it. Just pull it all the way out, then tip the front end up and lift it out.
This video has given me hope that you can help me. I have a studio 10-drawer set. The problem is that no matter how hard I tighten the "screws" with the alan wrench it leans over again. Can you help me?
Alan wrench? It sounds like the screws have gotten some play in them. You may need to move them slightly over to one side so they can get a better "bite."
I really love my IKEA set and hate that the bottoms are sagging but thank you for this video. I thought you could only get that support piece from IKEA because I could not find them in Menards... THANKS BUNCHES
Looks like my drawers. I am going to "try" this repair. Thank you. My son's drawer bottom completely broke or maybe I broke it trying to fix it. Does anyone know the dimensions or what I can use as replacement? I cannot find a drawer as nice as the Henmes. I rather try to replace the bottoms. TIA
I'm not working at the moment and I need a dresser for my room. I saw a cheap dresser with sagging and was hesitant to get it. I'm so happy I clicked on this video by accident. I'm definitely going to get it now and I'm going to fix it myself. YAAAAAY 😊
My case is a large wood file cabinet where both top and bottom drawers have a sagging bottom and I cannot even close them anymore. I have bought the drill and the kits you recommended. I am procrastinating because I am worried I wont be able to get the bottoms back in the groove
Glad to find this. Off to local hardware store. Fingers crossed they've got this otherwise my clothes will remain in a cardboard box and a couple of brown paper bags! Am wondering if my local furniture store bought all there Scotch chests of drawers from Ikea! Also makes me think the store owners should have put the wedges in.
@@fixitFlip Agree! I did the fix last night and it worked like a charm. I had to use pliers to wedge some of the tabs in but it worked great. This video saved my sanity (and some money, lol). Thanks again!
This was awesome and exactly what I need. However I am wondering, is there a point of no return for a super-saggy base? Mine are a bit more far gone than yours. Do you recommend trying to find a replacement base altogether that can be inserted? Does anyone know if IKEA has those parts? All I ever see on their website is screws, drawer handles etc. Or... is there a way to get Lowe's or someone to make bases that would fit?
Have you ever checked out the Helmer by IKEA? It's a small, metal 6-drawer storage unit that is widely used by collectors & crafters to corral all their little bits & bobs (nail polish, paints for modeling, etc.). The metal is extremely thin and can eventually give way on the drawer bottoms when used to full capacity with weighty items (again, many dozens of glass nail polish bottles are an excellent example). Since there is no slot that holds the drawer bottoms + with them being metal, I'm thinking the wedges wouldn't work. Can you think of a way to shore up the bottoms of drawers like these??? Thanks so much!
Fingers crossed! Going to try… tell it to me straight - should I NOT use a drill? (I don’t have a screwdriver like yours and have many drawers to fix…)
So, I'm in the process of putting together a knock off (from Amazon) of the Ikea Alex drawers. I have a ridiculously large nail polish collection. While, individually, the nail polish bottles don't weight a lot, collectively, they are VERY heavy. And I'm trying to decide if I should use the drawer bottoms that come with the drawers (they are exactly the same material you show in this video), of if I should try to find something more sturdy, or if this method you show here will be enough to support the bottles in the drawers for the duration that they will live in there. What do you think?
I think the drawer bottoms they come with will work if you reinforce them like I do in the video. Depending on the weight, you may need to add a few more than I do in the video.
What advice can you give me for securing the back panel and frame of a MALM chest of drawers? The panel pins are so short and the frame moves sideways so the drawers are not stable. Scared to use!
Thank YOU for this! I have a question about my 6-drawer Hemnes chest-the frame for the 2 smaller drawers at the top is sagging and interferes with me closing the top big drawer. Any ideas how to remedy it?
@@fixitFlip No, I will be using this tip to reinforce the drawers though! If I remove one of the top 2 small drawers and pull up on the frame when the big drawer is closing, it closes without issue, but if both those two drawers are in, the big drawer won’t close. The face gets caught on the framing (not sure that’s the right word to be using).
@@tiffanycampbell4425 Okay, I am following you now. I believe that part of the dresser is just an independent piece of particle board. The best possible scenario would probably be to just replace that board, if Ikea sells replacement parts like that. Or you could possible screw in a small strip of real wood behind it to reinforce it.
Hi - Great video. I never buy expensive furniture, so I always have this problem. I now have a great solution for just a little money and a little time. Thanks for sharing. Love PegEgg
This is a good fix. The Ikea drawer bottoms are really cheap and thin, so I can assure you that this WILL happen! They will sag and come out of the groove. Doing it beforehand is not a bad idea, though probably no one will do it :) At the very least though, when you do one, do them all. Another method that I usually use is to just glue it. Get some Gorilla wood glue, run a bead in the groove and/or under it, clamp it to let it set, and then you have quite a rigid box that can hold some weight and not flex. This type of glue expands somewhat as it sets up, and it really works well to hold things together. The reason I kind of prefer the glued method is that with the plastic clips, while they do support the drawer bottom, there's nothing really keeping the bottom board in the groove. Over time, if there's excess weight in the drawer, they'll continue to sag and while they might not fall out as before, the system will not have the structural integrity and rigidity that it will if it's glued in. The downside is, you'll never (easily) get it apart, without probably damaging something. For Ikea-grade furniture, it seems a fair tradeoff.
I have done the Gorilla Glue method and it works well for a while but eventually my dresser’s start to sag again. I am going to doe both methods this time!
Great idea. I'm a pretty handy engineer but didn't think about this option. I have a beautiful 40 year old oak kitchen with one f#cking drawer that has this particular problem. Happy holidays.
What off your drawer bottom cracked? Any recommendations for a replacement? Can I buy plywood at Home Depot to replace it? And if so should I just take the piece and ask for the exact same size cut?
Oh yeah they sell fiber board there if you want to replace it with the same thing. Just measure the old piece and cut a new one. You can just cut it with a utility knife. Typically you'd want the same material so it will fit into the groove.
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I don't understand why Ikea doesn't include this with the setup.... thank you for saving my drawers' life!!! 🙌
Same here and you’re welcome!
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What a great video! Wish I had seen these tips before I unsuccessfully banged nails at an angle into the bottom of the drawers. The drawers are holding together but will need re-doing again but I now know what to do. Thank you 😊
Ha ha, well glad I could help. Sorry it was a little too late.
Thank you so very much for making this video. I was literally ready to trash this dresser because 3 of the 5 drawers are sagging and I kept saying to myself I wish I had noticed that it was 3 drawers before I painted it. But I will be ordering these wedges tonight. Also, thanks for keeping it fairly short. Great job!
Thank you! They really do the trick!
Thank you so much! I ordered the wedges and will do the repair tomorrow. I have been putting this off for almost a year because I thought I was going to have to do something really complicated to brace the drawer bottom and keep it in place. I wish I had found your video sooner!
Well I'm glad you eventually found it. It's a pretty easy fix. Good luck with the project!
I have SIX of these Ikea dressers, three drawers each, all sagging and worthless. So frustrating! Thanks for sharing this solution, I'll give it a try.
No problem and good luck with it. I think it's a pretty easy fix! They should come with these so they don't sag in the first place!
This is the problem I've seen with most drawers and this is what's been holding me back on one. Now I'll definitely get one and add this reinforcement, you're awesome man
Thank you! Yeah these types of dressers really should just come with these!
Where can u get dose little plastic things at ?
Just found this after searching UA-cam. I flip dressers as a side hustle and this will definitely help me out!
That sounds like a fun side hustle! Hopefully it helps you make some extra cash!
Where do you sell your flips? It definitely sounds like a great side hustle.
I sell them on Facebook Marketplace
I love this dresser but the sagging was driving me nuts! What a huge help-and the links are great. Thank you!
No problem and glad I could help!
Thank you so much for your tips. I bought a used drawer (my dream drawer!). I just wanted to be safe with the bottoms of the drawers. Now, there's no risk of sagging! And you're right: I went to Bunnings and the wedges are ridiculously cheap!
No problem, glad I could help!
Thanks! Like so many others, my Ikea drawers were sagging and driving me nuts. These wedges and your video saved the day.
Awesome, glad I could help!
You are a hero for making this video! I love IKEA, but hate their drawers! Now I can feel good about buying another drawer from there. Thanks.
Ha ha, not all heroes wear capes. No problem, glad I could help.
Omg my husband just yelled at me to buy a good dresser instead of this "ikea crap that is falling apart" I love the easily ikea dressers open but hate the sagging drawers. This will fix my problem and save me from buying new dressers.
Ha ha yes it's an easy fix!
😅😅😅😅😅yes!!!! Thank you!!!! I was going to try a nail 😶 …
@@kryssygee4814 Lol, glad you didn't try that.
Thank you! This was such an easy fix and so much cheaper than buying new dressers! IKEA should include these with the dressers.
No problem and glad I could help! Yes they should include them!
Omg! Ty!! I was gonna toss the dresser. Now I can keep it and not spend money that I don't have at the moment. I think I'll do this to every drawer from now on. You're a lifesaver, and you just gained a new sub from me!
Awesome, glad I could help!
Thank you so much! I was not wanting to spend hundreds on a new dresser and now I can keep mine for less than $7 😊
No problem, glad I could help!
I have an Alex office draw set that has been driving me bonkers! I bought it specifically to hold my large watercolour and art pads but the bottom keeps falling out. I'm so happy you shared this solution!! Thanks so much!!
No problem, glad I could help!
You’re a genius. I received close to 30 of these for my makeup vanity. I looked at the instructions and then looked for holes in the back of the vanity to stick them in. Obviously there weren’t any 😂 I thought “ I don’t know how I’m supposed to put these on with no holes “. I was honestly just going to skip that part all together but I at least now know how to install them. All because of you 🤗
Definitely not a genius. Thank you for the kind words, though. That's interesting that some pieces of furniture of coming with them these days. They should!
Your way is much more professional than how I’ve done this is the past haha
Ha ha, thanks. It's pretty cheap, too. Those wedges came out to about 10 cents each.
Thank you! I ordered these for a kitchen cabinet drawer that the bottom is bowed from too much weight. They’ll be here Thursday and so we’ll see how it goes with fixing them!
Good luck! Hopefully works out great.
I was ready to drag it to the curb! This is amazing! Thanks for sharing!
No problem! Another dresser saved from the landfill. 😆
I got mine second hand and it was sagging so badly that I'm having to bend the bottom board itself back into shape. Once I do, I'm definitely going to use your technique. Thanks so much for an excellent video!
No problem and good luck with the project!
Thank you!!! The wedges from Amazon took two days to arrive and I just installed them. My drawer is finally sturdy :)
I was taking my clothes out almost monthly to fix the bottom board in place. I finally had to do something lol
No problem. Yeah it's definitely worth the time to sturdy them up and not have to mess with them sagging all the time!
What a great video. I have been fighting a saggy file cabinet for a long time. I just ordered the drill and screw kit. I am going to take on this project now!
That's awesome, good luck with it! It's pretty easy!
OMG!!! Thank you, thank you so much!! I was literally about to throw out my whole pax wardrobe because of how fed up I was of these drawers. Heading to amazon right now ❤
No problem. Good luck with the project, it's a pretty easy fix!
I was looking for a video to fix this issue and bam, I bumped into yours. Thanks much. You have gained another subscription.
Glad I could help and thank you for subscribing!
Great video. Doing this to a brand new Alex (wide) drawer unit - bc I learned with an old Hemnes what the future holds for these very thin bottoms. THANK YOU!
No problem, glad I could help!
Thank you for this. Really helpful and your video is so clear and well lit and your calm voice is great. And the link to the wedges was helpful. I used it on a second hand Ikea dresser I got. Here’s the funny thing. Previous owners had installed the same doohickies, but they put them on the INSIDE of the drawer 🙃 obviously that didn’t work 😂 anyway your video didn’t really mention which side but I thought it was intuitively anyway and then I studied yours to make sure I was right. Maybe I’m more handy than I thought!
Ha ha, thank you for all the kind words and nice work getting the job done right!
Thank you! I appreciate your video, and your explanation of how to do it step by step. (And I have a cordless screwdriver too... bought it with a set of various bits when I got my first project from IKEA over 30 years ago!)
Perfect, glad I could help! Good luck with the project.
I just received my wedges today, and put one into the bottom of the drawer for placement (without screwing it in yet- just to see how it would work). Yup, fits perfectly and is exactly what I need. Thanks again!! @@fixitFlip
No problem and glad to hear it!!@@KarenCurr
Not just ikea. I purchased very expensive chest of drawers and matching bed side table in grey high gloss. I probably paid 6x what they’d cost in ikea but do look great and the actual chassis and drawers are excellent quality but what peed me off was the use the same crappy cheap under-boards as shown in this video and over 3-4 years the sag has become really significant, whilst the outside is immaculate
This hack is incredible as I was so fed up I was going to 🗑️ the entire set
Well I'm glad I could help out, then!
@ thanks buddy I don’t normally comment but this video literally saved me $1k for a new set
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@@Silverwing_99 That's awesome, I'm glad you didn't trash the old set. They really should come with these so people don't have to go through this!
This was so helpful thank you!! I bought a nice used dresser and love it except it was sagging out of these grooves and I didn’t know what to do. Lifesaver!
No problem, glad I could help!
So glad I found this video!!! Now if you can tell me how to fix a dresser where the side panels are arching outward making the drawers fall, I can keep the other dresser too!
Now THAT would need some more serious reinforcement on the inside with some boards and screws. Never actually seen that, but I would have to get creative!
I just pulled out my drawers which was very frustrating. Now I know how to fix them. Thanks for sharing! 😊
No problem. Glad I could help!
It's a outside pocket "hole" without having to create a hole!!! I'm way too excited about this but I really found it cool that something so simple exists
I know. When I found it, I couldn't believe I had never seen them anywhere. Such a simple fix.
The whole bottom of my drawer is bowed, I don't have any clamps and the bottom back edge of the drawer back, the part that is above the drawer bottom is missing it is only like maybe a half inch thickness . IIs it better to replace the bottom board? I am not sure wood glue would hold that edging on any recommendations?
You may need to replace the back of the drawer and add a small piece of trim at the bottom for the drawer bottom to rest on.
since the whole bottom is bowed should I replace that too? I have some thin pressed wood that was off a baby changing table I found a while back and I think it should work, it's about the same thickness of the bottom of the drawer. I also found today the boards between the drawers one is missing and the other bows a bit I can see it has separated from the front piece. It came out of the groove in the front. Some reason it won't budge at all.
@@fixitFlip
You definitely could replace the bottom board if you can get it to stay in place.@@debrabrooks6138
Excellent - thank you! I am repairing the exact same dresser (with the exact same problem). IKEA could save themselves a ton of poor reviews by including these wedges with the original product.
No problem. And yes, I've thought the same thing many times!
Brilliant fix for my free dresser. My husband said there’s a reason it was free and now I’m going to fix it.
It's a simple fix! Good luck with the project. Can't beat free!
The little plastic things are used to hold cabinet and bookshelf shelves up, this is a great tip for another use.
Thank you.
So clever but simple! They really should come in the ikea pack. Thank you!
Thanks and no problem. They really should!
great video. do you have another video to adjust the gaps so they are even around each drawer face? I like the overall look of my cheap dresser but don't like the inconsistent gaps around each side of the drawer face.
Thank you and sorry, I do not.
Great fix. Question, on an Alex large set of drawers it says it will only support 4 lbs of weight. If I used these, how many pounds do you think it will hold? Thanks so much!
I'm sure of an exact measurement but I would say it would definitely hold more.
Many thanks for the great video. I used a similar set of wedges and screws provided by furniture producer. However, it's frustrating that all the screws went to the gap between the bottom panel and the front (or bottom) board of the drawer. In the end it looks like that the bottom panel and the board each had a semi hole, but not appropriately fixed onto the front/bottom board of the drawer. Is there a way to make sure the screw going to the right direction of the board itself?
Did you have it clamped together like I do in the video? That should keep the two together so you don't have a gap.
@@fixitFlip Unfortunately I couldn't clamp it together. It was used to prevent the back panel of a dresser from protruding. So...
Any idea for kitchen drawers that will bear alot more weight than clothes? I love kitchen bottom drawers in place of lower cabinets. Much easier to see whats in the back and use the space well. They are brand new but are clearly sagging from the weight of just a few items. We knew this would be an issue, its what I call paperboard and would likely need a strip of metal or wood across the bottom that can be screwed into the sides.
Yes, you could try these wedges first since they are a cheap solution, but it may need a bit of reinforcement underneath.
You just saved me taking a sledgehammer to these Malm and Alex dressers I have. Thank you!
Ha ha, the sledgehammer would have been more satisfying but this will save you some cash.
Thank you so much for this video! I will finally fix these sagged drawers that are driving me crazy. Thank you!! ❤🙏🏼
No problem. Glad I could help. Good luck with the project.
@@fixitFlip thank you. All done!!! I just fixed 4 drawers and I am so excited. It was so easy. Thank you for the tips and the videos ♥️
No problem and that's awesome! It always feels good to get a project done yourself!@@sanpedrana3
This is awesome, Thank you!
I’m about to replace our 19 year old IKEA Dresser and I will do this when assembling them. Also, do you have any recommendations for the side lock screws? The ones on the current dresser seem stripped in places. I was considering wood glue or some other glue to keep them in place but, I guess 20 years is a decent run for an IKEA dresser.
The price of buying cheap furniture lol. Thanks for the video. Very helpful.
No doubt. You're welcome!
Thank you I needed this info for my kids dresser 😊 They have a nice dresser but a few of the drawer bottoms are sagging 😫
No problem. Its an easy fix!
You just saved me from buying a new dresser! You are the best! Thank you so much!! 🎉🎉🎉
No problem, glad I could help!
Thank you my son’s dresser just sagged again after fixing it with glue. This is better!
No problem, glad I could help!
I actually used floorboard molding and nailed them in. My drawers are good now. However the cheap way of assembling with their screw and tighteners and the former owner using it as a kitchen drawers for her pots and pans, and dishes. So, my drawers were squared up, but the pressure on their screws, the whole thing fell apart. So I have the parts, and I got some nails, and I will rebuild the thing.
That's a cool idea. I like that.
Any suggestions on fixing a dresser top that's sagging to the point where the drawer lightly catches when closing? Any help would be much appreciated! 🙏
My drawers were catching when closing when I did this repair!
I was wondering if you could tell me how to open a malm desk drawer?? I want to try your method but I need to get the drawer out first ☹️
If it is stuck due to sagging, you may need to open the drawer below and push up on the bottom of the drawer you are trying to open so it has room to open.
@@fixitFlip it’s not stuck I just can’t get it out of the desk
@@usmi3369 Oh I see. In the beginning of the video I demonstrate how to remove it. Just pull it all the way out, then tip the front end up and lift it out.
@@fixitFlip oh okay thank you so much!
Awesome fix! I was wedging expired gift and credit cards under my drawers to do the same!
Ha ha, whatever it takes!
Do the cards stay in place? I have 2 that are sagging and it's impossible to open the upper drawer without the one under it opening as well
Tysmm this rlly helped!! But how do i hold the drawer together without the clamp?
Have somebody squeeze it together for you with their hands, or use your foot to push it against a wall. Might have to get creative!
This video has given me hope that you can help me. I have a studio 10-drawer set. The problem is that no matter how hard I tighten the "screws" with the alan wrench it leans over again. Can you help me?
Alan wrench? It sounds like the screws have gotten some play in them. You may need to move them slightly over to one side so they can get a better "bite."
Any idea what size cam lock and wooden dowel that is? I’m trying to remedy my same dresser and I need a few extra parts that have fallen off!
I do not know, sorry.
This was very helpful. I thought about using a brace across the bottom like a thin piece of wood, but this looks better.
Thanks, it holds up well over time!
I really love my IKEA set and hate that the bottoms are sagging but thank you for this video. I thought you could only get that support piece from IKEA because I could not find them in Menards... THANKS BUNCHES
No problem. Glad I could help rescue your set!
Looks like my drawers. I am going to "try" this repair. Thank you. My son's drawer bottom completely broke or maybe I broke it trying to fix it. Does anyone know the dimensions or what I can use as replacement? I cannot find a drawer as nice as the Henmes. I rather try to replace the bottoms. TIA
You got this, it's an easy fix.
UA-cam be praised I have this exact dresser and wedges :) so glad I got validation through this post, thanks so much
No problem. They work!
where do you get the wooden bottom of the drawer? mine is lost.
That I'm not sure. Check Ikea's website?
After plastic wedge/screws…what about using a glue gun to hold where there is no wedge/screw? Thanks
I don't think it would be necessary or do a whole lot. You add a few more of the wedges into the bigger gaps.
I agree. Thanks@@fixitFlip
No problem.@@angelicaholiday7755
I'm not working at the moment and I need a dresser for my room. I saw a cheap dresser with sagging and was hesitant to get it.
I'm so happy I clicked on this video by accident. I'm definitely going to get it now and I'm going to fix it myself. YAAAAAY 😊
Awesome, it's a fun project. Good luck with it.
My case is a large wood file cabinet where both top and bottom drawers have a sagging bottom and I cannot even close them anymore. I have bought the drill and the kits you recommended. I am procrastinating because I am worried I wont be able to get the bottoms back in the groove
You can do it! Getting started is the hardest part. Just dive in and it will go smoothly!
@@fixitFlip Thanks man!
@@JohnDoe-xu2vx No problem.
Glad to find this. Off to local hardware store. Fingers crossed they've got this otherwise my clothes will remain in a cardboard box and a couple of brown paper bags! Am wondering if my local furniture store bought all there Scotch chests of drawers from Ikea! Also makes me think the store owners should have put the wedges in.
Yes I agree that they should come with the wedges in already!
What a great fix! Thanks for sharing! ❤
Thanks and you're welcome!
This saved my favorite dresser!! Thank you so much for posting this
No problem, glad I could help!
What is the name of the dresser? I have the exact same one.
Hemnes
@@fixitFlip I bought them finally. It's hard to keep the plastic part flush against the wood as I tighten the screw.
You saved my sanity!!!!! I love my Hemnes pieces but all of them sag.
Awesome, glad I could help!
Thanks so much for this video! I have exact same dresers from Ikea and this has saved me!
No problem, glad I could help!
Thank you for this! I'm going to try this on my Alex drawers...it's been driving me crazy!!!
No problem! It's a pretty easy fix. They really should come with these!
@@fixitFlip Agree! I did the fix last night and it worked like a charm. I had to use pliers to wedge some of the tabs in but it worked great. This video saved my sanity (and some money, lol). Thanks again!
@@c.m.1311 No problem. Glad I could help!
This was awesome and exactly what I need. However I am wondering, is there a point of no return for a super-saggy base? Mine are a bit more far gone than yours. Do you recommend trying to find a replacement base altogether that can be inserted? Does anyone know if IKEA has those parts? All I ever see on their website is screws, drawer handles etc. Or... is there a way to get Lowe's or someone to make bases that would fit?
If these won't hold it, you could always add a small piece of wood like a 1x2 underneath for support!
Exactly what I needed for my kids toy table that keeps sagging. Thank you!
No problem. Good luck with it!
Thank you so much. This is exactly what I needed.
No problem, glad I could help!
Have you ever checked out the Helmer by IKEA? It's a small, metal 6-drawer storage unit that is widely used by collectors & crafters to corral all their little bits & bobs (nail polish, paints for modeling, etc.). The metal is extremely thin and can eventually give way on the drawer bottoms when used to full capacity with weighty items (again, many dozens of glass nail polish bottles are an excellent example).
Since there is no slot that holds the drawer bottoms + with them being metal, I'm thinking the wedges wouldn't work. Can you think of a way to shore up the bottoms of drawers like these??? Thanks so much!
I have never seen that unit. You could try some liquid nails and some metal corner brackets underneath glued in place?
thank you! you help me fix my drawers
No problem, glad I could help!
Thank you! Stumbled across this but I have antique dresser that is driving me crazy.
Glad I could help!
Fingers crossed! Going to try… tell it to me straight - should I NOT use a drill? (I don’t have a screwdriver like yours and have many drawers to fix…)
You can use a drill. Just set the torque really low so you don’t drive a screw all the way through the thin wood.
So, I'm in the process of putting together a knock off (from Amazon) of the Ikea Alex drawers. I have a ridiculously large nail polish collection. While, individually, the nail polish bottles don't weight a lot, collectively, they are VERY heavy. And I'm trying to decide if I should use the drawer bottoms that come with the drawers (they are exactly the same material you show in this video), of if I should try to find something more sturdy, or if this method you show here will be enough to support the bottles in the drawers for the duration that they will live in there. What do you think?
I think the drawer bottoms they come with will work if you reinforce them like I do in the video. Depending on the weight, you may need to add a few more than I do in the video.
@@fixitFlip Ok, thanks!!
@@heycarrieann No problem.
I have the same dresser and same drawer! Thank you! Ordering now.
No problem, good luck with the project! It's easy!
What advice can you give me for securing the back panel and frame of a MALM chest of drawers? The panel pins are so short and the frame moves sideways so the drawers are not stable. Scared to use!
Would it helped if you secured it to the wall with their kit the Ikea dressers normally come with?
Do these work on the Komplement drawers for the Pax as well?
Not sure about that exact model but they pretty much work on any cheap wood drawers.
Plese tell me the size of the wedges and screws that I should purchase.
Great video - clearly explained
Thank you!
I truly appreciate you making this video! Thank you so much!
No problem!
Thank you for this. I never knew these type of wedges existed.
No problem. Now you know! Ha ha.
Thank YOU for this! I have a question about my 6-drawer Hemnes chest-the frame for the 2 smaller drawers at the top is sagging and interferes with me closing the top big drawer. Any ideas how to remedy it?
Oh, so not the actual middle part of the drawer that normally snags, the front edge?
@@fixitFlip No, I will be using this tip to reinforce the drawers though! If I remove one of the top 2 small drawers and pull up on the frame when the big drawer is closing, it closes without issue, but if both those two drawers are in, the big drawer won’t close. The face gets caught on the framing (not sure that’s the right word to be using).
@@tiffanycampbell4425 Okay, I am following you now. I believe that part of the dresser is just an independent piece of particle board. The best possible scenario would probably be to just replace that board, if Ikea sells replacement parts like that. Or you could possible screw in a small strip of real wood behind it to reinforce it.
Hi - Great video. I never buy expensive furniture, so I always have this problem. I now have a great solution for just a little money and a little time. Thanks for sharing. Love PegEgg
No problem, and glad I could help!
This is a good fix. The Ikea drawer bottoms are really cheap and thin, so I can assure you that this WILL happen! They will sag and come out of the groove. Doing it beforehand is not a bad idea, though probably no one will do it :) At the very least though, when you do one, do them all.
Another method that I usually use is to just glue it. Get some Gorilla wood glue, run a bead in the groove and/or under it, clamp it to let it set, and then you have quite a rigid box that can hold some weight and not flex. This type of glue expands somewhat as it sets up, and it really works well to hold things together. The reason I kind of prefer the glued method is that with the plastic clips, while they do support the drawer bottom, there's nothing really keeping the bottom board in the groove. Over time, if there's excess weight in the drawer, they'll continue to sag and while they might not fall out as before, the system will not have the structural integrity and rigidity that it will if it's glued in. The downside is, you'll never (easily) get it apart, without probably damaging something. For Ikea-grade furniture, it seems a fair tradeoff.
Thanks for the input!
I have done the Gorilla Glue method and it works well for a while but eventually my dresser’s start to sag again. I am going to doe both methods this time!
Great idea. I'm a pretty handy engineer but didn't think about this option.
I have a beautiful 40 year old oak kitchen with one f#cking drawer that has this particular problem.
Happy holidays.
Thanks. Glad I could help. You can't go wrong with a solid piece of Oak furniture.
Hi my wardrobe cardboard is saggy the same process work for wardrobes as well ?
Yes that should work!
Thanks for this video!!!
You're welcome!
Thank you. You made this fix so easy for me. 👍🏽
No problem, glad I could help!
Great video! Thanks, Mate!... Ikea could have done this with a little thought and understanding of their products and their potential failures!
No problem. And I agree, they should come with these little reinforcements!
@@fixitFlip Cheers!
@@graemel3069 Cheers!
Omg thank you soooooo much I think you just simplified my life a bit
No problem. I'm here to simplify one life at a time.
Their newer ones have some reinforcement at the panel to mitigate the saggy bottoms.
That's good to hear. I hadn't seen that yet.
Ordering these and thank you for the easy fix, Flip 😊
No problem!
Is the drawer still work well now after 2 years?
Oh yeah. No issues at all!
What off your drawer bottom cracked? Any recommendations for a replacement? Can I buy plywood at Home Depot to replace it? And if so should I just take the piece and ask for the exact same size cut?
Oh yeah they sell fiber board there if you want to replace it with the same thing. Just measure the old piece and cut a new one. You can just cut it with a utility knife. Typically you'd want the same material so it will fit into the groove.
Hey particle board and construction glue. If you have to replace the whole bottom anyways, make it i destructible.
@@juliakardosh6455 Yep, that would work!
Any ideas for when the wedges themselves don't fit??
How do the wedges not fit? They should fit any 90 degree angle.