Its large-diameter head bears down firmly on the cabinet's hanging rail, ensuring a solid installation. Attach the cabinets to the wall using No. 8 or No. 10 screws, approximately 3½ inches long.

To simulate the thicker plaster-on-lath wall prevalent in older homes, we took a piece of 0.5-inch wallboard and held a screw head to one side while scanning the other side with the stud finders.