Filler panel/strip between unit and wall

alannoone · 20-10-2022 04:59PM #1

I am fitting a Besta tall unit, and beside it will be a tv unit and floating boxes.

The issue is the corner of my room is not perfectly square, so I can either have the side flush with the side wall or the back flush with the back wall, but not both.

In this case, where the tall unit needs to fit alongside a tv unit and floating boxes, which wall should i ensure the tall unit is flush against?

If its flush with the back wall, it will probably line up better with the other units, but need some filler panel along the side. The gap is fairly small, probably 10mm or less, but its quite visible.
If its flush with side wall, i can adjust the black plastic bits at the back to make those flush with the back wall, but unsure if it will look right alongside the tv unit and floating boxes, both of which will be flush with the back wall.

Not sure which wall it should be flush against for best results.

Option 3 is to put back in the skirting board along the side and not have the side of the cabinet against the wall at all, but im not sure that will look so good.

A filler strip would work also, but Ikea do not have strips or filler panels for Besta or any product in the white oak finish.

Advice and expertise gratefully accepted.

20-10-2022 05:12PM

If its the tall side of the unit and you cant see the top make it flush with the back it looks like from the picture that the front of the unit will look flush with the wall anyway. You will probably have to anchor the unit to the back wall to prevent it falling forward if somebody pull off of it.

alannoone · 20-10-2022 05:35PM

Apologies, the picture is misleading. In this pic the side is flush, showing that the back is not.

If the back isnflush with the wall, the gap is between the side of the unit at the front.

You are correct though, I will have to anchor the unit to that all from the back.

Leave the only option of leaving a small gap at the side or finding a filler panel.

alannoone · 20-10-2022 06:36PM

As IKEA do not sell filler panels or strips, are there any ideas on what I might use ?

I could try staining pine but results would be unknown and unlikely to match the IKEA white oak finish.

I could use plain white, which matches the walls, but I don't know if that would look ok, but could look better than a gap.

21-10-2022 07:26AM

The gap will be small but if its going to annoy you I'd put a bead of caulk down between the wall and unit and paint it to match the wall with a small brush from a paint shop. It will always scrape off in the future if you decide to replace the unit.

awec · 21-10-2022 11:52AM

I'm a bit confused by the pic.

The wall you describe as being the back looks like it's only a short bit of wall. How are you going to fix the other lower units, since the wall they'll be backing onto is offset from the one this unit is up against?

Filler panel/strip between unit and wall

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