ikea pax leaning forward but the fitter says fine

[nalakitty]

We just bought two pax wardrobes 201cm tall. They lean forward due to uneven floor. Our bathroom fitter put them together and mounted them to wall using the brackets provided by ikea. We want to put something underneath in the front so the wardrobes can stand upright but our man said (a) it will look ugly as whatever leveler underneath will look different from the wardrobe and (b) the wall mount is strong enough and the wardrobe is at no risk of falling.

We have always had wedges under our ikea furniture so find this good of thought a bit hard to understand. But he said its from experience.

Is it okay to use the wardrobe this way?

How big is the lean? What's the angle?

its about the size of an adult thumb nail

correction. more like the size of the first section of the thumb. it must have a name...

We have something underneath the front right corner of our ikea wardrobe for that exact issue. The guy we had come and build them and attach them to the wall did it. It blends into the carpet and you can't even really see it.

The dresser beside it however doesn't have it and looking at it drives me crazy as it's obviously on a lean. No idea why he didn't do it on the dresser too.

Both are attached to the wall so no danger

I’d wedge it personally, who’s he think is going to be in your bedroom with eagle eyes looking for a slight difference in wardrobe height??

we are in a really old house, and a couple of bedrooms have wonky floors. I’ve found various wedges and risers to match furniture or carpet to deal with the issue. I’d rather I was totally sure something was safe than aesthetically perfect.

If you want it to be wedged then ask him to do it. He’s not the one who’s going to be looking at it permanently.

Do you have a photo?

It sounds like it’s secured, so I wouldn’t worry from that side of things, but if you don’t like it, have it done your way - you’re paying!

photos here. not sure if i can tell from the front. from the side its obvious because of the gap with wall

We want to put something underneath in the front so the wardrobes can stand upright but our man said (a) it will look ugly as whatever leveler underneath will look different from the wardrobe and (b) the wall mount is strong enough and the wardrobe is at no risk of falling.

What he means by this is that a) he can’t be arsed and b) he can’t be arsed! Say you’ve thought through all the options, and you’d still like a wedge put in, looking as close to the wardrobe finish as possible. Even though it won’t be an exact match, it can be stained, etc.

Actually that looks like quite a lean to me. I’d want it wedged. He’s being lazy, because it’s already up and secured and he doesn’t want to do it - it would be easy enough to paint something grey to match.

I'd want it wedged. All tall furniture in this house is made to be either dead vertical or leaning back a bit and fixed to the wall if it is tall, or just to lean very backwards towards the wall if it is too short to need fixing but thin enough to tip and heavy, like bookcases (we don't have kids, if we did, I'd probably fix lower shelving too). It's easy as skirting allows this to be done. I can't see why he won't do it.
Wedges can be painted black or stained first if the floor is solid. On carpets, they usually aren't visible unless your floors are very uneven. In our bedroom, we have put the tall wardrobes on 2" x 1" timbers direct on the floorboards, and plan to carpet up to them, as that works better for us here. The wood will be invisible when the carpet + underlay is down.

Wow I have no advice on the wedge but this wardrobes are lovely, I’d never have guessed they were ikea… did you do lots of modifications to them?

@PinkVelvett they are standard Pax frames available in the dark grey and the doors are just Bergsbo doors. As an Ikea connoisseur I would guess that it is 2 x 100cm wide frames.

Yup just standard ikea wardrobes. They have a function called wardrobe planner that allows you to design your own frame and interior. @PinkVelvett Mix and match from abailable components. I was hoping to get a more bespoke look but obviously now with wedges underneath its back to ikea 😂

I’d agree with your fitter about the risk of anything happening, but up to you what you want as the paying customer I guess. We live in a Victorian terrace and most of our walls are out in some way or other. I’ve got a 100 ish kg column radiator on a slight forward lean and that is secured by two brackets to the wall. I’ve got a reasonably large ikea bookcase on a slight forward lean and have had for the three years it’s been there with no issue. If we’re talking about an inch by the sounds of things then the actual stress on the bracket and wall will be tiny. Stand a book up on its end and give it a slight lean. Then increase the lean and you’ll of course notice it requires more force to stop it falling. Apply that logic to your wardrobe. An inch or so of lean will apply very little pull force to the bracket. It’ll be fine.

Depends more what you want to do from an aesthetics point of view really.