I have a very tall free-standing wooden closet, similar to the one depicted here, but with glass doors. The floor it sits on slopes down to the right so I laid a long piece of wood down under that side before setting it up. After several months it somehow shifted itself off the wood and is now sitting entirely on the sloped floor, causing some undesirable twisting and throwing the doors out of whack. The problem is that the closet is very heavy (even empty) and that the lower side is right up against a wall.
What is the best way to
- tilt it back up so I can slide a new piece of wood under there to level it out?
- Ensure that the closet will not settle itself off of the wood again?
I'm picturing somehow anchoring a cord on the top right side (closest to the wall) and pulling out and down using the lower left edge as a fulcrum, but somehow it seems like that might not be advisable.
Best Answer
Unless you want to drill holes in it and anchor it to the wall, using wood shims (very thin pieces of wood) would be the best thing. That is about all you are going to be able to do. You can buy shims at any hardware store, and they are thin enough that you will be able to go up about 1/8 inch at a time until you get it level. they do the same thing with pool tables in your home too, so I think that this would be the easiest solution.