What is the purpose of a leveling screw on adjustable cabinet legs?

• A. To lock the cabinet to the wall.
• B. To adjust door hinge tension.
• C. To attach the leg to the cabinet.
• D. To set cabinet height and final alignment on uneven floors.

Answer: (D)

Leveling screws on adjustable cabinet legs let you dial in the cabinet’s height and final alignment, which is essential when the floor isn’t perfectly flat. By turning each screw, you raise or lower that corner so the entire cabinet sits level and square. This ensures doors, drawers, and hardware function smoothly and the cabinet doesn’t rock or shift.

This feature isn’t for fastening the cabinet to the wall, adjusting door hinge tension, or attaching the leg to the cabinet. Those tasks use wall fasteners, hinge screws, or the leg mounting hardware, not the leveling screw.