kitchen cabinet hinge
THE KITCHENWORKS REFACING PROCESS.
Be sure to double check you measurements. If you are not using
your old doors to order sizes, just add 1" to the height
and width of your cabinet openings for both doors and drawer
fronts. This gives you a 1/2" overlay all the way around
the door or drawer front. List each door separately. If you
have a door opening that uses two doors butted together, measure
from the center of the opening to the edge and add 3/8"
(not 1/2"). For example: A 20 inch opening with two butting
doors would need two 10 3/8" wide doors. This will give
you room to adjust the center gap between the two doors after
they are hung. You still add 1" to the height of the
doors.
Very Important!
Always list the width first. (Example 16*28 door / 16*4
drawer front ) What can happen when you don't? A good example
of what can happen concerns the sets of doors over most refrigerators
and sometimes over stoves. The openings in these two places
in the kitchen are often wider than they are tall. That means,
if you make the mistake of listing the height first, the wood
grain will be running the wrong way and you will have to re-order.
This is the number one mistake people make when ordering.
So please double check. Remember, measure twice so we only
have to cut once. (Of course this is not a problem with our
solid color doors since there is no grain.)
What About Lazy Susans?
Lazy Susans doors are simple to measure. Simply measure
from the front edge of each side to the farthest point in
the back (A) and from the top to bottom (B) and mark your
measurement with LS (Example: 11*27 LS ) List lazy susans
as 2 doors. We will miter the back edges of the 2 doors to
create the 90 degree angle you will need when installing them.
Other Things to Consider
Our hinges are designed to fit 1 1/2" minimum styles.
(Styles run vertically and rails run horizontally) If you
have 2 doors that hang hinge-to-hinge, you should have a 3"
style. If yours is narrower, you can simply screw a length
of oak or pine stained to match your frames to each side of
the opening before you measure for the doors. Adding about
3/4" to each side usually does the trick and keeps the
door centered. You need a minimum or 2" where doors meet
hinge-to-hinge.
Prepping Drawers
To prepare your drawers for the new drawer fronts, simply
saw off the existing front making sure to leave square ends.
Add a piece of pine to the front of the drawer to screw the
new drawer front to. It is usually a good idea to pre-drill
holes in the sides of the drawer for this purpose. Some extra
sturdy drawers are even easier to prepare. Just cut off the
overhang of the drawer front so the drawer will slide back
into the cabinet flush with the frame. Make sure the remaining
front is still solidly attached before installing your new
drawer front with screws. One final note of caution: Be very
careful not to put a screw through your new drawer front when
attaching it. Pre-drilling the drawer itself is always a good
idea.
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