Hanging Cabinet Doors With Hinges

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Hanging cabinet doors with hinges.

We used a spacer block to help us get a consistent gap at the bottom of the doors. Make sure the screws are fully inserted so they re flush with hinge and are sticking out of the screwhole. Use the screws that came with the hinges or use 6 wood screws. Have someone help you hang the door.

Score all the way around three sides of the hinge. The hinge is designed to cup the face frame and it s just a matter of position the door drilling pilot holes and attaching the hinge to the face frame. Once the hinges are aligned screw the cabinet side of the hinge to the cabinet with a power drill. This will keep the wood from splitting as you chisel out wood to flush mount the hinge.

Always consider hinge placement before installing hinges on any cabinet door. Once the hinges are attached to the doors we can now attach the door to the cabinet. This is the part where you have to move the door and use your own judgment to align the door straight. Overlay these concealed hinges are retrofitable and allow any level diyer to do away with the heavy slamming of cabinet doors.

This video shows the steps from measuring for new cabinet doors how to install blum hinges hanging the cabinet doors on the existing cabinet and finishes. The larger overlay leaves your cabinets with a more contemporary high end look. Hold the hinge in place as a template and score around it using a utility knife image 2. It really is that easy.

Drive screws into the screw holes on the cabinet. This comes before the door is hung and standard hinge placement measurements should be used.