Fitting Door Hinges On Cupboards

This video tells you everything you need to know about installing concealed hinges european style on cabinet doors.

Fitting door hinges on cupboards. A spare hinge of the same size makes it easy to test fit the mortise and to mark the screw locations. You can adjust for height depth and angle. They can also bend. Unlike the butt or knife hinges often used in kitchen cabinets they can be adjusted along three axes with the turn of a screwdriver so you can easily fine tune the door s fit.

Fit the cup of the hinge into the hole so the screwholes are flush against the surface of the cabinet door. Make sure the doors are sitting at the right height and tighten the screws on the back plate. Otherwise you have to remove a hinge from the door. This is a pretty easy step.

How to install new hinges on old cabinet doors. The hinges have internal screws that allow you to adjust where the door sits on the face of the cabinet. The hinge cup refers to the convex cup like part of the concealed hinge that goes inside of the bored hole in the door. Use a power drill to drive wood screws into the screw holes so they re securely attached.

Attach the top hinge first followed by the bottom ones. Install hinge into cabinet door. Offer the door up to the cabinet and check that the hinges and the backplates are aligned. If the door is heavy get someone to support the weight of the door while you do this.

Before securing the hinge to the door make sure the flap that slides into the slot is completely in the slot so the door butts up tight against the barrel of the hinge. Fasten the screws securing the hinge to the frame. As long as the hole has been drilled properly the soft close hinge should drop into place with a little coaxing. To transfer the hinge locations from the door slip or wedge the door into position with the hinge fully open and make fine knife lines along the top and bottom of the knuckle.

How to fit or replace a kitchen hinge we take a look at the things you need to know when fitting or replacing a concealed hinge in your kitchen cupboard. Screw these half way in and clip the hinges onto the back panels. Now that the old hinge has been removed and the 35mm hole has been drilled to the proper depth you re ready to install the new soft close cabinet door hinges. New hinges can update any.

If necessary adjust the backplate by loosening the fixing screws and moving it up down as required. Slide the door back onto the slot of the new hinge and secure the door using a phillips screwdriver. This makes cabinet doors fit poorly.