Fitting Hinges Kitchen Cupboard Doors

Start by disconnecting the two sections of the hinge and screw the door section onto the pre drilled hole.

Fitting hinges kitchen cupboard doors. Install hinge into cabinet door. Drilling the hinge hole on the door. 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. The hinges are not supplied as standard with screws but kitchen door workshop sell the 3 1 2 mm diameter by 15mm long screws on our website.

This is a pretty easy step. The first thing you should consider is the number of hinges that you ll need for your door some larger doors may require up to 5 hinges to open properly the diagram featured here shows you the recommended number of hinges based on the size and weight of your door. Mark and pre drill the holes and fix the hinge into the door. Fit the cup of the hinge into the hole so the screwholes are flush against the surface of the cabinet door.

When using heavy duty hinges. Use a power drill to drive wood screws into the screw holes so they re securely attached. The hinge cup refers to the convex cup like part of the concealed hinge that goes inside of the bored hole in the door. 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.

The hinges for flat pack cupboard doors come in two sections the first screws on to the door and the second screws on to the cabinet.