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.

Screw these half way in and clip the hinges onto the back panels. Hinges creak wear out discolor or even break over the years. If necessary adjust the backplate by loosening the fixing screws and moving it up down as required. The hinge cup refers to the convex cup like part of the concealed hinge that goes inside of the bored hole in the door.

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. Use a power drill to drive wood screws into the screw holes so they re securely attached. This makes cabinet doors fit poorly. Attach the top hinge first followed by the bottom ones.

If the door is heavy get someone to support the weight of the door while you do this. Install hinge into cabinet door. As long as the hole has been drilled properly the soft close hinge should drop into place with a little coaxing. How to install new hinges on old cabinet doors.

New hinges can update any. Fasten the screws securing the hinge to the frame. Concealed hinges can go in face frame or frameless cabinets and on any door type including full overlay partial overlay or inset as long as the doors are at. Slide the door back onto the slot of the new hinge and secure the door using a phillips screwdriver.

You can adjust for height depth and angle. A spare hinge of the same size makes it easy to test fit the mortise and to mark the screw locations. The hinges have internal screws that allow you to adjust where the door sits on the face of the cabinet. Otherwise you have to remove a hinge from the door.

If you love my content and would like t. 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. 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. They can also bend.

Make sure the doors are sitting at the right height and tighten the screws on the back plate. Offer the door up to the cabinet and check that the hinges and the backplates are aligned. This is a pretty easy step.