How To Hang Overlay Kitchen Cabinet Doors
Camila Farah
Full overlay cabinet doors.
Also called euro style these cabinet doors sit on top of the cabinet frame covering it entirely with gaps of less than anywhere on the cabinet face. Next align the door so the hinge mounting brackets are against the edge of the face frame. Have someone help you hang the door. 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.
My example cabinet has a 2 1 4 wide rail. Learn how to make and install overlay cabinet doors and drawers including choosing hardware and installing it. Simple techniques and tips make the process easy. This will insure that all doors are properly aligned and the overlay is equal at both the top and bottom.
Sitting the cabinet door on the straightedge will align the door bottom with the overlay line. We need to leave a 1 4 reveal gap between doors and drawer fronts to ensure that they open and close properly. Using a small level can help you align the door. Put the hinge on the hinge side of the cabinet door where you marked from the bottom and arrange it so it s in the position it needs to be installed in.
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Although full overlay doors do require precision craftsmanship this tends to be a mid range style of cabinet door in terms of price. This is the part where you have to move the door and use your own judgment to align the door straight. If you attach the hinges to the inside of the cabinet the door will have to be open so having someone hold it while you insert the screws will help a lot. Use a pencil to mark around the hinge so you know where you need to bore your hole.Take the width of a rail in the middle of the cabinet. So what you do is place it inside the pre drilled hole make sure it s down snug all the way square up the shoulders to make sure it s even with the edge of the door and install 2 screws into the holes.
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