Fitting Hinges Kitchen Cupboard Doors

When using heavy duty hinges.

Fitting hinges kitchen cupboard doors.

Now pre drill the pilot hole with a 2mm pilot hole taking care not to drill through the face of the door. Fit the cup of the hinge into the hole so the screwholes are flush against the surface of the cabinet door. The hinge cup refers to the convex cup like part of the concealed hinge that goes inside of the bored hole in the door. 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.

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. Install hinge into cabinet door. 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. As long as the hole has been drilled properly the soft close hinge should drop into place with a little coaxing.

Fix the hinge into the door. Mark and pre drill the holes and fix the hinge into the door. Start by disconnecting the two sections of the hinge and screw the door section onto the pre drilled hole. This is a pretty easy step.

Use a power drill to drive wood screws into the screw holes so they re securely attached.