These devices are also sometimes called self closing hinges. I remember the first time I shut a cabinet door with soft close hinges, and it was amazing! The cabinet door shut slowly, and quietly all on its own. Installing soft close hinges on your cabinet doors is an upgrade that you will appreciate every single day.
Compared to the high cost of most kitchen renovations, this DIY project is very affordable. Adding soft close hinges to the cabinetry in a kitchen will make it feel a little more gourmet without breaking the bank. This is the perfect project to tackle yourself as a DIY. Certain home renovation projects involve expensive equipment, advanced technical knowledge, or safety hazards… but this is not one of them. Some projects are better left to the professionals, but I recommend giving this one a try yourself if you have some DIY motivation, and a few basic hand tools.
The most difficult part of this project is choosing the correct hinges that will work with your style of cabinetry. This tutorial is designed to help you pick the proper hinge hardware that will be compatible with your cabinets, and then walk you through the steps to installing.
Choosing the correct hinge for your cabinets is important. There are several styles of cabinets and doors which require unique hinge styles. If you do not use the proper style, it will not work with your cabinets.
Face frame, frameless, partial overlay, full overlay, inset, compact, long arm… WHAT???? In the steps below, this tutorial will give you all the information you need to select soft close hinges that will work with your cabinets. The first step in picking the right hinge for your cabinets is to determine if you have face frame , or frameless cabinets.
Most standard cabinets in the United States are the face frame style. In this style of cabinets, the door hinges are fastened to this frame. Frameless cabinets also called European, Modern, or Flat Panel have hinges that are fastened directly to the walls of the cabinet box. The pictures below will show you the difference between a face frame and a frameless cabinet. The hinge is fastened to a board on the front of the face frame cabinet.
The hinge is fastened directly to the wall of the frameless cabinet. They are called hidden hinges because they cannot be seen when the cabinet doors are closed. If you have exposed hinges which can be see when the cabinet doors are closed, it is possible to convert to hidden hinges if you prefer the hidden style.
This conversion will require a few extra steps. The second step in finding the right soft close hinge is determining which style of cabinet doors you have. Use the illustrations below to identify which style of cabinet doors you have. Each of the 3 styles require a unique soft close hinge design. Partial overlay doors are the most common style in American cabinetry. The pictures below will show you the difference between: full overlay, partial overlay, and inset cabinet doors.
These illustrations show face frame cabinets, but the door function is the same with frameless cabinets. Just imagine the doors without the frame on the front of the cabinets. In the writing how to install soft close hinges , I wanted to find the best affordable products to recommend for our readers.
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Before you worry about how to install soft close hinges on cabinet doors, think about getting rid of the old ones. Use a power drill with the Philips 2 bits for getting the old-fashioned wooden screws out from your cabinet door. And then you can detach the door as well. Now with most old-styled cabinets, there should be a 35 mm hole existing for new hinges. Use an adjustable depth Forstner bit for better results. As most soft-close hidden hinges are good too with that much.
You are all set to get the new soft close kitchen cabinet hinges installed with hole being drilled. There should be a little coaxing. Sometimes you may face a little bit of snug fit with the dropping. But it should not require a ton of pressure for fitting into place. Use your hand to nicely fit the hinge down this hole. Use it for gently tapping over the hinge until it fits well.
In case this rubber mallet also fails to put hinge inside the hole, then depth was not right. You need to drill the hole once again to make it deep enough.
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