Kitchen Cabinet Hardware |
Tips When Buying Hardware
Kitchen cabinet hardware can work out to be very expensive but there are brands like Ferrari that has a wide variaty of hardware that is cost effective and very good quality as well.
Kitchen Cabinet Hardware |
The hardware you use for your drawers and doors are very important as this will determine the life span of the kitchen. If you use products like Blum, Mepla and Ferrari your cabinet doors and drawer fronts are not likely to come loose from the carcass side or the drawer itself. Now don't get me wrong just because the hinge is falling of the cabinet doesn't mean the hinge isn't a quality hinge. Many kitchen contractors don't fix the the hinge securely to the side of the carcass and that's one of the main reasons the kitchen cabinet hinge comes loose from it. If you look closely to most cabinet hinges you will see that it doesn't only have two holes to secure it to a carcass but three. The hole in the middle of the hinge plate is also used to secure it. If you didn't know this it would be so easy to miss it because the hinge itself slides over the part of the fixing plate where the third screw goes. So when it comes to using screws for your kitchen cabinet hardware what screws can you use to fix a kitchen cabinet hinge with? One of the most common and effective screws to use is a euro screw. The diameter of the euro screw is 5mm. It's the same size most kitchen companies make the holes for their shelf studs and the hole for the one part of the cam which is used to assemble the cabinet with. I personally find the Blum hinge' euro screw to work the best. When you adjust the door of the cabinet up or down the Blum hinge' fixing plate moves slowly allowing you to adjust with precision. If you are using the euro screw to fix your diy kitchens cabinet doors with then you won't need to use the third hole in the the middle of the hinge to make sure it's secure. Euro screws go deep into the side of the diy cabinet carcass making sure the hinge won't pull loose. Although the euro screw screws into a 5mm hole it doesn't mean you must turn it as tight as you can. You can still strip the hole into which the thread turns. If you striped the hole you can use a 6x30mm chipboard screw to fix the kitchen cabinet hinge to the carcass side. Don't use the normal 6x16mm chipboard screw because the hole in which you will be screwing it will be striped. Also make sure that if you use a 6x30mm chipboard screw that there is either a panel next to the cabinet's side or another cabinet next to it to screw the 6x30mm into. If you don't place a cupboard next to that side or a panel you will be able to see the screw when you screw it through the side of the carcass. The quality of kitchen cabinet hardware is very important as this will determine how long your doors will hang on the cabinets and how long your drawers will carry their contents before it caves it. So having said that don't take shortcuts with your hardware but use the best. After all you are buying a kitchen that cost you allot of money and you don't want something like a door falling of the cabinet spoil your dream kitchen. |
Did you know that the average cabinet door is opened 1460 times per year so it's best that have good quality hardware.
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