How To Install Variable Overlay Cabinet Door Hinges

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

How to install variable overlay cabinet door hinges.

Only the barrel or cylinder of the hinge is visible from the exterior side of. Variable overlay hinges can be used with any type of cabinet door regardless of the overlay and they do not have a wrap. They can be used with doors that overlay by 1 4 3 8 1 2 or even 1 if necessary. Measure your overlay like this.

Overlay meaning doors extend 3 4 inch or more over the frame and the frame usually does not show at all when doors are closed. According to fine homebuilding cabinet doors may be inset meaning wholly inside the frame of the cabinet. Measure any overlay on the cabinet door. Clearly that s why the overlay hinges did not work.

Overlay refers to the amount the cabinet door extends over the frame. Install hinge into cabinet door. Now that the old hinge has been removed and the 35mm hole has been drilled to the proper depth you re ready to install the new soft close cabinet door hinges. This is a pretty easy step.

These hinges also come in a wide variety of finishes even in white and are easy to install. The 1 2 inch overlay hinge typically is used on full overlay cabinet doors. I assumed cabinets were pretty standard well i was wrong. Or half overlay meaning there is an.