Measure any overlay on the cabinet door.
How to install variable overlay cabinet door hinges.
Only the barrel or cylinder of the hinge is visible from the exterior side of.
According to fine homebuilding cabinet doors may be inset meaning wholly inside the frame of the cabinet.
Or half overlay meaning there is an.
The 1 2 inch overlay hinge typically is used on full overlay cabinet doors.
As long as the hole has been drilled properly the soft close hinge should drop into place with a little coaxing.
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.
Overlay refers to the amount the cabinet door extends over the frame.
Measure the width of your cabinet door and subtract the width of the cabinet opening.
They can be used with doors that overlay by 1 4 3 8 1 2 or even 1 if necessary.
How to install a 1 2 inch overlay hinge.
Variable overlay hinges can be used with any type of cabinet door regardless of the overlay and they do not have a wrap.
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.
Install hinge into cabinet door.
My opening was 21 w my cabinets were 21 5 w so my overlay was.
I assumed cabinets were pretty standard well i was wrong.
This is a pretty easy step.