How To Install Variable Overlay Cabinet Door Hinges
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.
How to install variable overlay cabinet door hinges. Overlay refers to the amount the cabinet door extends over the frame. According to fine homebuilding cabinet doors may be inset meaning wholly inside the frame of the cabinet. Measure the width of your cabinet door and subtract the width of the cabinet opening. How to install a 1 2 inch overlay hinge.
Measure your overlay like this. Only the barrel or cylinder of the hinge is visible from the exterior side of. These hinges also come in a wide variety of finishes even in white and are easy to install. This is a pretty easy step.
Variable overlay hinges can be used with any type of cabinet door regardless of the overlay and they do not have a wrap. I assumed cabinets were pretty standard well i was wrong. They can be used with doors that overlay by 1 4 3 8 1 2 or even 1 if necessary. The 1 2 inch overlay hinge typically is used on full overlay cabinet doors.
Measure any overlay on the cabinet door. Or half overlay meaning there is an. My opening was 21 w my cabinets were 21 5 w so my overlay was. Install hinge into cabinet door.