Close the door and check its fit with the cabinet or mating door. Adjust the door up or down.
European style hardware which is pictured throughout this article is the most common and easiest to adjust.
How to adjust cabinet doors up and down.
Move the cabinet door in and out.
If your cabinet hinges look similar these steps should work for you.
Adjust the door in or out.
Two screws secure the hinge to the door.
Method 3 fixing cabinet doors that dont close properly.
The screw toward the back of the cabinet.
Method 2 adjusting misaligned doors.
How to adjust kitchen cabinet doors method 1 tightening loose cabinet doors.
Up and down adjustment.
Adjust the door right or left.
If moving the door higher i mark the top of the hinge so when moved upwards the pencil line is covered vice versa.
Poor alignment of cabinet doors will cause a kitchen to look run down and may be embarrassing to the homeowner.
Use the side to side adjustment moves the door right.
Open the cabinet doors and locate the hinge screws on.
To adjust cabinet doors up and down.
Open the cabinet door and locate the screws used for aligning.
How to adjust cabinet.
The screw in the center of the hinge secures it to.
Open the cabinet door and look at the part.
Readjust the hinge as needed.
Alternatively if the hinge has a side to side screw simply rotate the screw in the desired direction.
If your door is too close and needs a tiny bit more space so that opening and closing are smoother turn the rear screw clockwise to push the edge of the door outward and away from the cabinet.
Luckily with a single screw driver and a little ambition the door alignment can look brand new.
How to adjust cabinet door hinges step 1.
Before i loosen the hinges where they are screwed into the cabinet i use a sharp pencil to mark the current position of the hinge.
Tighten loose mounting screws.
Raise or lower the cabinet door.
Open your cabinet door.
Cabinet door hinge adjustment.
If tightening the mounting screws didnt solve the problem and.
Use the screwdriver to loosen the mounting screws in the cabinet door reposition the door and then tighten the screws.
Andre demonstrates how up and down hinge adjustments can get the top and bottom edges of your cabinets back into alignment.
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