Mounting fasteners on cabinet doors and sides is not an easy process. The balance of the doors and their trouble-free operation over a long period of time depend on the correct installation of hinges. How to install cabinet hinges yourself, you can find out from this material.
Fastenings, installed on large-sized furniture, are semi-mechanical elements, which are responsible for opening the doors. Much depends on the material and thickness of the doors, so what the hinges are made of is also important.
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Types of hinges for furniture
For installations most often, overhead devices with four hinges, the so-called frogs, are used. Such fastenings convenient for any design that involves hinged doors - a wardrobe or kitchen cabinet, other types furniture.
Furniture hinges are divided into several types, depending on how they are attached:
- Ninvoices;
- Psemi-overhead;
- INtreasure;
- ANDinverse;
- Roil;
- Pprecise;
- Shtolnye, etc.
For cabinet Often, overhead structures with cup-shaped bases are used, which are connected to the panel using self-tapping screws. Mechanical inserts with a “shoulder” are inserted into these bases and fixed to the door and side panel.
Depending on the type cabinet and its dimensions, as well as the material, select the appropriate type of connecting parts. Some elements are used exclusively for classic furniture, where all the details must match the style. For ordinary wardrobes, standard overhead and semi-overhead ones are chosen fastenings.
Preparing for installation
- Before starting work, it is necessary to prepare a set of tools and materials for furniture. It is essential to have a screwdriver, a drill with appropriate attachments, a simple pencil, chalk, a ruler or tape measure at hand. You will also need screws of the appropriate size (usually sold together with the hinges) and self-tapping screws of a certain cross-section.
Tools for installing hinges. - When installing fasteners, you need to consider the material you are dealing with and its structure. Different types of fasteners and fixing methods are used for loose or fibrous wood panels. Glass surfaces also require a special approach. Two are mainly used fastenings - at the top and bottom. If the door leaf weighs a lot or exceeds a meter in length, then for reinforcement you can add another piece in the center. If the door weighs more than 9 kg, additional hinges are added - for every 5 kg of weight. For kitchen cabinets, two hinges are usually used, for large items - from three.
The maximum number of fasteners that can be placed on a door with a large length and a weight of 20 kg is 5 pieces. - You need to measure at least 10 cm from the upper and lower inner corners of the door, otherwise the door leaf may become loose over time and the screws will come out of the grooves.
You cannot place the hinges at the level of the shelves - the door will not close. - Before we begin installations The fasteners need to be marked. This will help to connect elements much more accurate.
Use a pencil or thin chalk. - Average length of indentation from the edge of the sash cabinet to the center of the loop is 2.2 cm.
This distance is for standard fasteners. - Before installing hinges on the door cabinet Wipe the surfaces. Mark the places of future connections with a sharp nail or an awl.
Preparing furniture for the installation of fasteners does not tolerate fuss. The correct operation of the doors depends on it.
Check all the parameters of the sashes carefully cabinet, the location of the shelves, etc. A preliminary sketch can be made.
Installation of fasteners
Doors cabinet First try it on the sidewalls to make precise markings.Initial stage installations loops - drilling holes for attaching cups.
Place the door leaf on a flat surface, fixing it. Drill holes for the cup using a drill and a cutter. It is important not to make the recesses too large, 1.2 cm is enough. Insert the cups into the holes and screw the screws into the door part of the fastening.
For installations When placing connecting parts, place the drill vertically - any tilt will make the work of poor quality, chips may appear, due to which the fastening will not hold securely.The counter plate on the side of the product can also be installed in the vertical position of the panel, having previously marked the connection points.
If overhead parts are used, they are made "blind" so that they do not creep apart when connected and assembled. Such fastenings should not have gaps or distortions.When connecting the sash and the side, use help.
The installation of connecting parts on glass doors requires special care and caution. Special fasteners are purchased for such doors. On the side, holes will be needed, which are drilled with a drill.
Alignment and adjustment
Furniture fastenings need adjustment. For this purpose, in the process installations check their fixation by depth and distance. This can be done with the parts in a horizontal or vertical position cabinet. After assembly furniture All preliminary calculations will turn into results, so it is important to devote more time to marking and connection parameters in advance.
After installation cabinet door fasteners it is necessary to carefully try on the doors to the side panels so that they match exactly. Mark the joints with a pencil. Fix the door and do the fastening work on both sides. It is important that the accuracy of all parts cabinet was 100%. Finish the assembly and check the work.
After fastening hinges to a cabinet finished, it is recommended to drop a little machine oil inside the mechanism. Then it is necessary to wipe the surface with an absorbent cloth.
For cabinet It is better to use wide hinges from chipboard, since the base material may crumble.
Having installed the hinges on the door cabinet, do not forget that after a while the sashes can sag under their own weight, especially if they are often left open. Therefore, it is necessary to periodically strengthen the hinges by tightening the screws. In modern fasteners, this is easy to do - there is an additional recess in the oval part.
It is also necessary to lubricate the hinges from time to time. cabinetso that they don't rust or creak.Regulating fastenings, it is necessary to fix not only the screws connecting the cup or bar, but also the closer parts. The mechanical part can wear out from use. Therefore, it is important to have 2-3 spare elements to replace the broken part. "Sagging" is indicated by a skew, loose covering. Work is carried out more often in rooms with uneven floors and high humidity.
When changing fasteners on used furniture, it is necessary to check how suitable they are for it. It may be necessary to change the location of the new hinges due to loosening of the grooves.
After adjustment, check for gaps, tightness of the door fit when closing, general mobility and evenness of the door leaf along the axis.
