Tips Hanging Kitchen Cabinet Doors

Remove the doors and drawers.

Tips hanging kitchen cabinet doors. Lifting and holding upper cabinets with cabinet jacks and hold them with a cabinet claw. For first time installers it s ideal to go in order. Don t take off the wall with the old cabinets. Always consider hinge placement before installing hinges on any cabinet door.

If yours differ just make sure that the overlap. Most cabinet doors overlap the opening by 3 4 inch. 10 kitchen cabinet tips removing the old cabinets. Using 1 inch brads fasten the toekick trim to the base cabinets.

If you paint kitchen cabinets with the doors still hanging on the cabinet boxes frames you re liable to miss edges and corners or get paint on the door pulls. Be sure to cover any surface that you paint over. Reinstall the cabinet doors. Hang cabinets to dry between coats photo by brian wilder.

There s often more than just screws holding. If you have been following me on instagram bentswoodworking you will know that i am currently building come cabinets for a kitchen. And of course having all the right cabinet installation tools. Allow the cabinet doors to dry before you hang them up.

I found myself needing at least one extra hand at each step one to hold the door steady one to press the hinges into place to keep the holes lined up and one to drill don t get me started on the contortion required for also photographing the process. Painting cabinet doors is a trade off between perfection and speed. Hanging cabinet doors on old cabinets with no assistance is not exactly the easiest task. Start with the wall cabinets and then.

For an inset door adjust the hinges so door is flush with the face frame and so there s an even reveal gap around its perimeter. How to measure openings install hinges hang and align doors. For overlay doors which cover the cabinet frame adjust the hinges so that the doors hang straight. How to hang a cabinet door door hinge placement.

But that s 48 hours of drying time per door one day per side. Here s his method for painting both sides in a day. If you painted the doors you may want to use a nail or other thin instrument to gently poke all of the screw holes to.