Tips Hanging Kitchen Cabinet Doors

Be sure to cover any surface that you paint over.

Tips hanging kitchen cabinet doors.

If you have been following me on instagram bentswoodworking you will know that i am currently building come cabinets for a kitchen. How to measure openings install hinges hang and align doors. And of course having all the right cabinet installation tools. 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.

Hanging cabinet doors on old cabinets with no assistance is not exactly the easiest task. Allow the cabinet doors to dry before you hang them up. 10 kitchen cabinet tips removing the old cabinets. 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.

Most cabinet doors overlap the opening by 3 4 inch. There s often more than just screws holding. Always consider hinge placement before installing hinges on any cabinet door. Remove the doors and drawers.

Using a cabinet hanging system like the eazy hang having the right cabinet installation screws that won t fall off your bit driver. Reinstall the cabinet doors. Lifting and holding upper cabinets with cabinet jacks and hold them with a cabinet claw. For overlay doors which cover the cabinet frame adjust the hinges so that the doors hang straight.

Don t take off the wall with the old cabinets. If yours differ just make sure that the overlap. Painting cabinet doors is a trade off between perfection and speed. Hang cabinets to dry between coats photo by brian wilder.

But that s 48 hours of drying time per door one day per side. 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. Using 1 inch brads fasten the toekick trim to the base cabinets. How to hang a cabinet door door hinge placement.

John dee a perfectionist prefers to do one side at a time keeping the faces flat so they don t get runs. 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. Here s his method for painting both sides in a day.