Fastening for the cabinet door. Kitchen cabinet hinges. Installation of hinges on the door leaf

In a spacious or small apartment there are necessarily wardrobes, cupboards, bedside tables, which provide space for organizing and safely preserving clothes, dishes, books, and other necessary things behind a closed facade. That is why cabinet doors perform one of the most important structural functions.

Today, it is proposed to use various methods of fastening traditional swing doors, as well as sliding ones, which are installed mainly in sliding wardrobes. You can install any doors in the closet with your own hands, if you familiarize yourself with the mechanisms of their action and follow the detailed instructions.

Installation of a swinging facade on furniture hinges

Today there are the following types door hinges:

articulated;
four-hinged (overhead, semi-overhead or inset);
products for glass structures;
corner;
inverse.

How to mount a door leaf on hinges

Before installing the hinges on the door and cabinet wall, you need to take into account the material for making the furniture, and also determine how many door hinges are needed. The number of products used depends on the size of the door and its weight. For example, with a facade height of about 1500-2000 cm, which weighs up to 13 kg, you will need 3 hinges.

Get ready to go

Should pick up following tools, with which you can hang with your own hands swing doors into the cupboard. Prepare:

an electric drill and a drill corresponding to the diameter of the mounting screw;
milling machine, a nozzle of equal diameter;
tape measure, pencil for marking;
building level;
screwdriver with an ordinary screwdriver, suitable size to the fasteners.

Procedure

Mark on the door where the hinges will be installed. The distance between the loops depends on the height of the canvas, and 8-15 cm should be measured from the edge.
Place the hinge against the door and use a pencil to mark the location for the cup of the fixture.
Use a router bit to drill out the cup recesses. Use the sharpest tool, drilling 13 mm deep.
Insert the hinge inside the finished groove, align the fixture horizontally. Mark the places for preparing the holes for the fasteners.
Drill the holes for the fasteners.
Attach the hinge to the door surface.
Attach the door to the cabinet body with your own hands, align the position of the canvas, mark the cabinets where the striker should be installed.
Drill the cabinet along the marked points.
Install the striker on the screws.
Connect both parts of the hinges.
Adjust the hinge to the correct position using a screwdriver.

Sliding panels for wardrobes

Sliding wardrobe is the most popular furniture today. This is facilitated by the ability to rationally use the living space. Often, a wardrobe takes up the entire space from floor to ceiling, has a large capacity and, when using a sliding door, does not at all interfere with movement next to it.

In order for such storage furniture to serve for a long time and trouble-free, it is important to correctly assemble the entire structure. The main role belongs to the flawless installation of sliding facades. Accurately fulfilling the requirements and recommendations of specialists, a person with the skills of using special tools can do it yourself door system cabinet.

What you need to work

Before starting to install the door with your own hands, check the availability of the necessary accessories for the sliding system in the cabinet. In addition to the facades themselves, the following must be prepared:

Bottom and top rails or guide profiles. These are the main parts that ensure the movement of the door leaf.
Limiters of movement and stoppers. Parts that help the door move smoothly along the guide rail and stop movement at a specific location.
Closers are mechanisms that ensure the sliding of the door panel.
Facade system accessories. For example, seals, screws, rollers, etc.

Prepare your tools:

electric drill;
drill for metal with a diameter of 4 mm;
a set of straight and Phillips screwdrivers;
spirit building level;
imbus key;
plumb line;
sandpaper;
pliers;
hammer;
stationery knife;
roulette.

Carefully familiarize yourself with the main structural elements of the sliding wardrobe door and their location.

Step-by-step instruction

You can start installing sliding facades with your own hands only after the installation of the sliding wardrobe itself has already been completely completed. The doors of the structure should be set in accordance with the level. When performing work, be extremely careful and careful, as components can be easily damaged.

Measure the width of the cabinet opening at the top as accurately as possible. The top guide rail will be mounted there. Subtract 1-2 mm from the obtained value.
Use a building ruler (square) to mark the cutting line exactly perpendicularly according to the resulting size. Cut the profile using a grinder or metal hacksaw.
Preparing mounting holes for self-tapping screws. Along the entire length of the guide profile, at regular intervals of about 40-60 cm, mark the holes for the screws, they must be in one line.
In order not to damage the profile during drilling, use a chair, table, etc. as a support. Drill the holes, then sand the edges with sandpaper.
Install the ready-made guide profile in the upper opening of the wardrobe. Use screws or self-tapping screws for this.
Cut similarly to the upper lower profile. Mark the holes for mounting, then drill and sand the edges of the cuts.
Install a stopper at both ends of the profile rail. The device is designed to fix the state of the cabinet door leaf in the closed position. In order for the retainer to function correctly, it must be inserted: in the right canvas - in the recess on the right, in the left canvas - in the recess on the left.

We check the correct position of the profile with a plumb line.
Installation of the door on the profiles in the wardrobe. Alignment of the position of the facade curtain.

The sliding system used provides for the use of special rollers, which are placed on both sides of the facade (top and bottom). The upper elements are stationary, they fix door leaf... The lower rollers function as workers - the door moves along them.

Gently insert the upper rollers into the special place in the upper profile with your own hands, and the lower rollers into the groove of the lower profile rail. The diagram clearly illustrates the locations and methods of installation.
The sliding doors of the wardrobe are installed, it's time to adjust their position. For this, there are special wheels that are located on both sides of each door leaf. For correct adjustment balance, the cabinet doors must be in the closed position.

In some systems, when adjusting the door leaves, the adjusting screw located at the top of the lower roller is tightened. This can be done with a Phillips screwdriver or a hexagon. If the adjustment is done correctly, the doors fit tightly in the open and closed position to the cabinet planes, gently slide along the guides without squeaking and rubbing.

At this stage, screw the lower guide rail to the end of the bottom of the wardrobe with self-tapping screws. Perform the final installation when you are 100% sure that the door fronts are in the correct working position (vertical and parallel).
Stick special rubber strips on the side ends of each door. This will help to weaken the force of impacts that occur when opening / closing the door.
Pay attention to adjusting the position of the stoppers. The parts are adjusted so that the door remains closed when the lower rollers hit them.
The new guides are supplied from the warehouse covered with a special protective film... This protects the surface of the components from damage and scratching during delivery and installation works... When the work is over, the film with aluminum profile can be removed.

System build process sliding doors with your own hands can not be called easy. But an attentive and neat craftsman will do all the work correctly, and the cabinet will serve for many years.

Any repair or replacement of the door leads to the fact that we need to dismantle it, and then hang up a new structure. You can hang the door yourself or invite specialists for this work. will turn into unnecessary expenses. Therefore, if you are a jack of all trades, it is better, easier and cheaper to do it yourself.

Choosing the hinges

In order to choose the right number and types of loops, you need to take into account the size of the canvas, as well as the location of these very loops. If the design is double-leaf, then both leaves are hinged on both sides. To hang a door with one leaf, correct calculations are required.

Correct installation

How to hang the door on the hinges so that the whole structure is reliable and safe in operation? To do this, you need to prepare tools in the form of a plumb line, a level, a drill with a speed regulator, a screwdriver, a chisel, a hammer and a tape measure. is conducted as follows:

The distance from the top and bottom edge of the door leaf must be at least 20 cm.
If there is a third loop, it should be placed in the middle between the first and second.
If there are four hinges, then the door height is divided into 5 segments, on which the fittings are attached.
The upper parts of the hinges are attached to the door leaf, and the lower ones (with rods) - to the frame.
We apply a loop to the end of the canvas at a predetermined distance.
We fasten the fittings to the door with self-tapping screws, using a drill or screwdriver. It is important that the diameter of the drill is thinner than the diameter of the screw to ensure that the hinges are securely locked.
Now we install the door into the box, open it slightly and supplement one of the awnings with the lower part of the hinge so that it fits snugly against the box. We outline this place with a pencil, in the same way we repeat the actions with the rest of the loops. The door can now be removed.

To hang the doors with your own hands as neatly as possible, you need to remove in the places that are circled upper layer wood. The lower canopies of the hinges will be attached to the resulting recess. It is important that they are located horizontally, then the door will open easily and smoothly.

Checking the door

After the hinges are installed and the door is hung, you need to check its performance. If suddenly a creak is heard when opening or closing, we lubricate the hinges with some kind of compound - machine oil, grease, technical vaseline. If the hinges are cut too deep, do not despair: this situation can be corrected by using a rubber gasket, thick cardboard or hardboard.

If the canvas ends up being too low, and therefore scratches the floor, you need to raise it. To do this, a washer is placed between the hinge canopies, after which the entire structure rises. As you can see, hanging the door is not as difficult as it seems, especially if you approach this process responsibly and pay timely attention to each defect.

We hang the doors on the wardrobe

It seems to many that installing a door, hanging hinges is not an easy process. But in fact, all the work can be done independently. To get the job done, you need to prepare polyurethane foam, anchor bolts and screws, level, chisel, wood saw and miter box. How to hang doors on a wardrobe? To do this, you should adhere to several rules.

Features of working with a coupe

From a constructive point of view, each type of cabinet has its own characteristics, which is expressed in the need for correct hanging of the hinges. Most often, furniture has swing doors, but the wardrobe is no less popular. When equipping it, the following types of loops are most often used:

We act according to the rules!

How to properly hang the door on a wardrobe? It is worth starting by measuring the width and height of each opening and frame, checking the level of the roof, sidewalls and a shield that will serve as a floor. The thickness of the cabinet walls should also be measured, since over time, distortions may form in them. Compensation of distortions is possible thanks to overhead hinges, which are easy to adjust. It is important to ensure that all structural elements are at the same depth during installation. The hinges are installed in the following order.

The hinges are applied to the place where they will be attached, holes are marked and drilled to a depth of 20-30 mm.
Holes are made both on the sides of the sidewall and on the door itself.
The hinge halves are fixed with furniture screws.
The door is hung.

Difficulties of work

Many are interested in the question of how to hang a compartment door if there are internal drawers next to them. In this case, the shelves, boxes, which are located from the inside, should be somewhat shorter in depth than the external elements. During installation, you should also pay attention to the fact that dead zones can form at the intersection of the frames. If they fall into them, then in this case it will be impossible to open them, and they will lose their functionality. In general, experts do not advise you to install compartment doors yourself, since each sliding system has its own characteristics, a rigid binding of the door to the frame, and therefore you can simply ruin the furniture.

We follow the steps

Whatever door you hang - in a doorway or a closet, you need to do it in accordance with a number of stages. Only in this way the hinges will be cut accurately and accurately, and the door will serve stably and properly. So, if you are installing a new design, then you will have to start assembling the box first. To do this, cut out the side and top rack, which are connected with self-tapping screws.

When assembling the box, you need to leave a gap of at least 5 mm - thanks to this, the doors will not be subject to friction and looping after installation. After the box is ready, you can already mount the hinges. But there are some nuances here too. For example, it is important to understand how much weight the door has - the number of hinges that will be required during its installation depends on this. The box can be fixed in two ways. The first assumes the use of foam, if the door is lightweight, and the second - anchors, which is advisable for structures of large dimensions. All openings can be neatly closed with decorative plugs.

Most of the work can be done on your own, but since it is not so easy to hang the wardrobe door, it is better to entrust these works to professional craftsmen.

Not having time to appear on the world market, sliding wardrobes have gained immense popularity both among residents of megalopolises and small settlements... According to statistical data, sliding wardrobes have consistently held one of the leading positions in the list of all furniture sales for many years. Modern design wardrobe is a simple, combined system, which allows not only to rationally save living space, but also to emphasize profitably enough individual characteristics any interior. Sliding wardrobe doors and the ability to install it in any, even small apartment are considered the main advantages of such models. With the help of the wardrobe, you can decorate the interior design, create your own original style, visually enlarge the room.

Correct assembly of the wardrobe is a guarantee of durable and trouble-free operation of the entire structure. In this case, flawless installation of the doors of the wardrobe compartment is of paramount importance. If you follow certain recommendations regarding the assembly of the product, then the installation of this element of cabinet furniture will not take much time and effort. Further in the article will be given detailed instructions concerning self installation wardrobe doors - compartment.

Preparing for assembly

To assemble the sliding cabinet doors, the following components must be available:

Upper and lower guide profiles (rails). They are the main mechanism that drives the door leaf. Depending on the configuration of the sliding doors, a distinction is made between lower and upper guides.
Stoppers and limiters. With their help door structure moves smoothly along the guide profile and is fixed at a given point.
Closers. These mechanisms provide sliding movement of the door.

Tools required for self-installation of wardrobe doors:

a set of Phillips and straight screwdrivers;
building level;
imbus key;
plumb line;
hammer;
pliers;
drill or screwdriver;
stationery knife;
roulette;
drill for metal (Ø 4 mm).

Assembly process for sliding wardrobe doors

The assembly of doors of any design begins only after the final completion of the installation of the cabinet itself. In this case, the door leaf must be set exactly in level.

To install the doors of the wardrobe compartment, it is necessary to accurately measure the width of the inner opening of the wardrobe in the place where the upper guide rail is installed and subtract 1–2 mm from the obtained value. To trim the profile, a building ruler (square) is taken and the edges of the cut are drawn along the perimeter of the guide line. You can remove excess material with a metal saw or grinder.

During the work, special care and accuracy is required, since the guides can be easily damaged.

To install the upper guide profile, you need to drill holes for screws or self-tapping screws. The holes for screws and screws are drilled in the same parallel at equal intervals of 45-60 cm. To avoid mechanical damage to the profile, it is better to use any convenient support (table, chair, stool, etc.) for drilling the holes. Finished holes are carefully sanded with sanding paper.

The prepared guide rail is installed in the upper opening of the wardrobe and fixed with screws.
The holes for the screws are drilled in the lower profile. There must be a stopper at each end of the guide rail. Installing a stopper is necessary to fix the door leaf in a closed state. Installation of the retainer (stopper) must be done with the right side... For the right door leaf - in the recess on the right, for the left - in the recess on the left. Then the lower profile is inserted into the wardrobe and attached to its bottom.
At the next stage of installation, the sliding door of the wardrobe is put in place. The upper door rollers are gently inserted into the upper profile, and the lower door wheels are guided into the recess of the lower guide profile.

After the final installation of the doors in place, they must be adjusted relative to each side surface of the wardrobe. You need to adjust the special wheels located on both sides at the bottom of the door leaf. On the left side surface of the cabinet, the left door leaf is adjusted, and along right side- right. When adjusting, the doors must be closed.
The lower guide rail can only be attached if it is absolutely certain that the door leaves are aligned correctly (parallel and vertical).
The bottom profile should be fixed to the bottom of the cabinet using screws or self-tapping screws.
To weaken the shocks that occur during the closing and opening of sliding doors, it is advisable to stick a special rubber strip on each door.
At the end of the installation, you need to adjust the position of the stoppers. Stoppers should be adjusted so that when rollers (wheels) hit them, the wardrobe door can remain in a tightly closed position.

If you strictly follow all the advice regarding the installation of sliding wardrobe doors, then the installation procedure will not only not cause you unnecessary trouble, but will also develop into an exciting and exciting process.

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Choice of fasteners for wooden doors

The modern furniture market offers a wide variety of types of furniture hinges. This can include as many as four hinge hinges, and simply articulated, used since Soviet times. Today, even modern furniture hinges sometimes cannot serve as a substitute for those types of door hardware that were produced during the Soviet era, despite their high level quality.

Let's take a closer look at all types furniture hinges that exist at the moment. Universal four-hinged cabinet doors are able to withstand significant loads, having a large margin of safety. They can be installed on doors with an opening angle in the range of 90-165 °. It is possible to regulate them in 3 different planes.

The accessories for furniture doors includes 2 elements. The first of them is the hinge itself, which is attached to the door, and the second is a mounting plate, fixed to the side wall of the products, connected to the hinge installed on the cabinet door.

There are 4 types of 4-pivot hinges used in furniture production, each of which should be used depending on the types of cabinet doors fastening.

Invoice used when the door must cover the sidewalls of the niche in which it is located.
Half overlay hinge used when overlaying 2 doors on the same side panel.
Internal (used when internal mount cabinet door), which is located inside the sidewall of the niche, and does not cover it.
Hinge used to fix the door at an angle of 45 °. This type of hinge is used to fasten the doors of corner cabinets or cabinets.

Before buying fasteners for the cabinet doors, it is imperative to clarify the type of proposed furniture fittings from the seller. It must be borne in mind that four-hinged types of hinges are attached with 4 * 16 screws to the side walls of the cabinet. The mounting cup must have a diameter of 26 mm. The holes should have the same diameter.

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Glass door options

Special hinge for cabinet with glass doors are reliable when used. At the same time, the collected ready product will look very nice. Using four-hinge glass door hinges, they can be attached at different angles.

The use of furniture hinges for glass cabinet doors allows their adjustment in 3 different planes.

With other types of loops, such manipulations are impossible. The only drawback of such loops is the need to make all the holes for fastening at home, which is a certain difficulty.

The structure of furniture hinges for glass cabinet doors includes 4 elements:

mounting plate, fixed on the side of the product;
a loop;
sealing rings for connecting glass and hinges;
a plug that allows you to hide the hinge from the outside.

The choice of the shape of the rings and plugs will not affect the strength of the joint as a whole.

There are piano hinges for furniture that have a simple mechanism that is not very reliable. The composition of such loops includes the same brass or steel strips, interconnected in the middle due to steel wire. This kind hinges are used mainly in the assembly of kitchen furniture, for which the use of other types of furniture hinges is not acceptable.

If it is not possible to purchase four-hinge hinges for glass or it is impossible to install them, you should pay attention to the usual hinge hinges for glass doors. They include 2 types of elements, the first of which is the hinge itself, and the second is plastic seals, fixed in the hole for the hinge and on the glass.

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Leveling and adjusting

If there is a need to strengthen and, which may be due to their breakdown or displacement when moving, then it is not difficult to do this if you have certain ideas about how to do it correctly.

First, you need to understand the problem that has arisen. Only then proceed to the troubleshooting step with the installation of loops. Basically, it may be necessary to adjust the hinges. In this case, it is necessary to take into account the angle to which the cabinet door opens.

A door close fault occurs when the hinges begin to pull on the cabinet door, which can also happen with piano hinges. The fastening of the poppet hinge must be accurate and the furniture hinge must be attached to the inner side of the cabinet.

For fastening you will need:

furniture hinge with hinges;
circular drill with a pointed tip;
mounting plate;
screws.

The sharpened tip of the core drill is used as the center guide, and the knives are needed to mill the poppet hole. A conventional poppet hinge has a diameter of 35 mm, so the purchase of a hole drill for precise and even milling is a must first.

Before carrying out any alignment work on the cabinet door, determine the exact position of the door. At the top and bottom of the door, small slots should be provided, which are necessary so that the doors can open and close freely. Screw holes are positioned if templates are available. Then on required depth a poppet hole is made and the mounting plate is secured. After the door is leveled, the screw should be tightened.

The cabinet door is adjusted on the basis of a tape lever furniture hinge which is equipped with 3 screws. The hinge is adjusted using the middle screw, which allows the cabinet door to move simultaneously in 3 different planes.

Most consumers, when choosing certain interior items, pay attention to the quality of the fittings with which they are equipped. This approach is due to the fact that it is this element that can affect how long the products will last before the first repair. It is worth noting that this statement applies to all elements, including the hinges.

The hinges are made in the form of mechanical devices, which are installed on the front part of the cabinet or other furniture, so that the door can be opened at a certain angle. Today these accessories are offered in a wide variety of options, which differ from each other in design, purpose, installation method and other characteristics. Due to such a wide variety of these elements, an ordinary consumer is faced with difficulty when choosing accessories, then how difficult it is to understand which of options will do for specific furniture.

Primary requirements

Although many consumers pay attention to appearance fittings and the method of fastening, nevertheless, when choosing, they must proceed from parameters such as strength and endurance. If we neglect this recommendation, then the purchased the fittings will not be able to cope with the load and will break ahead of time declared by the manufacturer.

For this reason, companies specializing in the production of hinges and other products that strive to maintain a good reputation strive to make them of high quality in the process of manufacturing their products.

It is noteworthy that it does not matter what design the consumer decided to buy hinges, since any such product will be different high quality execution.

Fasteners for wooden furniture

The vast majority of cabinets and other varieties wooden furniture usually equipped with four-pivot hinges.

Thanks to the special design of these fasteners, it is possible to open the cabinet doors 92-180 degrees. They also allow adjustment in three dimensions. At the heart of the four-hinged fittings, the following elements can be distinguished:

hinge for the door;
mounting plate, which is placed on the side wall of the cabinet.

The four-hinged canopies offered today can be classified into several groups:

Overhead fittings. It is advisable to use this type of hinge for furniture in which the door covers the side parts of the niche where it is installed.
Semi-overhead awnings. You should stop choosing such accessories when one sidewall is covered with two doors at once.
Internal hinges. Their main purpose is to fix the doors from the inside.
Hardware that allows door installation at an angle of 45 degrees. It is best to use this type for corner cabinets and pedestals.
Inverse mechanisms. Due to the presence of loops similar type it becomes possible to open the sash 180 degrees.
Royal awnings. Due to the low reliability of such fittings, manufacturers rarely equip pieces of furniture with it. The most common option where they are used is sliding facades of antique interior items. They are also often found in retro-style cabinets.
Card loops. Fittings of this type are available in two versions: collapsible or non-collapsible. At the same time, you can find card sheds on sale, which are distinguished by their original design, which looks like certain figures. The detailed solution gives them a very effective look.
Mezzanine fittings. A spring is used as the main element in such hinges.

Before making a final decision in favor of one or another furniture fittings, it is advisable to understand whether its characteristics correspond to the piece of furniture for which you are buying it. At the stage of selection it is important to consider the smallest details as they can affect the performance of the product.

Glass sash canopies

The following elements can be distinguished in the design of fittings intended for glass cabinet doors:

The standard hinges for glass cabinet doors are two types of plugs and O-rings. Most often the first have a design in the form of a circle and the latter are full circle. The final decision on the choice of one or another type of hinge for the cabinet door must be made by the consumer himself. One of possible solutions magnets can also protrude for installation on glass doors.

Installation and adjustment of fasteners

Sometimes there are situations when the owner, by his careless actions, damages the loop, because of which it leaves its place or moves. In this case, he must fix everything and adjust the fastening.

The most common occurrence of a malfunction is associated with a phenomenon in which the hinges "pull" the door. It should be said that the same can happen with piano hinges. Here it is important to position the hinge very precisely doing everything without haste.

To carry out the installation of fittings, a number of tools should be prepared:

fittings to be installed;
drill with end tip;
mounting plate;
fasteners.

Adjustment for horizontal separation of furniture doors

The main task here is to install the door in such a way that a gap appears on the mounting side, and when the door is closed back side went beyond the walls of the cabinet. If the furniture has two doors, they should cling to each other.

The adjustment process itself comes down to performing manipulations with a special adjusting screw, which is available on the furniture hinges. Finding it is quite simple: its usual location is the hinge arm, which is located closest to the door, as opposed to the mounting screws and the additional adjusting screw. If this screw is screwed in even more, then this will increase the clearance between the end part of the door and the cabinet wall. By doing the opposite, that is, by loosening the screw, we reduce the distance between the designated elements.

Adjusting the depth of the cabinet door

During the operation of a cabinet or other furniture, the owner may notice that his door, being closed, goes beyond the boundaries or, conversely, is too recessed into the depth of the cabinet. In this case, the adjustment procedure will be the same as in the previous case. To do this, you must again find the adjusting screw on the shoulder of the hinge, remembering that it should be closest to the cabinet wall.

The purpose of this screw is not only to adjust, but also to secure the door. Thus, if you twist it slightly, then it will be possible to move the door back and forth in relation to the walls. To make the adjustment, you must determine the appropriate position of the door, move it to it, and then tighten the adjusting screw until it stops.

Remember that it is not only important what kind of fittings design you buy for your furniture. It is also important that it is installed by a qualified installer. In this case every little thing matters which can affect the service life of the entire product.

Fittings such as hinges play an important role in influencing the service life of furniture. Therefore, the approach to its choice should be as responsible as to the choice of a cabinet or cabinet. Should consider design features this accessory, because if there is a discrepancy between the fittings and the product itself, into which it will be installed, then this part will not be able to serve for a long time.

Also, at the stage of selection, you should inquire about the peculiarities of servicing a particular type of furniture hinges. This is important in view of the fact that in the absence of knowledge about performing the correct adjustment of the fittings, the owner will not be able to use the furniture with all the convenience. And in this case, he runs the risk of bringing closer the moment when it will be necessary to look for new loops to replace those that will fail pretty soon.