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NEW kitchen cabinet pantry doors out of whack? timbirr 07-29-2008
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Posted by on July 29, 2008, 11:45 pm


Bought a cheapo 72" high kitchen pantry cabinet. Has "four doors."
Two up for the top-half of the cabinet, and two for the bottom half.

The bottom doors "bind" where they meet in the middle when I close the
door.

They have this type of hinge on the inside:
http://www.edirecthardware.com/img/products/646/646-71T55_GRP1.jpg

And the cabinet itself is nowhere as ugly as this one, but is the same
basic design:
http://www.diningroom-furniture-superstore.com/xmodels/ameriwood/AM4506h.jpg

Any easy way to adjust the bottom doors??? I tried loosening and
pulling and pushing on the hinges, but if anything, I may have made it
a bit worse....or not...

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Posted by Dave on July 30, 2008, 2:51 am


At the top of the door, all along or the bottom?



> Bought a cheapo 72" high kitchen pantry cabinet. Has "four doors."
> Two up for the top-half of the cabinet, and two for the bottom half.
>
> The bottom doors "bind" where they meet in the middle when I close the
> door.
>
> They have this type of hinge on the inside:
> http://www.edirecthardware.com/img/products/646/646-71T55_GRP1.jpg
>
> And the cabinet itself is nowhere as ugly as this one, but is the same
> basic design:
> http://www.diningroom-furniture-superstore.com/xmodels/ameriwood/AM4506h.jpg
>
> Any easy way to adjust the bottom doors??? I tried loosening and
> pulling and pushing on the hinges, but if anything, I may have made it
> a bit worse....or not...



Posted by Abe on July 30, 2008, 3:32 am


>Bought a cheapo 72" high kitchen pantry cabinet. Has "four doors."
>Two up for the top-half of the cabinet, and two for the bottom half.
>
>The bottom doors "bind" where they meet in the middle when I close the
>door.
>
>They have this type of hinge on the inside:
>http://www.edirecthardware.com/img/products/646/646-71T55_GRP1.jpg
>
>And the cabinet itself is nowhere as ugly as this one, but is the same
>basic design:
>http://www.diningroom-furniture-superstore.com/xmodels/ameriwood/AM4506h.jpg
>
>Any easy way to adjust the bottom doors??? I tried loosening and
>pulling and pushing on the hinges, but if anything, I may have made it
>a bit worse....or not...

You have a European type hinge on the doors. When you take the cap off
the hinge, you should see adjustment screws. One of the screws is for
horizontal adjustment. Play with those to open up some space between
the doors.

Here's some generic instructions:
http://homerenovations.about.com/od/kitchens/a/artadjusthinges.htm

Posted by on August 13, 2008, 10:13 pm


OP again....sorry for the delay....I just did not get to the cabinets
until two days ago.

There is some sort of snap-on/off plate on the hinges, so I snapped it
off to reveal a couple of different screws. Took about 3 minutes, but
figured out they adjusted things, and with just a couple of turns of a
Phillips, managed to get everything lined up...Thank Heaven...

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