Cabinet door hinges have 2 vertical fixed door screws that attach the hinge to the door and 2 vertical adjustable cupboard screws that attach the hinges to the cupboard.
Adjusting kitchen cupboard door hinges.
Each hinge has a horizontal adjusting screw closest to the front of the cupboard and a horizontal locking screw closest to the back of the cupboard.
Using a phillips screwdriver you can tighten or loosen the screws moving the cabinet up and down side to side or in and out.
Open the cabinet door and loosen the two mounting screws securing the hinge to the cabinet with a phillips screwdriver.
The front screw on the hinge is normally used to adjust door alignment or in other words the distance that the door overlays the cabinet.
The sideways door overlay a.
Door lifted higher is done by undoing screws 2 and 4 on both hinges and lifting door to required height.
This same adjustment is used to align a door with the edge of the cabinet.
How to adjust kitchen cupboard door hinges.
Its this adjustment that moves brings the door closer too or further away from the edge of the cabinet.
People often assume that this is because the hinges have worn out.
Please note screwing tight is a clockwise turn unscrewing is anticlockwise.
However this is seldom the case and more often it s simply that the hinges need adjusting which is quick and easy to do if you follow these few simple steps.
You can adjust most cabinet door hinges quite easily using the screws inside the door.
Hold in position and tighten screws.
Concealed hinge fixed to cupboard.
In this short how to video you will be guided through a step by step process on how to adjust a 3 way hinge to straighten out your cabinet door fronts or.
Cup hinges made by hettich offer a 3 dimensional adjustment of furniture doors and allow find the correct door position easily.