Adjusting Kitchen Cabinet Doors Up And Down

Luckily with a single screw driver and a little ambition the door alignment can look brand new.

Adjusting kitchen cabinet doors up and down.

Kitchen cabinet doors don t always fit perfectly without some adjustments and over time they can become loose or misaligned. Andre demonstrates how up and down hinge adjustments can get the top and bottom edges of your cabinets back into alignment. European style hardware which is pictured throughout this article is the most common and easiest to adjust. When you are adjusting the doors you should never touch the screws that are used to attach the doors to the frame.

The second adjustment on a back plate enables you to move the kitchen cabinet door all over. You don t normally need to adjust this. Poor alignment of cabinet doors will cause a kitchen to look run down and may be embarrassing to the homeowner. Instead focus on the screws marked in the illustration.

The third adjustment moves the door further to or away from the cabinet. 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. Tighten the screw to secure the door in the correct place. Adjust a door up or down with the vertical adjustable cupboard screws.

1 the first one moves the door up and down allowing you to adjust the height of the door. Adjust the door up or down if tightening the mounting screws didn t solve the problem and the door is still too high or low look for a screw that adjusts the door up and down. The screw in the center of the hinge secures it to the cabinet base. Raise or lower the cabinet door.

If there is no separate screw for this function loosen the two mounting screws on both hinges adjust the cabinet door to the desired height and re tighten the screws. If the door is in the correct up and down position simply make sure this screw is tight. This adjustment is typically on two screws on the back plate and by releasing those screws off and moving the back plate up or down this will move the door along the side up or down. Adjust the door up or down.

In case tightening the mounting screw is unable to fix the problem find the screw that adjusts the doors up and down. Loosen both of the adjustable cupboard screws in each set of hinges until you can move the door up and down. If your cabinet hinges look similar these steps should work for you. Adjust the door right to left.

If the door needs lateral adjustment loosen the screw and adjust the door up or down. You can decide if you want it closer or further away from the top panel.