Install Euro Door Hinges

Determine where you want to locate the hinges on the door and cabinet.

Install euro door hinges.

Then make marks across this line 3 inches from the top and bottom edges as shown. How to install euro hinges on your cabinets adjust the door up and down with the two screws that hold the hinge to the cabinet. Typically hinges are placed three or four inches in from the top and bottom ends of the. Then you ll see how easy they are to install and why so many production shops use them exclusively for hanging cabinet doors.

For this sequence we ll install one piece partial overlay hinges on a face frame cabinet to hang a flat panel door. Once in place euro style hinges also allow for some helpful adjustments that other hinge styles don t. If you re installing the hinges on the back of the door have the 2 sides of the hinges laying on top of each. A mounting plate connects the hinge and the door to the cabinet face frame or in the case of frameless cabinets to the interior cabinet wall.

Euro style hinges may seem complicated until you try them for the first time. Use a combination square to mark a line on the back of the door parallel with the hinge side edge and inset inch. Concealed cabinet hinges in 9 steps 1. Concealed hinges also known as a european hinge or a cup hinge get their name from the fact that they re hidden from view when the cabinets are closed.

Loosen all four hinge screws slightly to move the door up or down then re tighten the screws when the correct position is reached. This hole is 35 mm 1 3 8 in diameter for all euro hinges. Euro hinge adjustment euro hinge installation. Mark the door ryan benyi.

With the hinge cup holes drilled you re ready to begin laying out the location of the hinge mounting plates on the cabinet. Examples of one and two piece hinge styles are shown above. Then with the right hinges in hand follow the steps below to install them. Last week we ran through basics of drilling european hinge cup holes and pointed out a few tools that make the operation easy and accurate.

If you don t want to see your hinges opt for the concealed variety. For installing cabinet hinges you ll be drilling two sets of holes in the door.