Adjusting Kitchen Cabinet Doors Hinges

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 cabinet doors hinges. Adjust the door up or down if tightening the mounting screws didn t solve the problem and the door is still too high or. 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. Turning the screw in a clockwise direction moves the door closer to the edge of the cabinet.

Use screw 1 to adjust the doors from side to side. Instructions tighten loose mounting screws open the cabinet door and look at the part of the hinge attached to the cabinet box. Adjust the door right or left use the.

The most common adjustment you need to make is between two adjoining doors. Screw tight number 1 on the top hinge and or unscrew number 1 on the bottom door. Undo the two adjustable cupboard screws b on both hinges.

As above but lower door and tighten screws. They are usually in slotted holes which mean and you can adjust up or down by a few mm. Either moving them closer together or further apart.

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. You can adjust both the top and bottom hinge to move the doors closer together or further apart. This is the most common adjustment required.

1 to change the vertical height. Side to side adjustment. This same adjustment is used to align a door with the edge of the cabinet.