A guide to fitting replacement kitchen doors
Revitalising your kitchen is a fairly straight forward tasksince kitchen base units are mostly of a standard size. This means one can givetheir kitchen a new lease of life by simply replacing the ...
Revitalising your kitchen is a fairly straight forward tasksince kitchen base units are mostly of a standard size. This means one can givetheir kitchen a new lease of life by simply replacing the cupboard doors anddrawer fronts with new ones rather than replacing all the units too. Anyonewho's handy with a screwdriver can usually fit replacement kitchen doors sodon't feel you need to hire a joiner or handyman unless your DIY skills arelikely to bring the house down.
The first thing you need to ensure is the sizes of the doorsyou're replacing. Draw a sketch or simple diagram of your kitchen units first,then measure each door and drawer, noting the sizes on your diagram. A goodjoinery tip is to measure twice and cut once, but seeing as you won't beneeding a saw for this task, the tip is measure twice and buy once.Once you've got all the sizes, make a note of which side the doors should openas some styles have left and right openings.
Most kitchen units are in standard widths of 400mm, 500mm,600mm, 800mm and 1000mm, however when buying replacement kitchen doors, theymay be sized at 396mm, 496mm and so on, as the reduced sizing allows for thesmall gap in between each door. Common sense tells you that a 396mm door isdesigned to fit 400mm or 800mm kitchen base units, but the door widths may berounded up by certain retailers.
Before ordering, double check that you've got the left andright opening doors correct before choosing which side you need the hinge holeson each of your kitchen doors. As standard, kitchen door hinge holes are 35mmin diameter and drilled 100mm from the top and bottom of the door. Double checkyour existing kitchen doors comply to these standards before placing yourorder. Should they not, you may want to consider ordering replacement kitchendoors without the hinge holes pre-drilled and hiring a joiner or handy man tofit the doors for you.
Assuming that everything is 'standard' and you've made sureyou've ordered the correct number of left and right opening doors to fit toyour existing kitchen base units, all you need to do is fit them. Refer to yourinitial sketch of your kitchen units and place each door and drawer front wherethey should go. If the order is short or incorrect, it will be obvious with allthe new kitchen doors placed where they're intended to go before you've fullyunpacked them. Assuming the order is correct, you can begin replacing each doorand drawer front one by one.
The hinges, being an industry standard should fit in to thepre drilled holes with no trouble, and all you'll notice is each door probablyisn't hanging straight. On the unit side of the hinge you'll find twoadjustment screws, just fiddle with these screws giving them to a turneach, close the door and observe the affect using the narrow gap between thedoors as a guide. You'll suss out what these screws are adjusting after you'velined up a couple of doors, and for all subsequent doors you'll be flying.Failing that, there are many 'how to' videos on you tube which will help.
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