If you buy a cabinet hinge, you can only ask the installer to install it? Wrong! You can be your own installer Xiaobian today tells you about the hinge structure and the method of hinge connection, so that everyone can easily fix the hinge installation by themselves .
Guidelines for installing cabinet hinge installation steps that the installation master does not want you to see
If you buy a cabinet hinge, you can only ask the installation master to install it? Wrong! You can be your own installation master Today, I will tell you about the hinge structure and the method of hinge connection, so that you can easily get the hinge installation by yourself.
Under what circumstances should full-cover, half-cover, and no-cover hinges be used?
These hinges should be determined according to the specific installation position of the door panel Yes:
1. If it is an inner door, use a hinge without a cover
2. If multiple doors are installed side by side and an external door, use a half-lid hinge.
3. If it has two doors and is externally mounted, use a full-covered one.
Installation steps of cabinet hinges
The first step: when cabinet hinges are installed, the size of the cabinet door must be determined. After determining the size of the cabinet door After that, we determine the minimum margin between the cabinet doors, and the minimum margin of the cabinet door is determined by the type of hinge (the margin of the hinge cup and the thickness of the cabinet door are used to select the value). This is generally in the cabinet hinge You can refer to the installation manual to determine the value.
Step 2: After we have determined the value of the cabinet hinge, when the hinge is connected, we use an installation measuring board or a woodworking pencil to mark the position (generally the drilling margin is about 5 mm), Then use a woodworking hole opener to drill a hinged cup installation hole with a width of about 3-5 mm on the cabinet door, and the depth of the hole is generally about 12 mm.
The third step: we put the hinge into the hinge cup hole on the cabinet door, and then use the self-tapping screw to fix the hinge cup of the hinge, and insert it into the hinge After the cabinet door hole is installed, open the hinge, and then put it into the aligned side plate, and then we will fix the base of the hinge with the self-tapping screws.
Step 4: After installing the cabinet hinges, the effect of opening and closing the cabinet doors, if the effect is not ideal, the hinges can basically be adjusted in six directions, aligned up and down, two cabinet doors need The right and left are moderate, and the cabinet door is adjusted to the best effect, and the gap between the cabinet doors after installation is generally 2 mm.
The above is all the information of cabinet hinge installation, I hope it can help you.
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