How To Install Euro Door Hinges

If you don t want to see your hinges opt for the concealed variety.

How to install euro door hinges.

Then with the right hinges in hand follow the steps below to install them. 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. Mark the door ryan benyi. Euro style hinges may seem complicated until you try them for the first time.

This hole is 35 mm 1 3 8 in diameter for all euro hinges. For installing cabinet hinges you ll be drilling two sets of holes in the door. Use a combination square to mark a line on the back of the door parallel with the hinge side edge and inset inch. Then you ll see how easy they are to install and why so many production shops use them exclusively for hanging cabinet doors.

Then make marks across this line 3 inches from the top and bottom edges as shown. Turn the hinge adjustment screws as needed and a little at a time to refine the fit of the door or doors in the. No matter what type of hinge you choose the hinges are mounted on the door first and then the cabinet. Concealed cabinet hinges in 9 steps 1.

Open and close the doors a few times to check their alignment. First there s the cup hole the large hole that the hinge drops into. If you re installing the hinges on the back of the door have the 2 sides of the hinges laying on top of each.