How To Adjust Door Hinges On Kitchen Cupboards

Open the cabinet door.

How to adjust door hinges on kitchen cupboards.

Close the door to check tension and alignment. Take a moment to focus on the soft close hinge and find the adjustment tab. Adjust the cabinet mount so it is flush with the cabinet facing and retighten the screws. Open the cabinet doors and locate the hinge screws on the inside.

Tightening loose cabinet doors. As above but lower door and tighten screws adjustment number 3. How to adjust kitchen cabinet door hinges that don t close completely step 1. Screw tight number 1 on the top hinge and or unscrew number 1 on the bottom door adjustment.

Open the cabinet door and loosen the two mounting screws securing the hinge to the cabinet with a phillips. How to adjust kitchen cabinet doors method 1 of 3. Cabinet door hinge you can adjust most cabinet door hinges quite easily using the screws inside the door. You can adjust both the top and bottom hinge to move the doors closer together or further apart.

Continue adjusting screws on the cabinet and then the door until the door is no longer loose and closes properly. Door lifted higher is done by undoing screws 2 and 4 on both hinges and lifting door to required. Using a phillips screwdriver you can tighten or loosen the screws moving the cabinet up and down side to side or in and out. Close the hinged door all of the way.

Open the cabinet door and locate the screws used for aligning the door. Shut the door so that the inner cabinet or cupboard is completely concealed. Look for gray or silver plunger in the center of the hinge. Adjusting the doors ensures that they hang correctly and match up evenly with other cabinet doors.

Use screw 1 to adjust the doors from side to side. Turning the screw in a clockwise direction moves the door closer to the edge of the cabinet. To confirm that it s the adjustment tab try pulling on it with the tip of your finger.