Choosing the Right Cabinet Hinges for Your Door Fit
Choosing the Right Cabinet Hinges for Your Door Fit
For replacement hinges, you should be able to find compatible new hardware. For example, you need to choose between concealed and surface-mount hinges and between overlay and inset hinges. if you’re replacing concealed hinges with compatible new hinges, you’ll simply need to remove the existing hardware, install the new hinges and adjust them to align and fit the door correctly. You can often use the placement of the existing hinges as a guide for the new hardware.
If you’re replacing concealed hinges that require mortises, make sure you get hinges that have the same cup size as your existing hinges. A 35mm-diameter cup is the most common for kitchen cabinets, but you may also see a 26mm cup on small hinges.
Hinges can be overlay hinges or inset hinges. The terms overlay and inset describe how the door fits to the cabinet box. You’ll need to select hinges that work with the fit of your doors. For example, if your cabinet doors have a 1/2-inch overlay, make sure you purchase 1/2-inch overlay hinges.