Kitchen Cupboard Door Hinges Adjustment

As above but lower door and tighten screws adjustment number 3.

Kitchen cupboard door hinges adjustment.

With a 3 way hinge you are able to adjust the doors to put them back into proper alignment. You can adjust both the top and bottom hinge to move the doors closer together or further apart. The most common adjustment you need to make is between two adjoining doors. If there is no separate screw for this function loosen the two mounting screws on both hinges adjust the cabinet door to the desired height and re tighten the screws.

Open the cabinet door and locate the screws used for aligning the door. This same adjustment is used to align a door with the edge of the cabinet. The front screw on the hinge is normally used to adjust door alignment or in other words the distance that the door overlays the cabinet. You can adjust most cabinet door hinges quite easily using the screws inside the door.

Use screw 1 to adjust the doors from side to side. Either moving them closer together or further apart. Video of the day. Side to side adjustment.

Adjustment number 1. How to adjust kitchen cabinet doors method 1 of 3. Door lifted higher is done by undoing screws 2 and 4 on both hinges and lifting door to required. On the hinge one screw will change the depth which moves the door in or out from the cabinet face.

Tightening loose cabinet doors. If tightening the mounting screws didn t solve the problem and the door is still too high or low look for a screw that adjusts the door up and down. Screw tight number 1 on the top hinge and or unscrew number 1 on the bottom door adjustment. Adjusting the doors ensures that they hang correctly and match up evenly with other cabinet doors.

Turning the screw in a clockwise direction moves the door closer to the edge of the cabinet. Using a phillips screwdriver you can tighten or loosen the screws moving the cabinet up and down side to side or in and out.