Open the hinge up all the way to lay both leaves flat.
Kitchen door hinge measurements. If you need additional help you can tryusing our hinge matching service or you can contact our customer service to speak with one of our skilled and friendly experts. Place a piece of tape from the door to the frame almost like a makeshift hinge. If the door has four hinge holes measure the two top hinges from the top edge of the door to the centre of each hinge. Determine the size of the hinge s corner radius if the corner is not square.
How to measure openings install hinges hang cabinet doors and align the doors. Then measure the two bottom hinges from the bottom edge of the door to the centre of each hinge. The door on the left is left hung. Use it to measure the hinge at its widest point.
Door handing for hinge holes. Then open the door and measure the distance from the edge of the tape to the opening of the cabinet. To measure the overlay place the cabinet door where it will go once you install the hinges. A quick simple video tutorial howing how we drill our kitchen doors with the hinge drilling kit to fit standard 35mm kitchen hinges.
Almost all front fitting cabinet doors hinge holes are centred 22 5mm from the front with a 35mm dia hole. Measure the height of the hinge with a tape measure. Once you have your overlay measurement you can use our interactive hinge overlay guide to find and order the exact hinges or hinge mouting plate combination you need with ease. The hinge holes are drilled as a standard 35mm diameter hole.
Measure the size of your overlay in 3 easy steps. Do not rest one side of the straightedge on the head of the hinge pin. If the hinge is 26mm dia the hole centre should be 18mm. You don t need to worry about the measurements in from the side.
Measure across the entire hinge to determine its open width. Measure the distance from the. Rest the straightedge along the top edge of the hinge. Standard hinge lengths are 3 1 2 4 4 1 2 5 and 6 inches.
Stretch a tape measure between the outer edges of the leaves. This video tells you everything you need to know about installing concealed hinges european style on cabinet doors. Hinges have 2 sides or leaves separated by a vertical pin in the middle. If you re installing a new hinge you should drill a correctly sized hole on the door using one of our hole cutter attachments you ll need to measure 21 5mm inwards from the edge of the door this leaves the hole 4mm from the edge of the door then the hole will need to be 12mm deep for the hinge cup to sit flush.
During this measurement hold the tape.