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Some projects are better left to the professionals, but I recommend giving soft close cabinet hinges a try yourself. All you need is a few basic tools and the right soft close hinge for your specific cabinets.
Bonus: The cabinet doors can now be easily removed for cleaning, or any other reason. Simply slide them on and off the clip hinges. Step 6: Test Out Your New Soft Close Hinges Look at a door and decide if it requires adjustment. Maybe it doesn’t look level; there maybe is a bigger gap at one end and a smaller gap at the other. The most common adjustment you need to make, is between two adjoining doors. Either moving them closer together or further apart. This same adjustment is used to align a door with the edge of the cabinet. Note: These are the two most common hinge styles. Please follow the 3 steps under ‘Choose The Correct Hinge’ above to make sure you are getting the correct style of hinge to fit your cabinets. The choice is mostly related to price, quality, and performance. The pros and cons of both styles are listed below. Upgrading your old cabinets to soft close hinges is a relatively fast and affordable project. Especially c ompared to the cost of most kitchen renovations.The second step in finding the right soft close hinge for your kitchen is to determine which style of cabinet doors you have. Use the illustrations below to identify which style of cabinet doors you have. Are your cabinet doors: Standard, Full Overlay, or Inset? Soft close hinges have a hydraulic damper built into the hinge. The damper prevents a cabinet door from slamming. If your old cabinets had hidden hinges (also called concealed hinges) then there should already be a 35mm hole for the new hinges. With the GEZE ActiveStop door damper, slamming room doors, trapped fingers and defects in doors or furniture are a thing of the past. They are able to softly stop and quietly close doors. This works in both directions: no matter whether you give the door a little shove or a powerful push – the door damper reliably and safely catches it in the direction of closing and the direction of opening. Controlled opening and holding open for doors With compact soft close hinges, the hydraulic mechanism is smaller, and fits inside of the hinge itself. This style has an inherent space constraint for the hydraulics and because of this, the performance suffers somewhat.
Both of the above pictures use ‘hidden hinges’. They are called hidden hinges because they cannot be seen when the cabinet doors are closed. Installing soft close hinges on existing cabinets is a relatively easy project that can can be accomplished in a weekend. Easy, affordable and a DIY? Yep! When opening, the system moves the door independently and safely as far as the hold-open position, which can be individually set between 80 to 140 degrees, so the door cannot damage the walls or furniture. GEZE ActiveStop brakes the door at the right time and keeps it open safely in the required position. Cabinet doors that have existing holes should be measured to verify depth. Conventional non-soft-close hidden hinges are often shallow, so you may need to drill the hole deeper.
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For those who value the visual connection that glass doors allow but have concerns about the frequent impact caused by their opening and closing, the KBS+ provides peace of mind through its secure breaking mechanism. Plus, it’s super-quiet, ensuring that movement in and out of the space is as unobtrusive as possible. The KLEIN Soft Closing System (KSC) What can be done to stop doors banging loudly? How do they remain open, even when there is a draught? How can walls and furniture be protected from doors flying open, and fingers protected from doors banging shut? There are a few aids are available for these problems: these cover everything from wedges to floor mounted and wall mounted door stoppers. All of these usually do their job but are often ugly, annoying and impractical.
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