How to install furniture hinges

How to choose furniture hinges for self-installation

In the past, there was a limited number of types of furniture hinges, but fortunately, it was only in the past.Now the construction market can be found a huge amount of various kinds.

distinguished interior as intended hinges on the structure and the method of attachment.

With their selection must first pay attention to the strength of the product, it should be for the life of the furniture.

Now Decide what type of loop we need.There are five main types - overhead, polunakladnye, internal angle, as well as loop transformers.The rest of their views are merely a kind of basic.

overhead loops are the most common, they are applied at an angle of 90 degrees and are used when the cabinet door closes the side of the niche to which it is attached.

Polunakladnaya useful in the event that one sidewall need to put two facades.

inner loop is necessary, in the case of internal mounting of the door.This type is installed inside the housing.

A corner will need to fix the facade at an angle.Suitable for this type of corner cabinets.

And the last kind is Transformers.Outwardly, they look like overhead, but there is a significant difference: the loop transformer can open façade at 170 degrees.

How to install furniture hinges

Installation furniture hinges - the work is not difficult, but requires special knowledge.For the self-installing them require such tools:

• drill;
• pencil;
• roulette;
• furniture hinges;
• screws;
• mills 35 mm diameter.

The easiest way to mount hinges, available in the following step by step instructions.

Step 1: Make a layout with the expectation of further breaching holes on it, which will be attached accessories.To do this, you need a pencil to mark the place where it will be attached loop.The distance from the edge of the facade to the center of the hole for a loop must be 22 mm.

Step 2. Make a hole depth of 12 mm.To do this, insert the bit into the drill and drill at the point where the counting was done.

Step 3. In the knockout holes in advance is necessary to insert furniture loop and adjust its position relative to the side of the door.

Step 4. Using a Phillips screwdriver, twirl accessories.

This installation is completed.For a more complete presentation of the installation of furniture hinges, you can watch a video with detailed instructions.

How to adjust the already established furniture hinges

Furniture loops can be adjusted in different directions.To do this you will need a Phillips screwdriver only.

The first step is to figure out which way to adjust the cabinet door.Then open it so widely that there was free access to the loop.
To perform vertical adjustment, loosen the screws, and then press down the top or bottom door and fasten the screws again.

If you want to the door moved forward or backward, it will make the gap smaller between itself and the cabinet door.In this case, one must adjust the loop.First, to weaken them in turn, and then, just take turns spinning, sipping the door.

If the door has moved at an angle, help horizontal adjustment.The door of the cabinet, which has moved a little further towards the frame, you need to press and tighten the screw in the hinge by turning it clockwise.If the door is shifted from the frame, rotate the screw in the same fittings need counterclockwise.