Adjusting Cabinet Hinges Video

Adjust the middle screw to move the door up and down.

Adjusting cabinet hinges video.

In this short how to video you will be guided through a step by step process on how to adjust a 3 way hinge to straighten out your cabinet door fronts or. Set the adjustment hinge to a lighter setting if you have smaller cabinet doors. This is a very common problem when cupboard. Reach in with a screwdriver to loosen it by turning it counterclockwise.

If you have a lever mechanism make sure that it s facing the side wall of the cabinet. Of the other four two are located on the hinge assembly bar and two are mounted onto the side of the cabinet. Stubborn cabinet hinges are almost always the result of abuse. In the case of an adjustment tab make sure that the mechanism is pushed in all the way.

Watch this video to find out which screws to turn to achieve the perfect fit on your cabinet doors. You can adjust one or both hinges on each door depending on how much correction it needs. Look for the vertical adjustment screw in the center of the hinge usually recessed inside of it. Each of these four screws helps adjust the hinge so the door closes properly.

Which adjustment do i do to raise the door that is lower in the center and has to to. European style cabinet hinges are easy to adjust using a screwdriver. If the door seems to be tilting down to the right turn the side to side screw on the top hinge so the hinge pulls closer to the side of the cabinet box moving the top of the door to the left. Six screws are visible on euro style hinges but you can ignore the two holding the door mounting plate in place.

Adjusting the doors ensures that they hang correctly and match up evenly with other cabinet doors. Using a phillips screwdriver you can tighten or loosen the screws moving the cabinet up and down side to side or in and out. Hinges may start sticking if the door continually gets slammed or closed too hard or. If your kitchen cabinets have adjustable hinges you may need to tweak them from time to time so the doors will close properly.

Once you have the door where you want it tighten the screw back up. Push the adjustment lever or tab in so that it stays retracted. I have a similar problem where the one door is lower than the other. You can adjust most cabinet door hinges quite easily using the screws inside the door.