Help with hinges

[MillerMav]

I have a question about hinges used in my current kitchen pantry cabinets.

The PO of the house may have installed these or perhaps the builder but the home was built in 2004 and the doors do not work well on the current hinges.

I would like to upgrade the hinges you see in the pictures below because as of right now they creek something terrible when opened and they are also bent or bowed with very little weight in the door (The door weight + a few canned goods at most).

As you can see the doors do not close flush. I think is the point of this style of hinge right?

Either way; what hinges would you guys recommend that I could fit to these doors so that they close flush with no noise and will hold up?

Thanks for your help GJ!!

 

[MFolks]

Go to www.rockler.com as they have a nice selection of hinges and installation tools. Another choice would be at www.leevalley.com (makers/suppliers of Veritas tools and hardware).

 

[MillerMav]

Thanks for the links but I was more hoping to get some input as to what type of hinge members would use to support the weight of the door and still stay hidden and work well with the application.

 

[KenC]

There are many quality levels in that style of hinge. They all fit the same hole size and spacing, but vary widely in fit, material and finish.

I'd suggest just getting a higher quality replacement but same style. Easiest fix IMO.

 

[pattenp]

I don't know why but I'm having a hard time figuring out what I'm looking at in the first two pictures. Are the shallow shelves on the back of the doors with the small square end of the hinge fastened to the cabinet frame?

I think you need this...

 

[MoonRise]

As mentioned, use the same 'type' of Euro hinge. Just use a better quality one. Like Blum (one of, if not 'the', big-kahuna of Euro-hinges and hardware).

Oh, and if you have 'stuff' mounted to/on the door, you have to use a strong enough hinge or enough strong enough hinges to hold the weight of the door plus the 'stuff'.

I'll bet that two or three 'low' or 'mid' grade hinges are not enough to properly support a loaded pantry door.

See the Rockler website and look up the Blum hinges and find the info/selection guide.

Where you will (should) be able to find the hinge:weight selection suggestion. Simple door up to ~40" tall and weighing 9-11 lbs calls for 2 hinges (Blum) per door. Up to ~60" and 13-20 lbs calls for 3 hinges per door. Up to ~80" and 29-33 lbs calls for 4 hinges per door. Up to ~90" and 4048 lbs calls for 5 hinges per door.

Or use some search-engine-fu and look up Blum hinges or just do a web-guess and go to http://www.blum.com and look up all sorts of tech info about their hinges and some selection guide/info.

http://d1.blum.com/mefiles/BEC003/concealedhinges_ep_dok_bus_$sus_$aof_$v1.pdf

Page 3 for the weight:height:#-of-hinges info.

 

[Tim The Tool Man]

Get yourself a Forster bit and simply an one or two more of the same type of hinges. I have done this in similar situations. Also, your hing might not be correctly aligned. Many times when the door won't close it is because the hinge is pulled to tight to the style where the hinge is mounted. In your case it does look like a heavy door, so add a hing or two... I would also find a different place for those canned goods if you can.

 

[Engineer61]

Those hinges are either cheap knock-offs that can't be adjusted, or they aren't adjusted correctly. The big advantage of that type of hinge is that they have a couple screws that let you adjust the door in or out, up or down to correctly fit the opening. You do need a forstner bit to install them - but the hinges are metric so your bit needs to also be metric sized to match to let everything fit properly.