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How to install variable overlay cabinet door hinges.
Measure any overlay on the cabinet door.
Install hinge into cabinet door.
The 1 2 inch overlay hinge typically is used on full overlay cabinet doors.
These hinges also come in a wide variety of finishes even in white and are easy to install.
As long as the hole has been drilled properly the soft close hinge should drop into place with a little coaxing.
Measure your overlay like this.
Only the barrel or cylinder of the hinge is visible from the exterior side of.
According to fine homebuilding cabinet doors may be inset meaning wholly inside the frame of the cabinet.
This is a pretty easy step.
My opening was 21 w my cabinets were 21 5 w so my overlay was.
Overlay refers to the amount the cabinet door extends over the frame.
Variable overlay hinges can be used with any type of cabinet door regardless of the overlay and they do not have a wrap.
Overlay meaning doors extend 3 4 inch or more over the frame and the frame usually does not show at all when doors are closed.
Or half overlay meaning there is an.
They can be used with doors that overlay by 1 4 3 8 1 2 or even 1 if necessary.
Measure the width of your cabinet door and subtract the width of the cabinet opening.