How To Install Drawer Slides Video

Kitchen cabinets are opened and shut thousands and thousands of times.

How to install drawer slides video. How to install undermount drawer slides video transcript ernie conover. Wood s kevin boyle e. Screw the front end of the slides to the cabinet face frame. Screw the metal drawer slide brackets to the inside rear of the cabinet.

Pressing evenly on each side of the drawer slide the drawer into place. Drill screw pilot holes then screw the clips to the drawer. Hold the drawer level in front of the cabinet. Wood slides can wear out.

Place the ends of the slides attached to the drawers into the tracks inside the cabinet. Bottom mount drawer slides european bottom mount drawer slides are easy to install and are ideal for storing your personal items with loads up to a 50 lb. Install drawer member on the drawer sides screws into the line once the drawer slides are installed on the drawer sides insert into the cabinet member and make sure the sides slide good. Set the retention clips in place against underside of drawer.

So for years kitchen cabinets have. These are available in 12 14 16 18 20 22 and. Limiting yourself to building cabinets or furniture without drawers is like driving a car without a steering wheel in both cases you won t get too far. Epoxy coated drawer slides ball bearing slides and bottom mounted slides are three common types of slide hardware for drawer cabinets.

Take a measurement in between the sides at the front and back cut the drawer front and drawer back to equal the smaller of the two measurements.