How To Install Ikea Kitchen Cabinet Door Handles

The cabinets and doors in this video are from ikea but he procedure works for installing door hardware is the same on any brand of door as well.

How to install ikea kitchen cabinet door handles. The hardware that ikea sells along with its kitchen line of cabinets is actually fairly high quality material that many custom cabinet installers use in high end kitchens. If your cabinet doors have stiles also called framing cabinet pulls are usually 2 to 3 inches up from the bottom edge of the door and centered on the width of the stile. They are also available at any home center. How to attach ikea hinges to a kitchen cabinet door and install the door on an ikea section cabinet including how to add the soft close mechanism.

Use a jigsaw to create openings for plumbing. If your cabinets have slab doors without stiles cabinet pulls are usually 2 to 3 inches up from the bottom edge of the door and the same distance in from the side edge. I am using the ikea fixa drill template to lay out my drill holes to install the door handles. The template shown here costs under 5 at on amazon.

Install your cabinets in most kitchens it s best to install your wall cabinets first. If you have more than a few knobs or pulls to install use a template when you install cabinet hardware. By carefully selecting and purchasing ikea cabinet hardware and cabinet fronts you can effectively upgrade your cabinets to look like almost any available ikea kitchen. This way you have room to move without base cabinets in the way.

Working with high grade materials will significantly speed up the project. Complete your kitchen s look with our huge selection of kitchen cabinet handles knobs. A template makes the job go faster increases uniformity and reduces the chance for mistakes across the cabinet set. If you can get a hold of a drill template that s meant for handles for your ikea kitchen installing the handles gets much easier.

In this video i show how to install door hardware on a kitchen cabinet. In this case install the high cabinet first. Shop ikea online or in store today.