How To Install Kitchen Cabinet Door Handles

How to install cabinet door knobs evenly so they aren t misaligned.

How to install kitchen cabinet door handles. The biggest challenge to installing cabinet hardware is keeping everything consistent. One good rule of thumb is to line up a knob with the top of the bottom door rail. Install the knob. Installing kitchen cabinet and drawer handles.

While holding the knob or handle with one hand use a screwdriver to tighten the fastening screw. Install new cabinet handles insert the fastening screw s through the backside of the hole. The ideal template for installing door handles and drawer pulls is made from two pieces of 1 4 inch plywood attached to a wooden core to form a u shape. While most knobs and handles.

Install the knobs and pulls the knob hardware itself is held in place on the front of the door while the screws are inserted into the hole in the door from the back. Slip the template over the edge of the door or drawer front position it where you want it and drill the hole. The ikea fixa drill jig is availab. Use the door rail as a guide the location of knobs and pulls isn t written in stone but there are some standard practices.

Kitchen cabinet knobs come with two screws of different lengths. The short screw is for the cabinet doors of standard thickness while the longer screw is for use on drawers that have false fronts attached to the drawer boxes. Thread the knob or handle onto the screw s. In addition handles are even more demanding because they require two holes.

If you re installing door pulls line up the bottom of the pull with the top of the door rail.