How To Measure For Full Overlay Cabinet Doors

The above photo shows the entire door is on the outside of the cabinet frame.

How to measure for full overlay cabinet doors. A cabinet with a door larger than the opening in the frame is called an overlay door because the outer edges of the door overlap the frame. These reveals may as large as 1 to 2 in some cases. You still add 1 to the height of the doors. Your door will overlap the frame by a specific dimension below is a visual to help determine and measure your overlay.

We suggest sizing your doors and drawers to conform to partial overlay 1 2 overlay or full overlay 1 1 4 overlay. Full overlay cabinet door tutorial. Full inset doors are flush with the cabinet surface. Make sure you size the new doors according to standard overlays offered by hinge manufacturers.

Use a piece of masking tape to avoid leaving any sort of mark on your cabinets. Close the cabinet door you want to measure. They typically come on end cabinets so measure the overlay of the other doors and get additional hinges of the same size. This is an overlay door.

Position the tape vertically and. Follow these steps to get an accurate measurement. This will give you room to adjust the center gap between the two doors after they are hung. The overlay itself is the measurement by which the door.

Stick with a standard overlay. Make a pencil mark along the outside edge of the door on the hinge side. Now measure the distance from the inside edge of the tape to the frame opening. Measure the size of your overlay in 3 easy steps.

It helps to know the overlay of your existing cabinet doors that way you can either match it or contrast it. Normal door overlay is 1 4 to 1 1 2 in this example the measurement from the edge of the tape at the 1 mark to the edge of the frame opening is 3 8. This is your door overlay. Lets update an old cabinet and make it look new again.

Once you have your overlay measurement you can use our interactive hinge overlay guide to find and order the exact hinges or hinge mouting plate combination you need with ease. To achieve a full overlay effect the doors and drawers cover most of the cabinet frames on a framed cabinet we recommend you use a hinge overlay of 1 4 less than the width of your cabinet frames. Start by taking a survey of your existing cabinets. Remove the cabinet door.

How to measure when replacing with larger or smaller doors drawer fronts. If you need additional help you can tryusing our hinge matching service or you can contact our customer service to speak with one of our skilled and friendly experts.