How To Measure Overlay On Cabinet Doors

For a 1 2 overlay you will to add 1 to both the width and height of each measurement that you have written down.

How to measure overlay on cabinet doors. Close the cabinet door you want to measure. Record each opening size on a spreadsheet or sheet of paper. Now measure the distance from the inside edge of the tape to the frame opening. Open the cabinet door until you can see the tape peeking through the joint between the door and the frame.

Open the door or in this case the door has been removed and measure from the edge of your tape mark to the cabinet opening. Things to remember as you size your doors drawer fronts. In this case the overlay is 1 1 4. Measure the distance from the inside edge of the tape to the edge of the frame where the.

Line up the edge of your door with the edge of a piece of tape and apply the tape to the face frame of the cabinet must be on the hinged side of the door. Make a pencil mark along the outside edge of the door on the hinge side. Measure the distance between the pencil mark and the adjacent inside edge. They are gone for good and will not be needed as they will only be a reminder of the 1980 s.

The majority of doors allow for a 1 2 overlay. This specific example is a 3 4 overlay. For example if the door opening in the cabinet face frame is 12 by 18 inches the size for a full overlay door would. 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.

Next you will measure the openings hole in the face of the cabinet measure from the inside edges of the face frames of the cabinets. For some more tips on measuring your cabinets openings refer to this video. The correct determination for full overlay is typically 3 4 inch on all sides. If you want to have your doors extend past the cabinet openings you need to add in a door overlay to your calculation.

Now open the cabinet door and measure from the edge of the tape inside edge to the edge of the opening of the cabinet. Remove the cabinet door. Start on the hinged side of the door and place a piece of tape along the back edge so that the edge of your tape is directly against the edge of your door. Begin measuring your existing cabinet openings noting width followed by height.