How To Replace A Broken Cabinet Door

If you need to replace the panel with glass consider doing a companion door if the cabinet uses two doors.

How to replace a broken cabinet door. How to replace kitchen cabinet doors drawers and hardware 04 47. Your options include custom doors semi custom stock or ready to assemble rta and whether or not you want wood veneer or laminate. If your base cabinets are in decent shape you can have the look of brand new cabinets just by. Repaired panels can also be painted rather than stained if you want to paint all of the cabinets to hide the repair.

Upgrading your cabinets instead of tearing them down and installing new ones is a popular way to update your kitchen on a small budget. Catches are fastened with two screws so replacing a damaged catch is simple. Older cabinets sometimes have roller catches that hold the doors closed. A catch that no longer keeps a door closed is either broken or out of adjustment.

Custom doors are designed by you and built to your specifications. Once you ve made the decision to replace your kitchen cabinet doors you ll need to decide on what kind of doors you want. The catches are available at home centers. This will make the repair look like an intentional upgrade.

Replacement cabinet doors come in 1 16 inch steps to fit any size opening you have. I recently got a new gas range and the heat melted and warped the plastic on an adjacent cabinet door. Others have magnetic or roller catches. Or replace it if it s broken.

If you have these and your door won t close or stay closed loosen the screws to slide the catch forward or backward on the cabinet frame. This process may be itself for others so i decided to rec. On this independence day i agreed to repair a cabinet door of a friend s kitchen that fell apart. My 20 year old kitchen cabinet doors are wood composite with a white plastic coating.

If your kitchen needs a face lift but you re not ready to do a complete renovation then replacing the kitchen cabinet doors may be just the project for you. Most newer cabinets have self closing hinges that hold the doors shut. The following size calculations and prices apply to our most popular replacement cabinet door the shaker cabinet door. So if you need a cabinet door that s 12 7 16 wide by 27 15 16 high that s no problem.