Installing Pulls On Cabinet Doors

Ask this old house general contractor tom silva gives tips on installing cabinet hardware accurately and consistently.

Installing pulls on cabinet doors. Anytime you are installing cabinet hardware the below are tried and true rules to follow when deciding between the different designs of knobs or pulls. If you ve been following along for any length of time you know that i ve been slowly working on my kitchen. 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. Installing the hardware on the cabinet doors is very similar except finding the right setting for your jig to determine how far in you want the hardware to sit is a little more nuanced than just finding the middle.

Install it so all the knobs on the cabinet are spaced evenly. If you want a space that leans towards more of the traditional side the general rule to follow is knobs on doors and pulls on drawers. Use this quick little tool to install new cabinet pulls with precision and ease. For upper cabinets this is the lower corner.

Most drawer pulls are centered on the drawer fronts but if the cabinet you re working on has two or three drawers the same size and one larger one at the bottom install the bottom knob or pull higher than the center of that drawer front. Subscribe to this old house. Every so often we will break this rule for small drawers. That said with cabinet knobs if you recall from above they re easy because there s only one screw.

Installing cabinet hardware can be intimidating and overwhelming but it doesn t have to be with this little tip. Cabinet knobs and cabinet pulls are typically installed between 2 1 2 and 3 inches from the corner of the cabinet doors furthest from the hinges. However when it comes to installing finger pulls or even cup pulls these types of cabinetry hardware typically have two screws otherwise they d wiggle rotate probably damage your beautiful cabinets yikes. Installing hardware on cabinet doors.