"bigbrian" wrote in message
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With apologies for the amateur explanation.....
I've got a problem with a kitchen cupboard door. Its the one under the
oven, and its next to another cupboard that has a drawer above it. The
one I have a problem with has no drawer above it, but is the same
height as the adjacent cupboard and drawer combined.
Still with me?
In order that the door panelling wasn't out of synch, the cupboard
under the oven has a dummy drawer front (without a knob) built into
the top of the door, so that when you open the door, the door and the
dummy drawer front open together to reveal the inside of the cupboard.
The problem is that the dummy drawer front has detached itself from
the rest of the door.
It looks like it had been held on by a couple of metal pins fitted
into both the top of the door, and the bottom of the dummy drawer
front....these have both sheared offleaving the top of the
door..er...topless.
My next move is........?
Thanks
Brian
Hi BigBrian,
Pick up a bit of 6 mm plywood, about the width of the door and about 100 mm
wide itself. Some PVA waterproof wood glue, and 6 by 12 mm gauge 6 wood
screws.
Undo the door off the side panel of the cupboard and lay it on the floor
face down on something that will not scratch it. Lay the drawer front above
as though they were fitted together. Leave a little gap between them like
the other cupboards in the kitchen, and take a measure for your plywood.
The ply should be about 30 mm in from each edge of the door / drawer to let
it close properly into the cupboard. The ply should be able to go at least
50 mm over the door and drawer front.
Put some glue along the edges that are going together, get them the right
way right round, and spread the glue out until it covers the area that the
ply will cover. Allow the glue to go a bit tacky.
Starting with the drawer front. Lay the ply along the edge evenly so it
sticks over enough to allow you to fit it to the door. Put a screw in the
middle of the bit that's on the drawer front and screw it in.
Now get the door. Slide it under the ply and line it up with drawer front,
remember to leave the little gap, press it down onto the glue and get a
screw through it in the middle like the drawer front. This lets you move
them about a bit to make sure the gap even along its length.
Once your happy with it being lined up, put the rest of your screws in
either end of ply through to the door and drawer front.
When this is done, leave to dry over night and in the morning you won't know
they'd ever been apart. No massive gaps between them. Nothing visible from
the front, apart from the drawer and door, and once fixed back into place on
the cupboard. Jobs done. :-))
It's a lot easier than trying to find metal plates and it's a whole lot
cheaper.
Good Luck with it.
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