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[email protected] July 19th 20 01:39 PM

Wardrobe Door Hinge Placement
 
I'm just ordering some new wardrobe doors and they're drilling the hinge holes.

The doors are 2270mm long and they think 4 holes is correct for that size.

Then I realised I don't know really where they should be placed.

Is it equidistant. Should the hinge at the bottom be higher?

Does anyone know?
Thanks.

TimW July 19th 20 01:47 PM

Wardrobe Door Hinge Placement
 
On 19/07/2020 13:39, wrote:
I'm just ordering some new wardrobe doors and they're drilling the hinge holes.

The doors are 2270mm long and they think 4 holes is correct for that size.

Then I realised I don't know really where they should be placed.

Is it equidistant. Should the hinge at the bottom be higher?

Does anyone know?
Thanks.


Evenly spaced is good, especially if the door is a bit bendy. Top and
bottom hinges 100mm off the top and bottom, more if there's a reason for it.

TW

[email protected] July 19th 20 02:05 PM

Wardrobe Door Hinge Placement
 
On Sunday, 19 July 2020 13:39:55 UTC+1, wrote:
I'm just ordering some new wardrobe doors and they're drilling the
hinge holes.


They're guaranteed to put at least one hinge where it obstructs a shelf, pull-out basket, or similar.

Owain



Jeff Layman[_2_] July 19th 20 04:26 PM

Wardrobe Door Hinge Placement
 
On 19/07/2020 13:39, wrote:
I'm just ordering some new wardrobe doors and they're drilling the hinge holes.

The doors are 2270mm long and they think 4 holes is correct for that size.

Then I realised I don't know really where they should be placed.

Is it equidistant. Should the hinge at the bottom be higher?

Does anyone know?
Thanks.


Just checked ours (our doors are 2000 mm, not 2270, as there is a drawer
beneath each one). The doors are on an old Wickes fitted wardrobe which
was here when we moved in, maybe 15 - 20 years old?

The centres of the top and bottom hinges are about 90mm from the top and
bottom of each door. The next hinge is 695 mm from the bottom on all
four doors. The fourth hinge varies; from the top - 695 mm on three
doors, 800 on the other (there is a shelf where it would have gone if at
695 mm - there is a blanking plate over where a pre-drilled hole is at
that point.).

--
Jeff

Brian Gaff \(Sofa\) July 19th 20 06:19 PM

Wardrobe Door Hinge Placement
 
Not quite sure what you mean. Are these normal hinges or something like the
over designed kitchen cabinet sort?
Is the door heavy, bendy or flimsy?
Brian

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I'm just ordering some new wardrobe doors and they're drilling the hinge
holes.

The doors are 2270mm long and they think 4 holes is correct for that size.

Then I realised I don't know really where they should be placed.

Is it equidistant. Should the hinge at the bottom be higher?

Does anyone know?
Thanks.




Brian Gaff \(Sofa\) July 19th 20 06:21 PM

Wardrobe Door Hinge Placement
 
Yes of course, that is why they sell new baskets slightly different to the
original and put shelves on them little plastic push in wotsits that fall
out just when the shelf is full of heavy items.
Brian

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On Sunday, 19 July 2020 13:39:55 UTC+1, wrote:
I'm just ordering some new wardrobe doors and they're drilling the
hinge holes.


They're guaranteed to put at least one hinge where it obstructs a shelf,
pull-out basket, or similar.

Owain





[email protected] July 20th 20 09:45 AM

Wardrobe Door Hinge Placement
 

The doors are 2270mm long and they think 4 holes is correct for that size.

Then I realised I don't know really where they should be placed.

Is it equidistant. Should the hinge at the bottom be higher?

Does anyone know?
Thanks.


Just checked ours (our doors are 2000 mm, not 2270, as there is a drawer
beneath each one). The doors are on an old Wickes fitted wardrobe which
was here when we moved in, maybe 15 - 20 years old?

The centres of the top and bottom hinges are about 90mm from the top and
bottom of each door. The next hinge is 695 mm from the bottom on all
four doors. The fourth hinge varies; from the top - 695 mm on three
doors, 800 on the other (there is a shelf where it would have gone if at
695 mm - there is a blanking plate over where a pre-drilled hole is at
that point.).

--
Jeff


Thank you for doing that.

[email protected] July 20th 20 09:46 AM

Wardrobe Door Hinge Placement
 
On Sunday, 19 July 2020 18:19:52 UTC+1, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
Not quite sure what you mean. Are these normal hinges or something like the
over designed kitchen cabinet sort?
Is the door heavy, bendy or flimsy?
Brian

It'll be the kitchen door style hinges.
The door should be quite heavy or not flimsy. Typical wardrobe doors.


polygonum_on_google[_2_] July 20th 20 12:42 PM

Wardrobe Door Hinge Placement
 
On Monday, 20 July 2020 09:46:30 UTC+1, wrote:
On Sunday, 19 July 2020 18:19:52 UTC+1, Brian Gaff (Sofa) wrote:
Not quite sure what you mean. Are these normal hinges or something like the
over designed kitchen cabinet sort?
Is the door heavy, bendy or flimsy?
Brian

It'll be the kitchen door style hinges.
The door should be quite heavy or not flimsy. Typical wardrobe doors.


I'd think about looking at, say, Blum's website to see what they say.

Jeff Layman[_2_] July 20th 20 04:56 PM

Wardrobe Door Hinge Placement
 
On 20/07/2020 09:45, wrote:

The doors are 2270mm long and they think 4 holes is correct for that size.

Then I realised I don't know really where they should be placed.

Is it equidistant. Should the hinge at the bottom be higher?

Does anyone know?
Thanks.


Just checked ours (our doors are 2000 mm, not 2270, as there is a drawer
beneath each one). The doors are on an old Wickes fitted wardrobe which
was here when we moved in, maybe 15 - 20 years old?

The centres of the top and bottom hinges are about 90mm from the top and
bottom of each door. The next hinge is 695 mm from the bottom on all
four doors. The fourth hinge varies; from the top - 695 mm on three
doors, 800 on the other (there is a shelf where it would have gone if at
695 mm - there is a blanking plate over where a pre-drilled hole is at
that point.).

--
Jeff


Thank you for doing that.


You're welcome.

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Jeff


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