How To Drill Kitchen Door Hinge Holes

If you re installing a new hinge you should drill a correctly sized hole on the door using one of our hole cutter attachments you ll need to measure 21 5mm inwards from the edge of the door this leaves the hole 4mm from the edge of the door then the hole will need to be 12mm deep for the hinge cup to sit flush.

How to drill kitchen door hinge holes.

For use with a power drill to cut holes in chipboard cabinets. We drill the holes a standard 5mm in from the. Doors are usually shorter than the carcass by 2 5 mm at the top and another 2 5 mm at the bottom. Fire door strips seals.

Fit a kitchen worktop. Cabinet handles knobs. Once you drill the first holes then you can find out which holes in the template line up the best. The concealed hinge jig allows you to drill cup holes for concealed cabinet door hinges sometimes called euro hinges using just a drill.

Door hinge holes locations from a carcass. If the side of the door where the hinges are located is on your right this is a right hand hinged door. Fit a kitchen drawers. Door handles knobs.

In other words look at a cupboard in your kitchen straight on. Where you need the holes. Working out the top hinge hole locations from a carcass. This space is for clearance of worktops etc.

You need to know the thickness of the carcass these are mostly 18 mm thick or 15 mm thick. Fit a kitchen sink tap. Almost all kitchens use a standard 35mm concealed hinge so we already know the size of hole to drill.