however when buying replacement kitchen doors, theymay be sized at 396mm, 496mm and so on, as the reduced sizing allows for thesmall gap in between each door. Draw a sketch or simple diagram of your kitchen units first,then measure each door and drawer, noting the sizes on your diagram.

Revitalizing your kitchen is a fairly straight forward tasks when kitchen base units are mostly of a standard size. Assuming that everything is 'standard' and you've made sure you've ordered the correct number of left and right opening doors to fit your existing kitchen base units, all you need to do is fit them.

Before ordering, double check that you've got the left andright opening doors correct before choosing which side you need the hinge holeson each of your kitchen doors ... A goodjoinery tip is to measure twice and cut once, but seeing as you won ' t beneeding a saw for this task, the tip is measure twice and buy once. As standard, kitchen door hinge holes are 35mmin in diameter and drilled 100mm from the top and bottom of the door. Assuming the order is correct, you can begin replacing each doorand drawer front one by one.Failing that, there are many 'how to' videos on you tube which will help. Refer to yourinitial sketch of your kitchen units and place each door and drawer front wherethey should go. The hinges, being an industry standard should fit in to the first drilled holes with no trouble, and all you ' ll notice is each door probablyisn't hanging straight. If the order is short or incorrect, it will be obvious with all the new kitchen doors placed where they're intended to go before you've fullyunpacked them. Common sense tells you that a 396mm door is designed to fit 400mm or 800mm kitchen base units, but the door widths may be berounded up by certain retailers.

On the unit side of the soul you'll find twoadjustment screws, just fiddle with these screws giving them ¼ to ½ a turneach, close the door and observe the affect using the narrow gap between thedoors as a guide.Carl S Liver A guide to fitting replacement kitchen doors Home Repair Articles | August 5, 2011 Revitalizing your kitchen is a fairly straight forward tasksince kitchen base units are mostly of a standard size. This means one can givetheir kitchen a new lease of life by simply replacing the cupboard doors anddrawer fronts with new ones rather than replacing all the units too. The first thing you need to ensure is the sizes of the doorsyou're replacing. Double check your existing kitchen doors comply with these standards before placing your order. Most kitchen units are in standard widths of 400mm, pipe fittings 500mm, 600mm, 800mm and 1000mm

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