Spectacular Installing Cabinet Pulls

We taped our template to another flat piece of wood to make it a little easier to hold still on the door while we marked the spot.

Installing cabinet pulls. Once youve got the holes for the pulls drilled you can simply grab the screws that come with the drawer pulls and install them. Place the bottom hardware hole 2 12 to 3 from the bottom of the door front. Temporarily Attach the Hardware.

How to Install Cabinet Hardware Use the Door Rail as a Guide. Bar pulls are screwed in by two feet-like projections. Weve freshened up our kitchen with new cabinets.

You will have a little leeway in your hardware placement if it looks off loosen the screw and position the knob or pull again and then re-tighten. Simply place the template horizontally from the bottom part of the door and use an awl to mark the holes. If your cabinets have slab doors without stiles cabinet pulls are usually 2 to 3 inches up from the bottom edge of the.

Wire pulls are screwed into the cabinet at its two ends. The location of knobs and pulls isnt written in stone but there are some standard. Ask This Old House general contractor Tom Silva gives tips on installing cabinet hardware accurately and consistentlySUBSCRIBE to This Old House.

Depending on the scale of your kitchen this process may take a couple of hours or most of your day. It just makes your DIY handle installation project easier. But as were doing this guide for the first-timers were trying to keep it as minimal and basic as possible.

If your cabinet doors have stiles also called framing cabinet pulls are usually 2 to 3 inches up from the bottom edge. I recommend centering them on the drawer fronts and. Most drawer knobs and pulls should come with two lengths of screws so you can choose which one works better for your cabinets generally you can expect that drawers will need the longer pulls and cabinets will need the shorter ones.