How to optimally align doors?

  • Erstellt am 2016-04-24 16:02:31

Strahlemann-69

2016-04-24 16:02:31
  • #1
Hello everyone,

basically it is described in the Utrusta manual for the 125/153 degree hinges, but somehow I’m too stupid.
Which sequence has proven to be good for optimally aligning the hinges?
Let’s name the 3 screws per hinge from LEFT to RIGHT as "A-B-C", if the door is hinged on the LEFT side of the cabinet and the door is open.

First, I aligned all the parts that you screw onto the cabinet with "B" UP, then snapped the door in.
After going back and forth several times, I can’t get the doors to be flush/level at the top of the cabinet.

I’m probably just “blind from working”!

Heeelp! :)
 

Strahlemann-69

2016-04-24 16:55:36
  • #2
Just now, someone wrote me this instruction on Facebook....

"First check if the entire cabinet is in the water. Then turn A, B, C so that they are roughly equal. Hang the door. Now align A. If that fits, do C. If that fits, do B, and do it so that the door closes/stays closed by itself. Adjust the screws as evenly as possible, if you can. Work from top to bottom and relieve the door a bit when you screw on the hinges, since it’s hanging there. Repeat this as often as necessary until it fits."

It was from a kitchen installer..
 

IKEA-Experte

2016-04-24 17:33:24
  • #3
And, did it work with that? The doors do not close flush with the corpus at the top and bottom. The corpus protrudes about 1.5 mm each time.
 

Strahlemann-69

2016-04-24 17:58:16
  • #4
No, I am still working on the INSEL setup.

Oh, so it MUST be 1.5mm away from the top of the cover plate or from the side walls?
 

IKEA-Experte

2016-04-24 18:01:53
  • #5
Yes, because this way you always have a 3 mm wide gap between the doors, whether the cabinets are mounted side by side or one above the other.
 

Strahlemann-69

2016-04-24 18:35:32
  • #6
aha, great thanks.... :)
 

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