Hinges for corner kitchen cabinets. Furniture hinges

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The main task of furniture hinges is to ensure the opening of the doors under right angle. The trust of buyers was won by hinges furniture with the closer. Their peculiarity is the performance of three functions simultaneously: the action of the lever system, the tasks of a standard hinge, and the provision of structural resistance in the open position.

In the body of the hinge with a door closer there is a cylinder with a spring embedded in it. When the sash is opened, the spring is compressed, and when closed, it straightens and exerts a force on the door. Due to the fact that the cylinder is filled with oil, the product works in damping mode, so the door leaf closes slowly and does not hit the jamb.

Varieties of hinges for furniture

Standard hinges for cabinets, bedside tables perform a protective function. They have high strength indicators, withstand dozens of work cycles. Basically, such a model as a “frog” is popular in installation. A distinctive parameter is to ensure the opening angle of the door from 90 to 160 degrees.

Card loops are products consisting of two plates connected by a special movable rod. They are made of steel (stainless steel) or brass. Card loops refer to standard type accessories.

Overhead loops have a non-standard "butterfly" shape. A feature of this type of product is the absence of the need for sampling. Overhead loops - double-sided products that have plates.

Closer hinges provide:

automatic door operation;
adjust deceleration;
closing speed.

Hinges with closers for doors are distinguished by ergonomics, slamming damping, and the function of fixing the position of the door. Such hinges with closers for the kitchen - best option, providing noiselessness of process of closing/opening of a door. In addition, the convenience of using the facades of the structure after mounting such a product is ensured.

In the TBM-Market catalog you will find a large selection of hinges with a closer for doors, represented by products trademarks Firmax, FGV, etc. Depending on the design of furniture modules, we can choose products for overlay, inset and adjacent doors, as well as for corner leaves with an angle of 30° to 135° (45°). For search purposes additional elements for proper installation, we recommend visiting the section "Furniture Fasteners".

Without such an element as a furniture hinge, we will not be able to open or close the cabinet doors. It is an important part of furniture. Whether it's a wardrobe, bedside table, sideboard or table, with the help of hinges we can open the doors up, down, to the sides at a certain angle. Now there are many types of this furniture fittings, its choice is simply huge.

Without such an element as a furniture hinge, we will not be able to open or close the cabinet doors.

Their installation is quite complicated, it is better if the installation is carried out by a specialist.

What are furniture hinges? This is a mechanism attached to the wall and facade of the furniture, with its help the doors can be opened at a specific angle. Such loops differ in structure, fastening system, they perform different functions.

When the doors are closed, they are invisible.

Many manufacturers of furniture hinges produce low-quality fittings, as they want to save on production.

Today, four-hinged hinges are common. This design is quite unpretentious and durable, easy to install. This mechanism is so solid that you can open and close furniture doors endlessly. Its adjustment is allowed in three planes. The composition of the four-hinged loop includes such elements as:

mounting plate,
cup,
shoulder.

Detachable are divided into left and right - this is how they differ from universal ones, which are fixed on a facade that opens in any direction.

To purchase a quality product, you should look at the thickness of the metal.

The hinges are mounted to the facade with a cup, and mounting plate attached to the furniture box. The whole mechanism is fixed on self-tapping screws. The shoulder serves as a kind of handle and a link between the mounting plate and the cup. All elements are interconnected by a four-hinged mechanism. There is an adjusting screw in the bar, it allows you to adjust the facade in relation to the base.

Now there are many types of this furniture fittings, its choice is simply huge.

To choose furniture hinges, you need to consider how you will mount them.

Types of furniture hinges

This type of fittings, such as furniture hinges, which are currently produced, used in the assembly of furniture and which can be bought at any hardware store, are divided into groups presented in the table.

Types of loops	Description
Overhead.	This variety allows you to thoroughly connect the doors to the base at an angle of 90 degrees. It is used everywhere, in many pieces of furniture.
Semi overhead.	Such loops, in comparison with overhead ones, differ in that they have a slight bend in structure. As a rule, they are used if several facades must be mounted on one wall of furniture.
Internal or, as they are also called, loose.	They are quite similar in appearance to semi-overlays, but with their help, the sashes are mounted inside the base.
Corner.	Installed on corner views furniture, doors are attached to the base at a certain angle. Such hinges allow you to open the sash at 30, 45, 90, 135, 175 degrees.
adit.	This type of hinge fastens the doors with a false panel. They are mainly used in the assembly of kitchen sets, namely, sink cabinets. They are also mounted to the base, placed right against the wall.
Inverse.	Allows doors to be opened 180 degrees.
Piano.	This type of loop was produced a long time ago - back in the days Soviet Union. Now they are rarely seen anywhere, except perhaps on old interior items. They were considered the most durable.
Card.	They are similar to pianos, the mechanism consists of two plates synchronously mounted on a hinge. They are used when it is necessary to make furniture in retro style.
Mezzanine.	Mezzanine. This type of hinge is used for facades that open vertically. Mostly mounted on kitchen cabinets.
Secretory.	They are similar to card or piano. They are used in such types of furniture, where the door is located horizontally and must open downwards.
Card.	They are mainly used in the manufacture of folding tables. In this case, the sash can open 180 degrees.

What are furniture hinges?

Many pay attention to where they were made.

There are many types of furniture hinges. This element of fittings, currently produced, is divided into types that differ from each other in some ways:

firstly, the place where the hinges should be mounted;
secondly, raw materials intended for manufacturing;
thirdly, the detachability of the structure;
fourthly, the method of fixation;
fifth, hallmark mechanism.

Among other things, they are divided into detachable and universal, they differ in strength.

It is important to pay attention to the product certificate, whether the head office controls the production.

By category, they can be divided into overhead and mortise, have a card structure, are fixed to the base and to the facade. The difference is that for mortise hinges you need to make a slight recess where the plate should be placed. Among other things, they are divided into detachable and universal, they differ in strength. Universal look hinges can withstand a substantial load, which means that the likelihood of doors settling in the future will be significantly reduced. Detachable are divided into left and right - this is how they differ from universal ones, which are fixed on a facade that opens in any direction.

The difference is that for mortise hinges you need to make a slight recess where the plate should be placed.

Screw-in hinges consist of two proportionate parts, which are cylinders, they have holes for self-tapping screws. Such hinges are installed on any doors. But they have a drawback - the doors attached to the screw hinges cannot be removed. The most common option is hidden loops. When the doors are closed, they are invisible. Mounted on any facade and have a universal mechanism - three rotary axes. Their installation is quite complicated, it is better if the installation is carried out by a specialist. You can also find a double-sided type of loops. It allows the sashes to open both outward and inward.

By category, they can be divided into overhead and mortise, have a card structure, are fixed to the base and to the facade.

To properly install, you will need a tape measure, an awl, a drill, a screwdriver or a screwdriver, a Forstner drill, self-tapping screws.

Whatever the type of hinges, they must be strong and durable - these are the main qualities that you need to remember when choosing furniture hinges.

Such loops differ in structure, fastening system, they perform different functions.

Types of furniture hinges can be different, and their installation does not present any difficulties, all the work can be done at home.

How to choose furniture hinges

Many manufacturers of furniture hinges produce low-quality fittings, as they want to save on production. To purchase a quality product, you should look at the thickness of the metal. If it is thin, it is better to refuse the purchase. It is worth paying attention to the price equivalent - it is better not to buy cheap accessories. The quantity of the product is based on the size of the facade and what is its mass. The hinges must be strong, it depends on how long they can last.

This type of fittings, such as furniture hinges, are currently produced, used in the assembly of furniture.

You can easily replace old fittings with new ones yourself, and the furniture will last for a long time.

To choose furniture hinges, you need to consider how you will mount them. Many pay attention to where they were made. After all, most of the accessories are made in China, and there, as you know, they are made under different brands, including well-known ones. It is important to pay attention to the product certificate, whether the head office controls production, since most popular companies open branches in China.

There are many types of furniture hinges.

Typically, furniture manufacturers carefully choose fittings, prefer brands that have characterized themselves on the positive side.

All elements are interconnected by a four-hinged mechanism.

How to use furniture hinges correctly

In order for the doors to close and open smoothly, there were no gaps between the base and the facade, and the sashes were attached fairly evenly, it is necessary to correctly mount the furniture hinges. As you know, the hinges have cups of different diameters - it is this part of the structure that is inserted into the recess drilled in the wood. The most popular have a diameter of 35 millimeters.

The hinges are mounted to the facade with a cup, and the mounting plate is attached to the furniture box.

To properly install, you will need a tape measure, an awl, a drill, a screwdriver or a screwdriver, a Forstner drill, self-tapping screws. But the first thing you need to do is markup and determine the center of the future deepening. It is necessary that from the cup to the edge of the door was 5 mm or from the edge to the middle of the notch - 23 mm. Now we drill the opening to such a depth that the cup completely enters there, the main thing is not to drill through the material. We place the hinges in the prepared facade and, if necessary, equalize the bar. When everything is aligned, the bar sits like a glove, we attach it to the screws with a screwdriver or a screwdriver.

This design is quite unpretentious and durable, easy to install.

As you can see, the types of furniture hinges can be different, and their installation does not present any difficulties, all the work can be done at home. In such cases, when the doors are skewed, they begin to creak, you can easily replace the old fittings with new ones yourself, and the furniture will last for a long time.

Today, four-hinged hinges are common.

VIDEO: Furniture hinges, review, adjustment

Ease of use of kitchen furniture, its reliability and even design is largely determined by kitchen fittings. Manufacturers constantly offer, in addition to the existing ones, new types of furniture hinges, handles, lifting and sliding mechanisms, baskets and other useful devices that improve the functionality and increase the comfort level of furniture. We hope that our review of kitchen fittings will be useful to those readers who are faced with the problem of designing kitchen furniture and choosing components.

For installation kitchen cabinets the lower row and column cabinets use height-adjustable supports, this allows you to align the furniture strictly horizontally, regardless of the floor level. There is a free space under the furniture where communications can be placed. Depending on the level at which the work surface should be, use supports of various heights, from 100 to 170 mm. Relative to the nominal height, the support can be adjusted by 10 mm plus (higher) or minus (lower). As a rule, this is enough to compensate for the curvature of the floor, if any.

Size range of supports for kitchen cabinets

The supports also serve to fix the plinth. Fasten the plinth panel on quick-release latches.

Adjustable foot kit includes fasteners for plinth panels of various types

In the case when the space under the cabinets remains open, use supports with a more attractive appearance.

Chrome-plated adjustable feet without fixings fit in a kitchen without a plinth

For wall dining tables, bar counters and kitchen islands, not based on the bottom row of pedestals, also often use adjustable supports. They are distinguished by an improved design, a larger footprint and a large adjustment range, 2-4 cm in each direction.

Among supports for countertops and bar counters, three heights are more common: 710 mm for dining table, 820 mm for worktop (low bar) 1100 mm for high bar

Furniture ties

To connect the external elements of the cabinet and stationary shelves, a furniture euro screw (euro screw, confirmation, screw screed) is used. It is good because it is quickly and easily installed, including at an angle. Yes, and it's inexpensive. The negative point is that the screw screed is not designed for repeated disassembly and assembly of furniture, which, however, for home cooking usually doesn't matter.

Confirmation screed is installed at the ends of the side walls of the cabinet

It is impossible to drill holes for a European screw with a conventional drill, for this only a special one is used, with an expansion of the diameter at the base, repeating the configuration of the confirmation.

For the installation of euro couplers, you will need a special drill and a nozzle for a screwdriver or a hex key

It is necessary to interconnect not only the cabinet elements, but also the cabinets themselves (modules, sections). Both lower and upper, combining them into a connected structure. This is done with the help of intersection screeds, which connect adjacent cabinets through holes drilled in the walls.

Intersection tie - a connecting screw of adjustable length, it can be used to fix elements (in our case, the side walls of the modules) of different thicknesses

Fixing wall cabinets to the wall

The upper cabinets of a modern kitchen are hung on a common mounting rail (bar) using special devices - hinges. The rail, the length of which is equal to the length of the entire top row of cabinets, is fixed securely and strictly horizontally.

A mounting rail common to all cabinets greatly simplifies their installation.

The mounting rail has special holes for hooks, which are available on the hinges. In upper cabinets modern kitchens, as a rule, hinges are already installed. If not, it’s easy to put them on, you just need to make a small hole in the back wall. The design of the hinge allows you to adjust the pressure of the locker against the wall, makes it possible to raise or lower it by a few millimeters.

Hinge mechanism with decorative cover removed. The top screw adjusts the height of the cabinet, the bottom screw adjusts the depth (degree of pressing against the wall)

When using rails and hinges, it is desirable that in the upper cabinets back wall was inserted into the grooves with a slight depth, and not fixed over the back of the case.

Upper cabinets with a fiberboard back wall slightly offset inward (on the right) will be pressed against the wall more tightly

Furniture hinges

Hinges on the facades of cabinets, which ensure their opening to the side - this is the kitchen fittings that we deal with all the time. In an average family for a day kitchen doors open and close hundreds of times. Hinges intended for kitchen furniture must have a high resource, open with minimal effort and silently. Of all the existing types of kitchen hinges, four-hinged mortise hinges are best suited.

Four-hinged furniture hinges

The vast majority of modern kitchens are equipped with four hinged furniture hinges. The presence of several hinges provides a shifted movement of the hinge relative to the axis of rotation. When opening, the door goes forward a little and to the side, towards the center of the cabinet. Due to this, it does not touch the edge of the neighboring one, even if the distance between adjacent facades in the closed state is minimal - 3-4 mm. A flat spring in such a hinge provides not only automatic closing of the door at a small opening angle, but also its tight clamping in the closed state.

Four-hinged hinges are not visible from the outside, so they do not affect the design of the furniture in any way. The design of the hinge allows you to adjust the position of the facades in all directions, correct horizontal and vertical deviations.

Four hinges allow you to adjust the position of the doors in all directions

Adjustable hinges make it possible to very accurately, with equal and minimal gaps, distribute the facades on the front surface of the furniture. In this case, the cases of cabinets are practically not visible.

Kitchen furniture in the European tradition: the doors completely close the cabinets, the gaps between the facades are minimal

It should be mentioned that in the North American tradition, a different principle is used for hanging facades on cabinets. Unlike the European system, where the door is superimposed on the cabinet, closing the ends of its walls, in the USA and Canada the facade is often inserted into the cabinet flush with its body.

Kitchen furniture in the European tradition: the doors are placed inside the cabinet, the ends of which are visible

When installing a mortise hinge on the side of the cabinet, a cruciform mounting platform is screwed, and on the door, in a pre-drilled blind hole with a diameter of 35 mm insert a cup with a hinged spring mechanism. In budget hinges, the base of the mechanism is inserted into the platform with a groove and screwed on.

Scheme of installation of four hinged hinges with mounting the mechanism in the groove

The more expensive hinges snap into place in one motion, removing them is just as easy.

In this loop, the body snaps into place, the spring retainer and the hole for it are highlighted in red

As a rule, hinges are installed in production, but you can do it yourself. This will require a special drill and accuracy when marking.

Forstner drill, designed to select a blind hole for a cup of a mortise hinge

Overlay of four-hinged loops

Depending on the degree of imposition on the cabinet body, mortise hinges are divided into three types:

Overhead - designed for doors of standard cabinets that have a full-fledged body, closed on all sides. That is, the locker has side walls, a bottom and a plate or plank on top. Most modern kitchens are assembled from such cabinets. The facade should close the end of the side wall, so the influx of the door is the maximum possible, taking into account the gap between adjacent facades.

The semi-laid-on loop closes only half of the end of the wall, again, taking into account the gap. It is intended for cases when they "saved" on one of the walls by mounting two (or more) cabinets on the same bottom and in one full-sized case, separating them with a partition. Accordingly, one wall-partition closes two doors. The solution is not typical, more common in furniture individual design and manufacturing.

The inset hinge is designed for kitchen furniture made in the North American tradition, which we mentioned above. The door is placed inside the cabinet body without closing its ends.

Overhead, semi-overlay and inset hinges are designed for cabinets various designs

Opening angles of four-hinged hinges for standard rectangular cabinets

The furniture hinge provides opening of a door on a certain angle. A standard rectangular kitchen cabinet in most cases is equipped with a hinge that opens perpendicular to the facade, at a right angle. To be more precise, a little more than a straight line - most manufacturers make standard hinges with a 95º opening.

The standard hinge ensures that the door opens at a right angle or a little more

Such an opening is suitable for typical lower-row cabinets, but it is not always convenient for the upper ones, especially those that are most often used. the dishes are washed. There is a risk that one of the owners will be injured by hitting his head on the edge of the facade sticking out forward.

But if the door is equipped with a full-opening hinge and rotates at an angle approaching 180º (165º if there are protruding handles on the facades), the open cabinet becomes safe from injury. Also, full disclosure hinges are used for cabinets with doors that have sliding elements.

The full opening hinge has an angle of rotation close to 180º, the open door will be parallel to the facade. At the same time, it is pushed forward and does not touch the adjacent door.

Opening angles of four-hinged hinges for custom-shaped cabinets

For cabinets non-standard shape hinges that open doors at a right angle are often not suitable. For example, it is much more convenient if the door of a corner trapezoid cabinet is on L-shaped kitchen will open to a larger angle (135º). In a rectangular corner cabinet with a “pocket”, the hinge is mounted on a wall (false panel) parallel to the facade, therefore it should open at an angle approximately equal to 270º.

Corner cabinet doors with a "pocket" will require hinges with an opening angle of about 270º

And for the folding door of the L-shaped corner cabinet, you will need two types of hinges of various designs

Folding doors require hinges with different opening angles

Fittings for custom-shaped kitchen cabinets should be selected in such a way that the opening angle of the facades provides maximum access to the contents of the shelves.

Hinges according to the opening angle must be selected taking into account the design of the cabinet

When selecting hinges, the buyer may encounter confusion caused by differences in methods for determining the opening angle. There are two methods: at the first, the nominal opening angle of the hinge is indicated, from closed to fully open state. With the second method, the value is subtracted from the real value of the opening of the loop right angle. This value is called the installation angle and for a standard 90º hinge, its value is 0º. Thus, hinges with an opening of 45º, 90º, 120º, 165º, 180º, 270º have installation angles, respectively: -45º, 0º, 30º, 75º, 90º, 180º.

On sale you can find many models of four-hinged hinges with the most different angles openings to fit almost any custom cabinet design. However, there are situations when the existing models are not enough. As a rule, these are furniture of individual design and construction, where the front of the kitchen does not bend at a right angle. In this case, the opening angle of the door can be changed by installing an additional wedge-shaped spacer under the cross-shaped hinge bar.

A wedge-shaped platform installed under the hinge bar changes the opening angle of the door

Mortise hinges with closers

Most (but not all) four-hinged hinges have a flat spring that automatically closes the cabinet door. If you do not hold it, the door will knock on the cabinet body with an unpleasant sound. The silicone pad, which is usually glued to the back of the facade or the end of the cabinet, only partially solves the problem. Door closers for the kitchen, mounted on mortise hinges, slow down the movement in the last stage of closing, it is soft and silent. In addition, it is easy enough to push the door so that it begins to close.

Furniture hinge with integrated spring closer

Another interesting device that is worth mentioning is the door opening system by pressing them. To implement this solution, a cylinder with a button is installed on the cabinet body opposite the hinge, and a magnetic plate is installed on the door. The cylinder makes the closing of the facade soft, partly also performing the function of a door closer.

If the cabinet is equipped with a mechanism for opening and closing the doors by pressing, there is no need for a door closer

Traditional types of furniture hinges

Until the 60s of the XX century, traditional hinges were used for kitchen furniture. open type with one hinge, in many ways similar to the door.

Traditional single-hinged hinges can be attached to the plane of the walls and doors (card type) or to their ends (pin type)

Such hinges "do not know how" to automatically close and press the doors. To ensure that the doors open at an angle significantly exceeding 90º, the facades of adjacent cabinets have to be placed at a considerable distance. The use of traditional single-hinged hinges with their inherent disadvantages is justified for kitchen furniture made in a pronounced traditional style. Properly selected open loops serve as an element of external decor.

An open pin-type hinge serves not only as a functional element, but also as a decoration for kitchen furniture made in traditional style

Retractable storage systems

The lower tier is much more convenient to store kitchen utensils in drawers than in cabinets with shelves. There is no need to bend low, quick access is provided to the entire depth of the cabinet, things are arranged systematically, and there are actually more of them. The only drawback of sliding systems is their higher cost compared to conventional cabinets. In budget furniture we will not see a large number drawers, but the lower level of an elite kitchen can consist entirely of retractable elements. The horizontal movement of such storage systems is provided by guiding mechanisms.

It is much more convenient to store kitchen utensils and use them in drawers than on shelves.

Guides for drawer systems

There are two types of drawer mechanisms: roller and ball:

In roller guides oncoming traffic skids are provided by two polymer wheels - rollers. Due to the special shape of the guides, the drawer is pressed against the cabinet in the final stage of closing - an analogue of a door closer. Roller guides do not push the drawer to the end, its contents at the far end will have to be groped by hand. The rollers do not provide ideal smoothness, but they are cheap. This is a perfectly acceptable solution for budget furniture.

Inexpensive roller guides can be matched to the drawer of almost any depth

Ball guides are completely devoid of the disadvantages of roller guides. They are a linear telescopic bearing: steel balls are located between the moving guides in two rows. The strong steel telescopic design is very durable and can withstand considerable weight. Several dozen small diameter balls provide smooth and silent movement. Ball guides, consisting of two telescopic elements, do not pull out the drawer to the end, like roller guides. But guides with three elements allow you to pull the drawer out of the cabinet completely.

In the illustration above - full extension ball guides, designed for a large load. From below - guides for average loading of partial promotion

AT basic version ball guides do not have closers, but options are available with a mechanism that provides smooth automatic closing drawer.

Ball guide with soft close, automatic mechanism is activated when the drawer is pushed in more than three quarters

Drawer options

The most common sliding systems are ordinary drawers (drawers) on roller or ball guides. They can have a body made of conventional laminated chipboard or a metal frame.

Full extension drawer with a metal frame, which serves as one of the elements of a special ball guide

Mesh baskets can be used instead of a box with solid walls, but general scheme this does not change - the guides are installed horizontally on both sides of the retractable system.

Retractable dryer for large-sized dishes, located in the lower tier of cabinets

Retractable cutting boards and mini-tables are arranged according to the same principle.

Large and convenient retractable cutting board when folded it takes up almost no space

Another option for the layout of retractable systems is cargo baskets (bottles), where mesh baskets are installed at several levels and represent a single structure with the cabinet door. If the cargo is wide enough (from 30 cm), the guides are installed, as for boxes, on both sides of the lower basket. For narrow bottle holders, ball mechanisms are placed vertically only on one side of the baskets, one above the other.

Cargo for a tall cabinet with single-sided rails

Swivel and swing-out systems

For corner cabinets, where access to the blind half is difficult, they came up with rotary mechanisms to store utensils. Widely known are "carousels", where mesh shelves rotate around the central axis in the form of sectors of a circle corresponding to the configuration of the cabinet. Convenient, but not very rational, because the corners remain unused.

Swivel "carousel" - the radius shape of the shelves does not make it possible to use the corners of the cabinet

This shortcoming is deprived of turn-and-slide systems designed for corner furniture. With this solution, there are two sections of two-level baskets: one, integrated with the door, moves along a complex trajectory, simultaneously sliding on the skids and turning. The second section is pulled out of the blind part of the cabinet to the place of the first one that has left, where access is provided to it.

Swing-out storage system for corner cabinet, its entire area is used

Lifting mechanisms for upper level cabinets

AT top row cabinets with wide lifting doors are often more convenient than conventional ones that open to the side. A large space is available, adjacent doors do not overlap each other, do not interfere with a person. Wide and low horizontal doors are in harmony with the sliding systems of the lower row, perfectly fitting into the trendy minimalist style. The only drawback of the "lifters" is a considerable price compared to conventional hinges.

Lift mechanisms can be lever-spring or pneumatic (gas lifts). The latter use gas-filled shock absorbers for exceptional ride comfort. The standard lift also works as a closer and completes the movement itself, stopping only fully open or closed. The friction lift can be stopped half-open in any position, which is convenient for tall cabinets. Functionally lifting mechanisms for kitchen cabinets can be divided into three groups:

Swivel lifts - the door rises around the axis located on top. Not an ideal solution: it is inconvenient for a short person to close the locker, a tall person can hit his head on the door

Lever-spring swivel lift, for opening and closing the door, you need to apply some force

Vertical lifts - the door slides vertically parallel to the facade. Safety solution.

Vertical lift - suitable solution for low cabinets

Folding lifts - the door describes a complex trajectory, the handle is low, while the cabinet space is well accessible. Cabinets can be quite high, it’s easy to reach the handle

For a person of short stature or with tall cabinets, a folding lift is more convenient than a rotary or vertical one: the door handle is located lower, you do not need to reach for it to close the door

Lifts for folding doors are not inferior to folding doors in terms of ease of use, but the cabinet can be made even higher by gaining free access to the shelves. Most convenient solution, the most expensive mechanisms.

Folding lifting doors - the most convenient solution for the upper tier

All types of mechanisms, except for rotary ones, can be equipped with a system for opening doors from pressing and electric servo drives.

Door handles

Handles - front accessories, an active design element. We will not consider in this article various types of furniture handles, because they are noticeably different visually, but functionally they are identical.

Facial fittings for the kitchen are extremely diverse, the photo shows only a tiny part of the range offered.

However, it is necessary to mention alternative door opening systems that do not have handles:

Integrated handles for the kitchen are a groove on the top or bottom of the door, which can be grabbed like a handle. A special aluminum or polymer profile is installed on the door or a groove is milled directly into the facade material.

The profile selected at the top of the door replaces the handle when opened

The solution is quite convenient, you just need to leave a place for a grip above the door. Furniture without handles is ideally combined with the interior, made in the spirit of fashionable minimalism.

Above or below the integrated handles, free space must be left for the hand.

The push-to-open systems we already mentioned - no handles needed. We recommend for such cases to choose furniture with matte surface doors. It does not leave fingerprints, unlike glass and gloss.

On the glass door, opened by pressing, distinct fingerprints will always be visible. For this case, it is better to choose a matte facade

Prices for accessories for the kitchen

The cost of furniture fittings directly depends on its type and quality. For example, a standard domestic or Chinese-made furniture hinge costs only $0.25, $0.5 per cabinet. More or less decent roller guides for a drawer - from $ 1.25 per set, ball - from $ 4 per set. The presence of closers and other amenities will significantly increase the price. A simple lifting mechanism for a swing lift starts at $30, for folding doors from $70. You need to understand that cheap products are designed for light doors, they are unlikely to work perfectly and will not last very long. Those who wish to purchase reliable high-quality fittings from well-known manufacturers should be prepared to pay many times more.

We talked only about the main types of modern fittings for kitchen furniture. Much has been left "behind the scenes", interesting new items will definitely appear in the near future. For most readers, the available information is enough to start designing a kitchen and selecting equipment. Having decided in in general terms with wishes, with specific questions, it makes sense to contact the furniture manufacturer or to the salon, where professional designer will help make dreams come true.

Today in connection with dynamic development new technologies, the requirements for the design and manufacture of products intended for furnishing premises have increased. Modern and functional steel and furniture hinges, the varieties of which are diverse, on which the durability of household items depends, when using it. Properly chosen fittings give strength to furniture, transfer it to a higher design level.

Today, the carrier attachment mechanism for modern furniture produced in a wide range. A variety of furniture hinges, their versatility makes it possible to enjoy using kitchen sets, bedside tables, to easily close, open drawers, cabinets, doors. Furniture hinges according to their purpose, design features, installation are divided into types:

invoices;
semi-overhead;
internal;
corner;
inverse;
piano;
card;
mezzanine;
secretory;
galleries;
card;
pendulum;
heel.

Overhead and semi-overhead

Classic locking mechanisms are used for furniture , entrance and interior doors . It has a different shape , size , well withstands the load . They provide free opening and closing of the cabinet door at an angle of 90, maintain the doors at the right level, and prevent warping. Hinges are attached to the cabinet with the main part to the side inner wall of the furniture.

Furniture holders differ from overhead holders by the bend of the base. The mechanism is fixed when it is necessary to mount two doors at once on one of the side wings, opening in different directions. Typically, such hinges are used for kitchen sets.

Semi overhead

Semi-overhead and cap

Semi overhead

Overhead

Internal and corner

Furniture fittings have a general resemblance to a semi-overlay hinge, but with a deeper bend, fastened inside the body of the product, ideal for wooden cabinet doors, heavy cabinet doors. The mechanisms are attached at different angles to furniture doors, are widely used for corner cabinets, have a different configuration depending on the intersection of the installation planes. Corner hinges are produced for installation at an angle of 30°, 45°, 90°, 135°, 175°. They can have built-in or separate closers, allowing the door to be smoothly torn off.

Internal

Inverse and piano

180 degree furniture connection, widely used for doors of built-in bedside tables and wardrobes. The hinge securely connects the side post and door in a straight line.

The connecting holder consists of two perforated plates movably fastened to each other. Despite the fact that the furniture hinge is considered an outdated option, it is installed on hinged facades, in other products.

piano loops

piano

Inverse

Card

The hinge for connecting furniture elements is similar in design to a piano mount. Fittings, consisting of two parallel plates connected by a hinge, are attached to the facade and the box through holes located along the edges. The mechanism has different size, are mainly used for furniture design in retro style, jewelry boxes.

Mezzanine and secretory

The hinge is similar to a surface mount, installed on the doors of kitchen hanging cabinets. Fixed for vertical opening. Its main element is the spring.

Furniture hinges are designed for small desks with a folding board and front walls of cabinet furniture. A feature of the mechanism is double adjustment, the presence of a secretory bracket, convenient standard milling of holes with a diameter of 35 mm.

Secretory

Mezzanine

Gallery and ombre

The hinge, by its design, is considered the most popular fastener when it is necessary to connect the facade to the false panel at an angle of 90 °. The fittings allow doors of any size and shape to close easily, silently.

Furniture holder designed for folding fronts, most often used in the production of kitchen tables. It is fixed at the ends of the connecting parts of the structure, which allows you to open the door 180 degrees.

galleries

Ombre

Pendulum and heel

The main feature of the fastening is the ability to open the structure in different directions. The mechanism, being a kind of door fittings, ensures the opening of doors by 180 degrees. The hinge has a highly specialized application, during installation, it requires correct and precise compliance with the instructions.

A simple type of hinge is mounted at the top and bottom corners of the box, fixed with small cylindrical rods. The mechanism works on the principle of hinged canopies. They are used in the manufacture of kitchen cabinets with low weight doors for small spaces. The installation of hinges on glass facades is considered.

Heel

pendulum

Manufacturing materials

An important requirement for all furniture fittings is their compliance with safety standards. Simple auxiliary products, providing the movable movement of furniture parts, are made using a special technology using various materials. In the manufacture of a connecting fastener, the manufacturer takes into account the types and significance furniture products based on this, the desired mount is selected.

When choosing hinges, it is necessary to take into account their basic characteristics - the quality of the material, their functionality, versatility, appearance models. The most popular and in demand are connecting mechanisms made of brass and steel. They are considered the most reliable, durable, resistant to corrosion, have good sliding, and are not deformed.

An important point of the versatility and quality of the product is simple installation, the ability to adjust furniture hinges. Modern fastening structures allow you to adjust the facade in a vertical, horizontal and depth plane. Various types The settings are shown in the video.

Installation and adjustment

To properly install furniture fittings, no special knowledge is required, the main thing is to follow the rules and recommendations that come with the purchase of the product. Before starting work, it is necessary to familiarize yourself with the holder device, its advantages and capabilities. Before you install furniture hinges yourself, you need to choose a rational approach to work, these are:

prepare the necessary tools;
make markup;
drill the necessary holes;
install the loop and adjust.

Before installing the hinges, it is necessary to take into account the features of the process. When marking, adhere to accuracy in distance so that after installing the loops they do not come into contact. Furniture fasteners must be on the same axis. To do this, use the building level for alignment.

When making the depth of the holes, it is necessary to take into account the thickness of the material from which the furniture is made.

The final stage of installation is the adjustment of fittings. The adjustment procedure requires a responsible attitude, because how correctly the adjustment will be carried out depends on the functionality of the furniture. One way to correct this in depth is to press or loosen the front against the body. By twisting the oval holes, you can tighten the facade during sagging. Lateral adjustment helps to avoid cracks, gaps between the facade and the box.

Basic fittings for assembly furniture cabinets are door hinges, which are various kinds and designs. The most commonly used are four-hinged hinges, which are highly reliable and able to work long time. Four-hinged hinges can be straight (standard opening angle 90º) and angled. The furniture corner hinge is designed exclusively for corner cabinets.

How to choose corner hinges

To select corner hinges for furniture doors, you need to determine:

loop type;
desired opening angle.

Types of loops

Corner hinges for furniture can be:

All types of furniture hinges of the angular type have a number of features:

The type of furniture hinge should be determined based on the location of the cabinet door and the availability of additional features.

Determining the opening angle

The standard opening angle of furniture hinges is an angle of 95º-110º. If it is necessary to increase or decrease the opening angle of the cabinet door, then the installation of corner furniture hinges is required.

Each corner loop is marked with a sign:

plus if the opening angle exceeds the standard. For example, a 45+ angle hinge means that the door can be opened 135º;
minus if, with the hinge installed, the door will open at an angle of less than 90º. For example, a -45 hinge contributes to opening the door by 45º.

On sale you can find corner hinges with a step of 5º. If an opening angle not a multiple of 5º is required, then when installing the hinge, additional overlays are mounted, allowing you to independently change the angle specified by the parameters.

To determine which hinge is required to install the corner cabinet doors, use a special scale called the Pythagoras goniometer.

The principle of working with the scale is extremely simple:

the flat part of the goniometer is attached to the cabinet box on the side where the hinge is supposed to be installed;
the scale on the tool will tell you exactly what angle you need to purchase a loop. Wherein optimal value corner will be flush with the bottom side of the cabinet box.

How to install hinges

Corner furniture hinge consists of:

hinges, equipped with a cup, and housings with an installation groove;
response bar.

The hinge is installed on the door leaf, and the reciprocal plate - on the furniture body.

Installation of corner hinges is carried out according to the following scheme:

Markup. First of all, the place of the hinge on the door is determined. The optimal distance is 70-120 mm from the edges of the facade. Using a pencil and a ruler, mark the area for installing the hinge cup. The distance from the center of the cup to the edge of the door should be 20-22 mm.

Using a drill and a special nozzle, a hole for the cup is drilled. The depth of the groove must match the thickness of the hinge. Most often, it is enough to make a hole with a depth of 12.5 mm.

At the next stage, it is necessary to determine the location of the fasteners of the hinged part of the hinge. To do this, the loop is installed in the prepared hole and the locations of the fasteners are marked with a pencil.

The markup procedure can be simplified if you use a special template during installation.

Using a drill with a drill that is the most suitable for the diameter of the mounting bolts, holes for mounting are drilled.
The hinged part of the hinge is installed and attached to the door facade.

Next, the installation site of the reciprocal bar is marked. To carry out this operation, it is necessary to attach the cabinet door to the box and align its position. Using a pencil, the attachment points of the reciprocal bar are marked.

The marking of the attachment point of the reciprocal bar must be carried out very carefully with maximum accuracy. Any deviation from the specified location door leaf may lead to errors in the installation of the loop.

The marked holes are drilled.
The reciprocal plate is being fixed.

If necessary, make final adjustments.

The process of installing a furniture hinge is shown in the video.

The main aspect when choosing a corner hinge is to correctly determine the required opening angle. You can take measurements using the Pythagorean goniometer, which is either purchased at a store or simply printed on thick paper. Installation of a corner hinge does not differ from the installation scheme of other types of furniture hinges.

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