Adjustment of doors in a sliding wardrobe. Installing and adjusting the doors of the kitchen unit The gap between the cabinet doors

When arranging the premises, it is worth not only to think over a competent environment and stylish finishes, but also to choose comfortable furniture. When choosing furniture elements, especially cabinets, it is worth Special attention put on the door hinges. It is important that the structures can be opened and closed with ease. When assembling cabinets, you should carefully examine all the constituent elements, and it is better to adjust the hinges yourself to the required level. Such a process as adjusting the hinges on the cabinet doors is not at all complicated, the main thing is to carefully study all its features.

Adjustment of any type of wardrobe - wardrobe, kitchen, hallway, bathroom - ensures convenient use of this furniture. Usually required during the purchase of new furniture or when transporting old furniture items to a new location. It may also be required if the cabinet doors have become old and loose.

To tighten the loops, you do not need to have special skills, a lot of experience. Everything can be done independently, quickly and without much difficulty. The main thing is to have a curly screwdriver at hand.

Door adjustment is usually done in several ways. There are three options in total:

vertical;
performance of door height adjustment;
along the plane.

But to understand how to adjust correctly, you should carefully consider the features of each type.

vertical

Vertical adjustment is the process that usually starts with furniture fittings. Adjusting the hinges using this method is required when the door is in the wrong, crooked position, stands out from general view furniture design or if there are two doors, while one is higher than the other.

How to adjust doors vertical way. This adjustment option is made in 4 steps:

First, open the door leaf. We find loops, if there are plugs, then they need to be removed;
on the areas of the two loops, we tighten the bolts that are near the edge of the sidewall. These fasteners provide a vertical arrangement of the front part. At the very beginning, two bolts need to be placed at the same level, this will help to perform their correct adjustment;
then the door of the front part of the cabinet is closed. Carefully inspect the entire structure in space, this will help identify irregularities. If there is a slope upper corner to the right area, then on the upper loop it is necessary to tighten the adjustment bolt strongly, but on the lower one it should be loosened;
be sure to carefully check steps numbered 2 and 3. This must be done until the front part is in the normal position.

Once the vertical adjustment is completed, you can proceed to the next step - adjusting the height of the door. This process needs to be done correctly, first you need to study all its features.

Vertical Gap Adjustment

Adjusting the door height

Adjusting the location of the doors in height is provided by two screws that are mounted on two ears with an oblong shape. It is through these ears that a loop is stretched. So how do you adjust the doors with this option? The whole process is carried out according to the following scheme:

self-tapping screws with an adjusting design are loosened on the installed hinges;
if necessary, raise or lower the facade part of the structure. Next, tighten it;
tighten the screws, better not much, almost to the limit, without breaking the thread.

Before starting to adjust the position of the doors in height, it is required to select self-tapping screws with fine threads. These fasteners will be able to provide the necessary settings for the position of the front of the furniture.

Height adjustment with two screws

By plane

Adjusting the hinges allows you to change the location of the front of the furniture along the plane. This is required when there is a weak pressing of the door to the body of the furniture or if during pressing the door surface moves in the opposite direction.

This regulation step is carried out as follows:

if there is a weak pressing of the door or its bouncing, then it is necessary to scroll the second adjusting bolt, which is located in the hinge area;
you need to tighten the bolts in relation to yourself (enough 2-3 mm);
it is imperative to check whether there is a gap between the front part or the doors;
if necessary, further adjustment of the loops can be carried out.

When performing this stage, it is better to tighten the bolt more strongly. The point is that it is on this fastener holds a lot of furniture. When tightening, it is recommended to use a Phillips screwdriver. But the work must be done carefully, it is important not to rip off or damage the thread of the bolt.

Adjustment of the door leaves on the plane

Hardware care

We have already understood how to install, adjust the hinges, but it is important to keep these elements on long time. Be sure to be able to adjust, lubricate these components, this is what will help protect them from rapid wear.

the first adjustment of the hinge elements must be performed after they are screwed into place;
the amount and frequency of subsequent care will depend on the intensity of the use of furniture structures. If the doors do not open so often, then it will be enough to adjust the hinges 2-3 times a year, with frequent use it may not be enough even 4 times;
be sure to check regularly appearance the front part of the cabinets, if distortions are suddenly found, a low level of the porch, then it is necessary to make precise adjustment;
so that furniture fittings can long time to maintain their qualities, it is required to lubricate the hinges. You can lubricate engine oil with a mineral or synthetic composition;
in order not to hear noises, and also not to feel difficulties during the period of opening and closing cabinet doors, it is required to lubricate all hinges with engine oil once a year.

When adjusting, try to adjust three main parameters at once - indicators of height, plane and vertical. This will help prevent imbalances that can put heavy, uneven stress on the hinges.

Setting up the loops is not such a difficult matter, the whole process will take no more than 10 minutes on average. But at the same time, it will help to maintain the quality of the loops and the entire structure for a long time. The main thing - when adjusting the loops, do not forget about the recommendations and proper care for accessories.

WD-40 is suitable for hinge lubrication

Have you purchased the kitchen set of your dreams? And now, the long-awaited day has come! The furniture is delivered, the assembly is completed, and the facades in the closet hang crookedly or do not close at all. No need to rush to blame the manufacturer, make claims to the store or punish the installers. Most often, adjusting the cabinet doors will help you fix the problem.

Or maybe you decided to repair a closet that has already taken root in you and faced a similar problem? In any case, both old and new cabinet fronts can be adjusted. If you take your time and work gradually, it will become quite easy for you!

In cabinets, the displacement of facades, relative to each other or in height, even the slightest, as well as a misalignment of several millimeters, is already striking. In fact, there can be many reasons for such discrepancies.

It can be uneven floors, and a change in temperature or humidity in the room. Or maybe in the process of long-term operation on hinged doors just loosened hinge fasteners. A similar situation can occur if you rearranged furniture at home, or moved furniture during a move.

Note! The skew problem may arise due to correct installation furniture. This can be either incorrect assembly or installation on uneven surfaces. Using a level, be sure to check if the cabinet design is skewed, as well as the equality of its diagonals.

Before proceeding, decide whether it is really necessary to adjust the cabinet doors. This is usually required if you see an uneven gap between two leaves. In this case, you need to align them horizontally. If you see that one sash is located below the other, you will need to adjust them vertically, that is, in height.

How to adjust cabinet doors?

Adjust the facades of furniture in the bathroom or office, or maybe kitchen set, it would seem that, simple task, but the truth is that many people cannot do this on their own and immediately run to the phone to call professionals. Take your time to do this, because, like everything that needs to be fixed, your success will depend on your perseverance and diligence.

Here are some things to pay special attention to:

Close the closet and look very carefully for exactly where you need to make changes.
Open the sash, thereby providing yourself with access to the necessary hinges.
Next: Check the position of the bottom and sides of the furniture. This is easy to do with a level.
The bottom should be located strictly horizontally, and the walls, respectively, vertically. Otherwise, none of your further actions will lead to a positive result.

Facades of furniture are overhead and internal, and, of course, the design of the hinges can be different. However, for both cases, the regulation instruction is the same. There are several screws on the hinges that will allow you to fix minor imperfections yourself. All you need to get the job done is a Phillips screwdriver.

So what if:

one door is higher than the other;
uneven clearance;
doors that do not fit snugly against the cabinet.

Consider the case when the facades need to be adjusted along the vertical axis. In this case, two screws are used to fasten the loop to the wall. There are two on each loop. The screws are screwed into holes that have an oval shape, which allows you to move the facades up or down a few millimeters.

Which screws adjust the hinge in which direction?

Gradually loosen the screws while raising or lowering the fronts to the desired level. You may need to do this with all the hinges at once, so hold the door so it doesn't fall. Make sure both doors are at the same level. Tighten the screws only after the fronts are in the correct position.

If you see that the gap is too large or the end of the cabinet wall does not match the end of the facade, then the following instruction will come in handy. It is necessary to use the screw that is closer to the edge of the door in the hinge. Turning this screw will allow you to move the facade to the right or left as needed. Make sure that the gap matches the gaps between other furniture doors, if any, and be sure to be uniform.

If you see that one leaf is protruding from the other, get ready to work with the screw that is second from the leaf in the hinge. Gradually loosen or tighten it. It is this action that will help you plant the facades deeper or, on the contrary, push them a little forward.

Important!

If you happen to adjust the facades of the cabinet yourself, in no case do not rush! To make sure you're doing everything right, constantly close the door you're working on and look at the result.

This will allow you to correctly determine in which direction to act. Each direction of adjustment must be done in turn: finish your steps and check the result before proceeding to the next. When all work is done, make sure all screws are tight.

It is no secret that after installation and during the operation of furniture, the hinges shrink slightly along the facade. To restore the correct position of the door (facade) of the cabinet, it is necessary on facades.
1. Installation.

The side part of the hinge is slotted under the pre-mounted screw mounting plate and moves away from itself.
2. Upon completion of the adjustment, the loop is tightened onto the screw.
3. Dismantling is carried out in reverse order.

Loop adjustment.
State-of-the-art hinges provide three-dimensional adjustment to precisely position the door (front) in height, overlap and depth.
Overlay adjustment.

Turn the screw to the right: the overlap will decrease (-).
Turn the screw to the left: the overlap will increase (+).
These actions are performed to adjust the facades relative to each other (ensuring uniform gaps), and sidewalls.
Depth adjustment.

Loosen the fixing screw and adjust the distance between the door and the side of the cabinet. Then tighten the fixing screw again.
These actions are necessary if the front in the closed position does not lie evenly on the end of the sidewall or if the door slightly touches the sidewall when opening.
Height adjustment.

The most common type of furniture for storing things at present are systems with a sliding compartment system. When using it, an unbalance of the mechanism often occurs. Is it possible to fix the defects yourself or is it necessary to call the master. Minor malfunctions can be eliminated with your own hands, so we adjust the sliding wardrobe doors.

This is what wardrobe rollers look like

Sliding mechanisms are doors from various materials, inserted into aluminum profile-handles, using the crimping method. Rack strips are attached to the sides of the outer perimeter, a guide profile is attached above and below. The blades slide over the surface of the aluminum slats using rollers inserted into the upper and lower profiles of the blades. In the vertical side plate of the door, at the bottom, there is a bracket-type mechanism (Schlegel), which is fixed with two adjusting bolts.

Scheme of the design of the closet door

In the lower guide, for each blade, a mechanism called a "stopper" is installed. This is a steel spring bar that fixes the roller during inertia in the opposite direction. The device is quite simple, if you have an idea about the principle of the functioning of the doors, then you can adjust them yourself. The main disadvantages when unbalancing the sliding system of the compartment:

Cloths may loosely adjoin the side rack.
Often there are cases of skewed doors.
The roller system has slipped off the guide bar.

All these defects are quite easy to fix on your own.

Door connection

Annoyingly, when the cabinet door is slightly warped, it is loosely adjacent to the side surface. The appearance of the structure is spoiled.

The reason may be unbalance, loosening of the adjusting bolt at the bottom of the side plate of the door.

Showing Schlegel

You can adjust the doors as follows:

Thus, the distortion of the door is eliminated. It is necessary to expose the canvases in a vertical position gradually, check with a level. The adjustment of the compartment doors is considered complete when the gap between the canvas and the side pillar completely disappears.
If, when closing the cabinet, the door is not fixed, it rolls back, you need to adjust the position of the stopper.

Stopper adjustment

The locking mechanism inserted into the recess of the lower profile is thin and rather sharp, so it is difficult to move it by hand.

Scheme for adjusting the stopper of wardrobe doors

For these purposes, it is better to use a thin plastic bar or the like. Stopper installation is as follows:

The bar is inserted into the profile groove and moved in one direction.
After moving it a little, check if the door is fixed.
Advance until the canvas is fixed in the desired position.

Such defects arise as a result of frequent use of the cabinet, and are, in general, working moments. These flaws are easy to eliminate with your own hands.
Watch the video: how to adjust the sliding wardrobe doors yourself.

Falling wardrobe doors

Another annoying breakdown when the doors come off the guide bar. The main reasons, the accumulation of debris or the ingress of foreign objects into the lower profile.

When moving rollers that slide along the rail, they run into an obstacle and jump out of the guide bar. The upper roller mechanism can remain in place.

The second reason for this situation may be too abrupt closing of the doors. If the canvas is thrown with force, then a reverse inertial movement may occur, which will throw up the door.

As a result, she will jump out of the guide. Try to smoothly open and close the doors. How to proceed in this case:

First, the canvas is installed in the upper guide, then in the lower one.

Deformation of the guide profile

Quite often there is such damage as deformation of the guide profile. Most often, such defects occur due to accidental mechanical shocks.

Guide profile in the wardrobe

Aluminum Pretty soft material so it can be straightened easily. This must be done carefully, using a mallet (hammer with a rubber head). Or take a piece of plastic, linoleum, as a gasket, and lightly tapping to restore the profile.

In general, minor defects sliding system it is quite fashionable to liquidate the sliding wardrobe with your own hands. In more difficult situations, replacement of glasses, mirrors, worn-out rollers, it is better to use the services of specialists.

After you have hung the facades, you may find door distortions and ugly gaps between the facades. To eliminate these troubles, it is necessary. It will also be required after some time of operation of kitchen facades, since cabinets can sag over time and change their geometric shape which will cause the doors to sag. And they themselves loosen during operation, especially if they are installed on a chipboard. In this case, it is better to replace the old hinge screws with new, thicker ones. New larger diameter screws will fit snugly into the same holes and will hold the furniture hinge motionless.

The design of the furniture four-hinged hinge allows adjustment in three planes: horizontally, vertically and in depth. Adjustment step from 2 mm to 4 mm. To adjust furniture hinge you will need a Phillips screwdriver, accuracy and a little patience.

Before you start adjusting furniture hinges carefully inspect the facade in the closed position: front, side, top, to determine the irregularities and fit of the kitchen front to the body. It is necessary to carry out the adjustment of the kitchen facade carefully and carefully, since a shift of even one millimeter will become noticeable at the position of the door.

To adjust the vertical position of the facade, slightly unscrew the screws that secure the furniture hinge to the body. Align the facade up and down and tighten the screws again.

To adjust the horizontal position of the front, loosen the tightening screw located in the center, align the door so that the horizontal edges of the front coincide with horizontal lines housing, and fix the screw in that position.

Front adjustment in depth, it will help to correct the gap between the door and the body, since in the absence of a gap, the facade may not close. To do this, loosen the rear screw furniture hinge and adjust the front in front and back. After adjusting the hinge, tighten the screw.