Simple steps to ensure proper measurements and door placements:

Number all doors in your project:
 Use a small piece of masking tape and apply a numerical value to each cabinet door, drawer front, and related cabinet box you wish to replace. Feel free to use any cabinet numbering or door numbering system you wish. The overall idea here is to be able to have a quick reference between your new cabinet door and existing cabinet boxes/doors.



Measuring the doors:

A. Replacing existing cabinet doors (exact same size as your old doors). In most cases the doors that you will order will be the exact size of the existing doors on the project. Take a measurement of the cabinet doors by measuring the "width" first, followed by the "height" of the door as seen in the picture below. Be sure to measure the exact size of the door to the nearest 1/16".




B. Changing the hinges or measuring cabinet doors from the cabinet opening: If you are planning on changing the hinges on your project, you will need to discard the old doors and hinges in order to avoid confusion and measure the cabinet doors from the size of the cabinet openings. Next, you will select the type of new hinge that is to be used. The construction method used to build your cabinets will determine the type of hinge needed, and the type of hinge needed will dictate the size of the door to be ordered.  Select your construction method from the list below for further information:






Hinge cup or no hinge cup? If you are planning on ordering hinges along with your cabinet doors you will need to select the "DRILL 35mm hinge cup" option under "Hinge Options" This hole allows our standard Blum Concealed Hinge to affix to the cabinet door. Note: If this option is not chosen you will need to find a cabinet maker that can drill the door for the 35mm hinge cup for a Blum hinge.



Cabinet Maker's Notes:

Some customers choose to use the existing hinges (from the old doors) and apply them to the new cabinet doors. In our experience the customer runs into many problems using the older hinges.Often the older hinges are inferior and more difficult to install than the newer hinges. We have seen many customers that have tried to save a small amount of money by using their existing hinges only to give up and order a newer concealed hinge that is today's standard.

-Chad Barker