How To Install Full Overlay Door Hinges

Measure the width of your cabinet door and subtract the width of the cabinet opening.

How to install full overlay door hinges.

Press the hinge cups into the holes. Do this for both hinges on the door. Blow out the shavings and test fit the cup to make sure the hinge flanges touch the door surface. Place the hinge on the door and mark the distance from the edge.

Before ordering hinges make sure your doors are sized for 1 2 inch hinges. Drill the remaining cup holes. Put the hinge on the hinge side of the cabinet door where you marked from the bottom and arrange it so it s in the position it needs to be installed in. Measure your overlay like this.

Use a pencil to mark around the hinge so you know where you need to bore your hole. Clearly that s why the overlay hinges did not work. Many 1 2 inch overlay hinges have oval shaped holes on the plates that are used for hinge adjustment. The door should measure 1 2 inch bigger than.

Position a rafter square as shown to keep the hinge aligned. My opening was 21 w my cabinets were 21 5 w so my overlay was.