The Kitchen: Finally Hanging Some Doors

Today was the day we tackled hanging the giant pantry doors. These monster doors are 24” wide by 7 ft high and have 4 hinges each, so hanging them was definitely a 2 person job. Surprisingly, it was not as hard as predicted, once the top hinge and bottom hinge were in place, the center 2 were easy to do. 

Next was hanging the base cabinet doors and drawer fronts. They went on fairly easily, I marked the overlay with painters tape and then determined the placement of the hinge. There is a lot of room for adjustments with this type of hinge, so you can play with it to get everything lined up perfectly.

Next was hanging the base cabinet doors and drawer fronts. They went on fairly easily, I marked the overlay with painters tape and then determined the placement of the hinge. There is a lot of room for adjustments with this type of hinge, so you can play with it to get everything lined up perfectly.

Down in the shop, I assembled more upper cabinet doors. Yesterday I had cut the centre plywood panel and Tom sanded them in preparation.

And know we know: It’s much easier to align drawer front if you build a complete box and then attached the front while the box is in place on its hinges, vs pre-attaching it then trying to fiddle with the hinges, like I did for the bedroom dressers.