How To Install Cabinet Pulls

We ve freshened up our kitchen with new cabinets.

How to install cabinet pulls. Once you ve got the holes for the pulls drilled you can simply grab the screws that come with the drawer pulls and install them. Hold the drill level and drill very slowly without a lot of pressure placed on the cabinet. Thin piece of wood cardboard or paper for the template.

Cabinet hardware i love these cup pulls level. If you ve got a kitchen full of cabinets that need door and drawer pulls you could measure them all individually and hope you get it right but there s a be. Most drawer knobs and pulls should come with two lengths of screws so you can choose which one works better for your cabinets generally you can expect that drawers will need the longer pulls and cabinets will need the shorter ones.

For example i wanted my drawer pulls to be centered on each drawer front. Drill from the front of the cabinet toward the back. I ll show 8 tips to help you install new cabinet hardware.

Get tips on how to remove old cabinet hardware plus how to install new hardware in your kitchen. Most drawer pulls are centered on the drawer fronts but if the cabinet you re working on has two or three drawers the same size and one larger one at the bottom install the bottom knob or pull higher than the center of that drawer front. This will keep the drill from splintering the back.

Drill and drill bit. Install it so all the knobs on the cabinet are spaced evenly. My drawer fronts have a small detail on them that creates a rectangle in the middle of the drawer.

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