Installing Cabinet Pulls

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Installing cabinet pulls. Ask this old house general contractor tom silva gives tips on installing cabinet hardware accurately and consistently. We ve freshened up our kitchen with new cabinets. If you spend some time looking at pulls on cabinets you will see that this is a common way to install them.

How to install new cabinet pulls. Tutorial on how to position and install stainless steel bar pulls. I ll show 8 tips to help you install new cabinet hardware.

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There are generally two ways to center your drawer pulls either with all centered exactly in the middle of the cabinet fronts or the second way is with all of the pulls at the same height down from the top of the cabinet. Subscribe to this old house. Thin piece of wood cardboard or paper for the template.

Install hardware higher on the lowest drawer 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. Sharp object like an awl a pointed pen or sharp pencil. A template is also the best method if you are installing handle style pulls that will require two screw holes.

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. 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.