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Installing hidden hinges can be quite easy. It can actually be
easier than using standard revealed hinges.
Here are the steps to easy installation:
Assuming your 35mm hinge holes were all drilled the same
distance from the top and bottom of each door, mount the hinges to one
of the doors.
Install a hinge plate into the top hinge. Measure
from the top of the hinge plate to the top of the door (X
in the illustration below).
Place a mark on the stile of each cabinet opening on the
side where the hinges will mount the same distance as
X
minus the distance the door will overlay the rail at the top of the
opening. The illustration uses a 1/2" overlay (typical overlay
for most doors). Adjust for your overlay if different. (Formula
for stile mark:
X
minus overlay = mark from top of cabinet opening)
Mount a hinge plate at the top of each opening on the hinge
side.
Now install just the hinges on the rest of your doors.
Mount a hinge plate on the bottom hinge of each door.
Slip the top hinge into a plate that has been mounted on
the cabinet and tighten the mounting screw. Then screw the
already door-mounted bottom plate to the cabinet. Repeat with
the rest of your doors and make any adjustments to the plate as
indicated in the instructions included with your hinges.
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