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Reply With QuoteThe new and old hinges are fully adjustable, just give the grub screw a little tweak, on the problem door adjust the top in a little and the bottom out, it does appear though the door may be twisted.
Mismatched Kitchen Cupboard Hinge Hi, A couple of years ago I replaced one broken door hinge (sink cupboard) with one that seemed to be a close fit.
Although I can't remember what I measured, there may have been a mm or two difference.
Currently the top left corner of the door doesn't close flush.
I now need some advice on how to fix the problem, either by adjusting the top hinge, or replacing with two new hinges.
Thanks and some photos:
Door problem
Top newer replacement hinge
Lower original hinge
Re: Mismatched Kitchen Cupboard Hinge The new and old hinges are fully adjustable, just give the grub screw a little tweak, on the problem door adjust the top in a little and the bottom out, it does appear though the door may be twisted.
I just checked the right hand side (hinge side) it is not flush either, the top corner sits forward too - the whole top edge needs to be pulled back/flush.
Thanks I'll try that.
edit. Looks like the mounting base plate for the top hinge (the cam?) possibly needs to moved about 5mm deeper into the cupboard.
The hinge arm doesn't pull the top of the door in close enough.
you are using two different hinges with different throws ,replace the bottom (old) hinge with a mate to the new one .and perhaps even better ,go and buy a pair of quality hinges not the crap you have used as a replacementOriginally Posted by blutek
Re: Mismatched Kitchen Cupboard Hinge No need.
no need for what
Having compared the two hinges, the top hinge is slightly longer than the bottom, but both were fitted to the old original cam/mounting bases - thus the problem.
In removing the hinge, there is now a smaller thin metal plate (43x17mm) that is under the cam/mounting base and is very firmly afixed and is defying being prised off with a flathead . There is some sort of small hinge dowel/wallplug behind it.
Mounting plate now removed (it was held firmly by two hinge dowels).
Re: Mismatched Kitchen Cupboard Hinge Still no need to replace it, it may have opened a little un-aligned but would of closed nicely.
two different hinges both with different throws/setbacks . mounted on the same hinge plates ,too many variables to be right .
remove both hinges and plates and replace with like sets
By having two different hinges the pivot points are not going to be aligned which will stress both hinges causing one or the other to fail, or as you have a misaligned door.
agree 100% with this comment.
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