handle less kitchen

Aug 18, 2006 15 Replies

Hi, saw ages ago (somewhere ?) a fitted kitchen without any handles, but it had fittings on the doors / drawers so you pushed them in and the popped out so you could open them.



If I didnt dream this, can you buy such fittings ? are they any good ?


cheers Simon



Easily obtained. I think I saw some in B&Q. Even if not, you shouldn't have too much difficulty finding some.

Christian.

thanks, do you know what they are called Googling "things what open doors but are not handles" brings back as many results as you imagine .

Try...cabinet push locks?

thanks

saw these

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thanks for the quick replies BTW !

btw also saw these

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"For use on loft hatches." they look about the right size, although I cant imagine a loft needing to push shut / push open ...

They are for when you have a downward opening hatch for use with a folding loft ladder. Avoids having any thing visible on the room side of the hatch. The you keep a piece of broom handle in the room for prodding the hatch to open or close it.

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No they're not them

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They are for when you have a downward opening hatch for use with a folding loft ladder. Avoids having any thing visible on the room side of the hatch. The you keep a piece of broom handle in the room for prodding the hatch to open or close it.

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Woodfit do them.

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That's how Dad's loft hatch worked. And Mum's come to think of it. Shove the hatch and it cracks you on the bonce.

PMSL, reminds me of the the loft insulation guy who done my sisters loft, he thought the loft door was push up into the loft...he pushed and let go and suffered a blow to his bonce. lol

The common name for them is a "touch latch

-- Nick H

and if of the usual low quality or badly set they come down and crack you on the bonce without warning. Never did happen to me when we had such a hatch but it came pretty close, 6 inches I should think.

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Most houses I can reach up and prod the hatch without steps or a ladder. Means I can duck that much further.

The one issue with these is they sit closed a few mm open, they have to else they wouldnt work. The other is that if your mechanism gets stiff they wont work.

NT

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