Quick Question: Hinge Placement

Sat, Jul 10, 2004, 2:23am (EDT+4) snipped-for-privacy@home.com (Pat) wants to know: Just looking for a quick opinion

I don't know if there's a "formula" for that or not, and don't care. My quick opinion: Put them where you think they look best.

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One very common way is to place the top, or bottom, of the pin in the barrel even with the inner edge of the rail ( 2" in your case).

Thanks Alan... That's a good idea. Every cabinet around me is either face frame overlay, or wrap around hinge, so I wasn't sure how to determine the placement on an inset door.

BTW: Like your site - I'll have to take another look at all those pictures...

Thanks Again...

Pat

I watched a kitchen remodel on TV & they used the hinge as a guide/spacer. The hinge was set on the door flush to top/bottom and hinge to be used was placed above/below this. Hard to describe - basically with a 2 inch hinge it would be

HTH Big John

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