Time for New Kitchen Drawer Slides
Do you have a good looking set of kitchen cabinets but don’t like how the drawers function? Maybe the drawers are noisy and clunky. You wish you had the sweet, soft close Blum Tandem drawer runners with BLUMOTION like your neighbor and you just don’t think you can tackle it without putting in a whole new set of cabinets, well then you are like me. Take another look, I did and I was able to do it. Maybe there is a chance and you can too.
First thing to do is to see if the drawer fronts are easily removed from the drawer box. If they are that is wonderful. Now all you have to do is build new drawer boxes and attach the old drawer fronts. If the drawer fronts are not easily removable it is just a little less wonderful. You will then have to build drawer fronts and drawer boxes.
Second; if you think you have the wherewithal to build new boxes then go for it. Get the instructions for building the boxes from Woodworker’s Hardware. Build your boxes according to those instructions calculating for the opening width and inside cabinet depth of your cabinet. If you have face frame cabinets then you will need to use rear mounting sockets and calculate for that.
Third; put the drawer boxes that you built in the cabinet and attach the drawer fronts where they look like they should go. Simple as that. Watch the video on Woodworker’s Hardware.
If you have just a few drawer boxes to build, you will not need therapy afterwards. If you are doing an entire kitchen, you are going to go through an experience. Seek help. Even still, building new cabinets is not always the answer. Go for it.
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