We're here to help you ... whether you need to measure what size door you need or whether your doors need custom hinge placement.
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Measure the doors rather than the fronts as the back of the doors are usually the squarest part of the doors.
Measure the height and width of all doors
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Measure the height of the door first, followed by the width of the door in millimetres. Write the measurements on to your plan (measure in millimetres rather than inches or centimetres for a more precise measurement.)
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Measure each door individually as some doors might look the same size but might be a slightly different size
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Once you have measured all of the doors and checked that you have got the correct amount of doors and drawer fronts we would recommend double checking your measurements and ticking each one off to make absolutely sure you have measured each door and drawer front correctly.
Are my doors left hand or right hand?
To work out whether your doors are right handed or left handed a right hand door opens to the right, and a left hand door opens towards the left.
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You will need to do this if you want us to drill your new doors for hinge holes. To measure for hinge holes you will need to do the following:
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Measure from the top edge of the door to the centre of the top hinge hole for the top hinge position.
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Then measure from the bottom edge of the door to the centre of the bottom hinge hole for the bottom hinge position. It is important to measure every door as some hinge hole positions may vary.
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If your door has more than two hinge holes we recommend the following:
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If the door has three hinge holes, measure from the top edge of the door to the centre of the hinge in the middle. If the middle hinge is exactly half way up the door, just specify the position as ‘centre’.
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If the door has four hinge holes, measure the two top hinges from the top edge of the door to the centre of each hinge. Then measure the two bottom hinges from the bottom edge of the door to the centre of each hinge.
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The hinge holes are drilled as a standard 35mm diameter hole. You don’t need to worry about the measurements in from the side edge of the doors as this measurement is always standard at 22.5mm to centre of hole.
Note: If you are using our standard measurements, the doors will be drilled 100mm from the top and 100mm from the bottom.
Our standard drilling position for doors with four hinge holes (over 1700mm high usually) are 100mm and 750mm from the top and 100mm and 750mm from the bottom.