Door Handle Placement Kitchen

When it comes to installing cabinet door handles either knobs or pulls they are always placed on the opposite side from the door hinges.

Door handle placement kitchen.

Uppers and lowers unlike drawer cabinetry hardware placement for door cabinetry is much more subjective. Well except for this rule. Let s look at a few options. Hardware placement on cabinet doors once you have decided on if you will use pulls or knobs or a mix of both it s time to decide where exactly to install them on doors and drawers.

Well except for this rule. This is a mistake however as you should actually move your cabinet door knobs a little further away vertically from the door s edge. 2 is typically a good distance. The horizontal piece that frames the horizontal edge of your cabinet door is called a rail.

Cabinet knobs and pulls are almost always centered horizontally on the door stile vertical door frame piece. Centering on the drawer vertically installed in the upper rail. For knobs we recommend the knob holes be centered horizontally on the door stile and on upper cabinets place knob holes 2 1 2 up from the bottom of the door. Most people attach cabinet pulls or handles to the stile.

Using the horizontal rail of the door frame place your screw hole or orient the bottom end of the handle. For 5 piece cabinets like a shaker or any style that isn t one flat slab of wood the traditional placement is to center the knob in the corner of the face frame so that the knob is in the center of both the vertical and horizontal frame pieces. The knob or pull can align with the rail or it could be higher or lower there are no rules. The vertical piece along the edge is the stile.

On upper cabinets handles usually go in the lower corners so they are easy to reach. On lower cabinets place knob holes 2 1 2 down from the top of the door. For many people their first inclination is to position the knobs at the corners centered vertically on the stile and horizontally on the rail. Slab doors for slab doors you will want the hole placement to be equidistant from the bottom and side of the cabinet.

The hardware spacing for the wall cabinets should match the base cabinets. The hardware spacing for the wall cabinets should match the base cabinets. A good rule of thumb is to center the hardware horizontally on the stile. The knob or pull can align with the rail or it could be higher or lower there are no rules.

Adjust the screw hole placement accordingly if necessary. Then center it horizontally on the door frame. Let s look at a few options. Depending on the construction of the door there are two options here.