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Kitchen cupboard door hinges adjustment.
This same adjustment is used to align a door with the edge of the cabinet.
Screw tight number 1 on the top hinge and or unscrew number 1 on the bottom door adjustment.
Either moving them closer together or further apart.
Using a phillips screwdriver you can tighten or loosen the screws moving the cabinet up and down side to side or in and out.
Side to side adjustment.
The front screw on the hinge is normally used to adjust door alignment or in other words the distance that the door overlays the cabinet.
Turning the screw in a clockwise direction moves the door closer to the edge of the cabinet.
Door lifted higher is done by undoing screws 2 and 4 on both hinges and lifting door to required.
If tightening the mounting screws didn t solve the problem and the door is still too high or low look for a screw that adjusts the door up and down.
Open the cabinet door and locate the screws used for aligning the door.
Tightening loose cabinet doors.
As above but lower door and tighten screws adjustment number 3.
Use screw 1 to adjust the doors from side to side.
This is the most common adjustment required.
You can adjust both the top and bottom hinge to move the doors closer together or further apart.
With a 3 way hinge you are able to adjust the doors to put them back into proper alignment.
How to adjust kitchen cabinet doors method 1 of 3.
Open the cabinet doors and locate the hinge screws on the inside.
On the hinge one screw will change the depth which moves the door in or out from the cabinet face.
The most common adjustment you need to make is between two adjoining doors.
Adjustment number 1.
Adjust the door up or down.