New kitchen - cabinet handles touch wall

11 years ago

I upgraded a kitchen for a client using Kraftmaid cabinetry w/ partial overlay doors (standard stuff). The design layout was done through Home Depot with the client directly.

Now there are a couple issues with door knobs hitting adjacent walls and the blind cabinet door on an inside corner. The hinges open 110 degree (standard), doors partial overlay (1/2"), and filler strips were used as appropriate at the end of the run and for the inside corner's abutting cabinet, as well as installing the blind cab with the door away from the corner as much as possible. Did I or the designer miss something with this job?

Also, to keep those door knobs from hitting, is there a better solution that installing some sort of chain stop, which seems gimmicky for new cabs? Is it customary for an installer to have extra 105 or 100 degree hinges on hand to rectify this sort of thing? Is it too much to ask for Kraftmaid to offer appropriate hinges to solve this? Must happen more than often. Why offer blind cabinets if you can't put a basic knob on the door without it hitting the adjoining cabinet?

Thanks much.

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Comments (3)

juliekcmo
11 years ago
I have a few spots where I used clear silicone discs to bumper the doors from hitting the range hood. On a blind corner I used a felt chair leg pad on the inside of the door to prevent the knob screw from dragging against the adjacent drawer face.
User
11 years ago
The first thing that comes to mind is that someone didn't pick out low profile hardware and picked some honkin' big knobs that stand off a good way from the cabinet doors. With "regular" hardware, you rarely have any issues with partial overlay cabinets. If you do have big hardware, the standard solution in a large kitchen is to use a large filler and a filler overlay. The standard solution in a small kitchen that can't afford to lose that much space is to use a door limiter on the cabinet. Switching out the hinges can also be done, but it's not standard labor by an installer. It's an additional charge. It's also up to the customer to request the special hinges as well as pay for them. They aren't always needed. It depends on the customer. Some are easier on cabinets than others, even with large knobs and pulls. Some will use their whole body weight to fling open doors and then hang off of them while they peruse the cabinet contents.
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homebound
Original Author
11 years ago
Thanks. (It is a small kitchen, btw.)

They are not big knobs in this case. They are the basic ones they sell at home depot in the bulk pack. Think round, brushed nickel, basic.

As for the hinges, the problem is these are the type that even when you are easy on them, their open position "wants" to be open to the 110 max, if you know what I mean. That's part of the problem.

I'm going to swap them out.