Tall Pantry Door Handle Placement

This contemporary knob placement is both aesthetically pleasing and easy for installers.

Tall pantry door handle placement.

Center the hardware horizontally on the stile between 2 and 4 inches down from the top edge. The alternative to centering your hardware is to place it on the upper frame piece or on a slab drawer in the upper quarter of the drawer. Of course the flip side is that when cabinet hardware is poorly placed on doors and drawers it can make everything in the room look off wasting your time and your money. I have a tall bathroom laundry cabinet with two top 15 doors for towels a counter than below a 30 draw and below that two 15 doors.

Let s look at a few. One is a pull out for laundry and the other is a traditional swing door. The hardware spacing for the wall cabinets should match the base cabinets. Uppers and lowers unlike drawer cabinetry hardware placement for door cabinetry is much more subjective.

The knob or pull can align with the rail or it could be higher or lower there are no rules. Use the try square to make a light 3 inch long horizontal line perpendicular to the grain inward from the mark. The main difference is you ll place them near the top of the door on the stile so you can reach them without bending over too far. The hardware spacing for the wall cabinets should match the base cabinets.

The backset is the corresponding vertical mark needed to center the knob. Uppers and lowers unlike drawer cabinetry hardware placement for door cabinetry is much more subjective. When drawers are 24 wide or wider we often like to double up on knobs or pulls. Well except for this rule.

Let s look at a few. I am trying to figure out the knob pulls placement. To place this hardware correctly divide the drawer into thirds and place the hardware in the left and right portions of the drawer. Most cabinet knobs today are installed by lining up the installation hole with the edge of the rail.

Taking on a kitchen or bath renovation is exciting. Basically the two bottom cabinets. With multiple drawers stacked on top of each other choosing this placement makes each knob a little lower and harder to reach. Lower cabinet pull or knob placement is similar to upper cabinet s.

The knob or pull can align with the rail or it could be higher or lower there are no rules. So you ve finally decided on hardware for your kitchen or bathroom cabinets and drawers if not check out our favorite handles and knobs and you re really to install it but before you drill any holes you should know that there is a science behind knob and handle placement on doors and drawers. If you are using elongated knobs such as egg knobs or t knobs place the installation hole so that the top of your knob is in line with the rail.