Why Accurately Attaching Kitchen Door Handles Is So Important

So, the new replacement kitchen doors have arrived. You have carefully unpacked them and checked that you'd got the sizing and the hinge positions right before removing the old kitchen cabinet doors. You were surprised how easy it was to 'split' the hinge, remove the old door and attach the new doors to the cabinets. You have adjusted the hinges so that the doors open and close sweetly. You've made sure that all the doors and drawer fronts are level and the gaps between them are parallel and equal. And now for the new handles which you'd bought. So, you start fixing the handles on and realise - one mistake - if you get one handle too high, not straight or further from the door edge than its neighbours and all your hard work and the look of your new kitchen will be ruined.

How do you ensure that every handle or knob is fitted in EXACTLY the same place on each of your kitchen doors and drawer fronts? It may seem an impossible task to drill so many holes with such accuracy but it is actually quite easy to achieve once you give it some DIY thought. Here are three methods that make fitting the cabinet knob suppliers and knobs accurately a piece of cake.

1) Make a template. Most knobs are attached by one bolt, whilst most handles require two bolt holes. Measure where you would like the first handle or knob to be. Use a metal tape measure and measure the distance from the top of the door and then the distance from the non-hinge edge of the door. Be accurate - remember the adage 'measure twice and cut once'. Take a piece of stiffish card and place its top right hand corner in the top right hand corner of the door. Now, transfer your knob/handle measurements to the card and make a hole in the card where the two measurements meet. This hole should be smaller than the drill hole required, but obviously large enough for a pencil to be inserted to make a mark.