Instead of spending thousands of dollars on a new fitted kitchen, why not just replace your kitchen doors and drawer fronts? Doing this is cheap and easy. I would recommend finding a replacement kitchen door manufacturer on the internet, Google kitchen doors and you will see a rage of available suppliers. Ideally, you want a supplier that makes custom sized doors, meaning they can supply you with any size door.
Once you have found a suitable supplier and chosen your new door, you will need to provide them with the exact measurements of each door and drawer front you require. Measuring your doors accurately is essential. I will explain how to do precisely this.
First of all you will need a good quality tape measure, the ‘Stanley’ brand is the best available on the market and they can have various units of measure. You will have a tape measure that has millimeters in it, you will find that your kitchen door supplier will ask for your measurement in this unit; Unfortunately, feet and inches are not used often today. Before you measure your kitchen doors, I advise you to remove them from your kitchen cabinets and place them face down on a flat surface. Measure from the back of the doors, this ensures you get an accurate measurement, some doors have a beveled edge all the way around and measuring from the front won’t be very accurate at all. You will identify the height and width of the doors, with height usually being the longest length. Measure from the top of the door to the bottom and make a note of the measurement, do the same for the width as well. If you decide to hire a carpenter or carpenter to measure your doors, be aware that sometimes they only call doors by the hundred, for example they may say you need a 500 door, this is related to the width. You will find that the width is not exactly 500, it actually means that it is 495mm – 497mm. Indicate that you are making the doors to measure and you need the exact measurements. When you speak to your replacement kitchen door consultant, they will point out anything that seems odd.
If you are going to install the kitchen doors yourself, I recommend having the supplier pre-drill the hinge holes for you. Having the hinge holes already drilled in the doors will make your life easier when installing them. The supplier can drill the hinge holes in the doors for you at their standard locations on the door or they can tell you where you need the holes. If you need to supply the location, you will need the measurement of where they will go. If your door requires two hinge holes, you will need to provide the following: For the top hinge hole, measure from the top of the door to the center of the top hinge hole; for the bottom hole, you will need to measure from the bottom of the door to the center of the bottom hinge hole. If you need three hinge holes in the door, measure from the top of the door to the center of the middle hinge hole. For four hinge holes, measure the second hole down from the top of the door and measure the third hole down from the bottom of the door.
These are all the measurements and information you will need before confirming your order. Due to the nature of the products you will be required to pay in advance and once you have accepted your order it will go straight into production meaning no alterations or changes can be made. I trust no amendments will be needed if you follow my instructions above.