On lower cabinets place knob holes 2 1 2 down from the top of the door.
Door handle placement kitchen.
A good rule of thumb is to center the hardware horizontally on the stile.
Adjust the screw hole placement accordingly if necessary.
Place the bottom hardware hole 2 1 2 to 3 from the bottom of the door front.
Cabinet knobs and pulls are almost always centered horizontally on the door stile vertical door frame piece.
Hardware placement on cabinet doors once you have decided on if you will use pulls or knobs or a mix of both it s time to decide where exactly to install them on doors and drawers.
Well except for this rule.
The knob or pull can align with the rail or it could be higher or lower there are no rules.
Most people attach cabinet pulls or handles to the stile.
The horizontal piece that frames the horizontal edge of your cabinet door is called a rail.
Using the horizontal rail of the door frame place your screw hole or orient the bottom end of the handle.
For knobs we recommend the knob holes be centered horizontally on the door stile and on upper cabinets place knob holes 2 1 2 up from the bottom of the door.
2 is typically a good distance.
The knob or pull can align with the rail or it could be higher or lower there are no rules.
Then center it horizontally on the door frame.
This is a mistake however as you should actually move your cabinet door knobs a little further away vertically from the door s edge.
For many people their first inclination is to position the knobs at the corners centered vertically on the stile and horizontally on the rail.
The hardware spacing for the wall cabinets should match the base cabinets.
For 5 piece cabinets like a shaker or any style that isn t one flat slab of wood the traditional placement is to center the knob in the corner of the face frame so that the knob is in the center of both the vertical and horizontal frame pieces.
The vertical piece along the edge is the stile.
The hardware spacing for the wall cabinets should match the base cabinets.
Well except for this rule.
Let s look at a few options.
Centering on the drawer vertically installed in the upper rail.
On upper cabinets handles usually go in the lower corners so they are easy to reach.
Uppers and lowers unlike drawer cabinetry hardware placement for door cabinetry is much more subjective.
Let s look at a few options.
When it comes to installing cabinet door handles either knobs or pulls they are always placed on the opposite side from the door hinges.
Uppers and lowers unlike drawer cabinetry hardware placement for door cabinetry is much more subjective.
