Hinges for furniture and cabinets

The best-selling hinges for furniture and cabinets are straight, offset and super offset cup hinges. Even so, there are both types of furniture and types of hinges and depending on the way the drawer opens, the angle at which the doors are placed and, above all, the way they close, you will need a type of hinge or another type of hinge. .

To evaluate this, let's first differentiate between furniture or cabinets and drawers.

Drawers

The drawers, as a general rule, always have guides or rails to be able to extract them. The way they open is always horizontal and that is why a nail is usually needed to apply pressure to open them.

Furniture and cabinets

On the other hand, there are the furniture and cabinets . In these, when they are in the kitchen, they are usually installed next to cup hinges (when the opening is like a normal door). On the other hand, when the opening is upward, in addition to the cup hinge, the opening is normally supported by upward pistons or opening mechanisms that facilitate its use.

Finally, we are going to go to the furniture and cabinets that are installed in rooms . These, depending on their age, can come with cup hinges or, if they are very old, with booklet hinges or hinges . It may be that the doors were made of heavy wood and therefore, to facilitate their installation, it would be advisable to install them with hinges smaller than the standards but with sufficient strength to support said doors.