Cabinet Hinges FAQs
The number of hinges per door depends on:
- Door width and height
- Door weight
- Door material.
For more details, click here to view our concealed hinges installation guide.
Yes, we offer cabinet repair plates as kits containing everything you need.
Depending on your application and manufacturing process hinges with dowels are used as an alternative to screw fixing.
45/9.5mm is the most popular in UK market. Other popular drilling dimensions include 48/6mm and 52/5.5mm
We have several blind corner hinges available in our ranges of hinges. Click here to browse the range online.
In the current concealed range, there is no hinge that suits over 600mm.
We do have alternative possibilities please contact us and we will make a recommendation. If you are ever unsure you can always use out Panel weight calculator.
Slide on is for when you want to remove the function to unclip the hinge, this is particularly useful in areas such as schools.
Yes, the Grass Tiomos mounting plate has a few variations for inline mounting plates.
The required minimum gap depends on the hinge type, distance to cup and door thickness. Once the door thickness and distance to cup have been determined, the minimum gap is shown in the application table below.
Door Thickness (mm) |
Distance to cup (mm) |
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3 |
4 |
5 |
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16 |
0.3 |
0.3 | 0.3 |
18 |
0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
19 |
1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
20 |
1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
22 |
2.5 | 2.1 | 2.0 |
22-24 |
Trial mounting is recommended |
This is all dependant on the application please refer to the technical details in our catalogue.
The different distance heights of the mounting plates allow adjustments to be made to the door overlay. The distance is determined by the mounting plate thickness. The starting point for determining the required distance is the desired type of mounting with a defined overlay.
Once the door overlay and the distance to cup have been determined, the mounting plate height can be looked up in the application table.
Door overlay (mm) |
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13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
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3 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
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3 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
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Distance to cup (mm) |
Mounting plate height (mm) |
In the example the door overlay is defined at 16mm, and the distance to cup is 3mm. The mounting plate height is 0mm.
For more information on mounting and adjustments click here.
There are three different adjustments available on the hinge-mounting plate are
- Height adjustment - via mounting plates using a cam adjusting 2-part plate or slot adjustment 1-part plate, ± 2mm
- Side adjustment - on hinge arm by rotating the screw, +3mm/-0.5mm
- Depth adjustment - on hinge arm by rotating the cam adjuster screw, or, releasing the fixing screw for standard range + 4mm, -1mm
All hinges have adjustments these can are shown in the technical introduction pages.
Yes we do visit. As part of our concealed hinge range we have a full overlay mounting concealed cup Hinge. Click here to view
Hinges should always be cleaned with a dry cloth only. The hinges or the installation area/surface should not be clean with any chemicals or cleaning agent as this will lead to corrosion and will affect the functionality of the product.
Full overlay hinges are for individual cabinets or the cabinets on either end of a run of cabinets.
Half overlay hinges are intended for pairs of doors in the middle of a run of cabinets.
Inset hinge mounting is for doors that sit inside the cabinet.
All Grass products are covered under a 25-year warranty.
All Hafele products are covered by our own Hafele lifetime guarantee. This is up to 25 years for Matrix drawer boxes and up to 25 years for Metalla Hinges
Yes – our bestselling Metalla 310 hinges is also available in a black nickel finish. We also offer the Tiomos in the Night finish from Grass.
All the hinges are either certified by FIRA Level H or TUV Level 2 quality. The certificates are available on demand.
The Hafele Matrix range overs a huge selection of hinges for all applications, including several colour finishes.
The push to open mechanism hinges are a single function mechanism i.e. it will open the door when pressed. These should always be used with a non-sprung hinge for the best results. If they are used with the standard soft-close or non soft-close hinges, the spring in the push to open mechanism and spring inside the hinge will act against each other and the door will not pulled to zero position automatically.
Currently, the cup of hinge is fixed to the door with standard Hospa chipboard countersunk screws. The cup with pre-mounted euro screws are also available on demand
Yes – we offer a concealed hinge in the Tiomos range.
Yes we do. However, through Service+ Customised we can also pack any number of products together depending on your specific requirements. To order, email us at customised@hafele.co.uk
There are two options available:
- Standard mounting plate can be fixed with Hospa chipboard CSK screws
- Pre-mounted Euro Screw mounting plates
As part of our hinge range we offer an hinge adapter for glass doors. Click here to view
Clip-on hinges and mounting plates are easy and convenient to install with push. The door can be mounted on the cabinet with a click-clip sound.
Slide on hinges and mounting plates are installed by sliding the screw on the hinge on the slot over the mounting plate and then tightening it to secure the mounting
Yes - for click on hinges only you can use our Grass Jig for mounting plates and hinges
We can offer bespoke cover caps subject to moq. Please contact us for more details.
The opening angle restrictor are available only for Grass Nexis hinges for 170 degree hinges to reduce the opening angle to 120 degrees
With one-touch, the door can be used for push to open and soft together. Please note to use one-touch only with un-sprung hinges (example - Grass Tip-matic Hinges)
The mounting repair plates can be use to re-fix the mounting plates at the desired/worn out part of cabinet side.
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