Hinges For Partial Overlay Cabinet Doors

The overlay refers to the size or type of the door the hinge or how the cabinet is built.

Hinges for partial overlay cabinet doors.

Like full overlay the doors sit on top of the frame however they cover only the openings not the full face of the box. When the door is closed part of the thickness of the door fits inside the opening of the cabinet this is the inset and part of the door overlays the cabinet opening this is the lip. This is the most popular and affordable kind of cabinet door. They are easy to mass produce because the tolerances don t need to be exact and they can be installed with standard or hidden hinges.

Partial overlay is a style of cabinet drawer and door that refers to the amount of frame visible on a cabinetry run. Half or partial overlay hinges are used for a pair of cabinet doors in the middle of a row of cabinets where two doors have their hinges mounted on. Different styles of door indicate different types of frame construction which affects storage space placement and cabinet size. Full overlay hinges are used for individual cabinets or cabinets on either end of a row of cabinets.

When the door is closed about one inch of the cabinet frame is visible. With partial overlay doors the hinges can be either hidden or exposed. The gaps of the exposed frame are usually about 1. The spacing between the doors and drawer fronts of a cabinet run are the most visible and defining detail which is why most generally manufactured cabinets are divided into these two categories.

Partial overlay doors are the most common style in manufactured cabinets. Get free shipping on qualified partial overlay cabinet hinges or buy online pick up in store today in the hardware department. The doors in the center however can use partial overlay hinges with the gap between the doors ranging from 1 8 to 1 2 inch in width depending on the hinge you use.