How do I hang oversized cupboard doors?

[Bleedin Thumb]

Hi Folks.

I have noticed that with my kitchen cupboard doors ( solid timber) that if the door is over 400mm wide they tend to become very hard to level and at about 450mm impossible.

Due to a design change I have to hang 2 sets of bifolds each with a door of 430 on the outside ( the door with the handle).

This has me very worried that the combined weight will make the doors very saggy. Can I compensate by mounting the hinges a bit up from horizontal?
Have any of the kitchen builders here done this?

All help appreciated. Thanks in advanced.

[Barry_White]

Bleedin

How about using three hinges.

[Bleedin Thumb]

Bleedin

How about using three hinges.

Now why didn't I think of that!


Thanks Barry

[journeyman Mick]

Bleedin,
if by "bi-folds" you are referring to doors for a corner cupboard where one door is hinged off the other I use a different method for most of mine now. Problems with hinging one off the other include:
Sagging of hinges due to excessive weight;
Door doesn't self close;
Damage to adjacent doors from catches fitted to try to force doors to close properly.

I hang both doors from the ends of the cupboard with 170 degree hinges. One door, with no handle, sits behind the other. You just open the door with the handle first, then grab the other to open it. Plenty of access and no problems with sagging hinges.

Mick

[Bleedin Thumb]

Thats a good solution Mick. Originally I was going to have two doors but soon realised that the long protruding handles would cause the doors to catch.....never even thought about only having one handle This rotten kitchen has been going on for so long my brain has gone to mush!

I just checked and one side of the crn units door are 480 so I will still use Barry's suggestion of 3 hinges but as you say it will be impossible to get the combined length of 880mm sitting right so I'll hinge both doors.

Thanks.

I better finish this project soon so I can post some brag pics.