Browse Forums Kitchen Corner 1 Apr 19, 2011 11:03 pm Re: Blum - Kitchen soft door closers 3Apr 20, 2011 9:07 am I have them on my kitchen doors. They work well. They are easily clipped on & off the hinge after installation. I think there is only 1 per door ie you don't need them on every hinge, just 1 per door. Re: Blum - Kitchen soft door closers 4Apr 20, 2011 11:07 am Hi Bel, They sure can! I have retrofitted all the hinges in my house and they work a treat. On a normal underbench door 1 is plenty (as ko27 correctly pointed out) but for bigger doors, like my pantry I have used 2. They simply click into place. Re: Blum - Kitchen soft door closers 7Apr 20, 2011 1:41 pm Blum sell a separate mounting plate that can be used if your kitchen has different brand of hinges. the mounting plate gets mounted just below the hinge location, and the soft close mech snaps on to that. G Re: Blum - Kitchen soft door closers 9Apr 20, 2011 2:19 pm Are you selling the complete solution Matt or would we need to source the hinges separately? Re: Blum - Kitchen soft door closers 11Apr 20, 2011 2:50 pm I certainly can source the complete solution if you do not have the Blum hinges - Re: Blum - Kitchen soft door closers 12Apr 20, 2011 3:05 pm my mistake, the Blum screw on mech is slightly different to the clip on mech as shown above. i was getting confused with the Salice brand softclose that looks identical to that, but has a mounting bracket. Re: Blum - Kitchen soft door closers 13Apr 20, 2011 3:45 pm Yep spot on. It is basically the same but with wings on the side with screw holes to put into the cabinet. Works the same though! I've dug some footings to embed a post anchor into. My holes are around 450mm deep which I'll put a 200mm stirrup into. The bottom of these holes seem firm enough. … 0 3322 Thanks for your thoughts. Do you feel your louvre sidelite security mesh is safe? I was thinking no window at all so no one can see if I'm near the front door, shadows… 2 730 Bigger the better for storage for me IMO. But I guess it's harder to tell the cost/benefit in your example - mainly the 'cost'? If you go 700mm, what are you doing extra… 2 1032 |