Browse Forums Kitchen Corner Re: Push to Open drawers AND soft close hinges 2Jun 22, 2011 8:41 am loretta Hi All This may be a silly question but can you have push to open (Tip On) drawers in a kitchen as well as the soft close hinges? Or, if you want the soft close and no handles, do you need to go with the angled top where you insert the tips of your fingers and pull? Many thanks Loretta You can have both without an issue. The runners and hinges are totally seperate so you can do what ever you want. If you want no handles you can use push to open doors. Very easy and no need for finger pulls! Cutting Edge Kitchens and Cabinet Making http://cuttingedgekitchens.net.au http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cutting-Edge-Kitchens/290484196676 Mobile : 0419 430 575 PH: 9452 4772 Fax :9452 4772 cuttingedgekitchens@outlook.com Re: Push to Open drawers AND soft close hinges 3Jun 22, 2011 10:40 am Or go all out and get the Blum Servodrive for softclose drawers. Its a system that senses your touch and mechanically pushes the drawer open. Very High Tech. Re: Push to Open drawers AND soft close hinges 4Jun 22, 2011 11:03 am And very expensive. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Push to Open drawers AND soft close hinges 5Jun 22, 2011 3:21 pm Hi Loretta, haven't seen you on H1 for a long time & have been wondering what you were up to. I just checked out your blog wow it has been a long build but worth as it is a spectacular house in a great location!! When do you think it will be finished, it looks close. Congrats on your baby. . . a year late, should have followed your blog!! Loretta Built The Jenmark with Cavalier Homes Macarthur. http://camdenacres.blogspot.com/ Thread - viewtopic.php?f=31&t=17870 We are in - front landscaping begins Re: Push to Open drawers AND soft close hinges 6Jun 22, 2011 8:03 pm Hi Loretta I have been lurking, just not posting! I guess it has taken so long i figured no one would be at all interested any more!! Your place looks fabulous. I am just dreaming of when we can finally get in. And I would LOVE to go for the servodrive but just can't see that in the budget Re: Push to Open drawers AND soft close hinges 8Jun 23, 2011 7:22 pm If you have push to open (P2O) drawers you can't have soft close as well. It 's one or the other. The physics don't allow it. When you push close the drawer (the operative word being push) you are essentially setting the spring mechanism that allows the drawer to spring open when you push or touch it - or P2O it. If it were a soft close as well there would not be enough energy to cause the P2O mechanism to set itself. We have the Blum P2O system - drawers are handle-less - just touch them and they spring open. Love it. The other benefit is that all your drawer fronts are un-blemished with handles - a very clean and neat kitchen profile. Easy to clean because no handles in the way. And you can do all your cupboards the same way. Incidentally it is not really a push but only a gentle touch to close the drawer. barkly Yes, I had already tried searching those. In the end I am fabricating my own. 4 2202 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 1547 Surrey Hills, Vic 3127 Garage is being built with metal, 3m distance away from my cover deck. It is parallel to my cover deck, living room, family room and kitchen,… 0 7020 |