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Cupboard doors gone weird help needed

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CupboardHelpNeeded · 04/05/2021 10:23

Nc for this in case I need to post identifying details

Kitchen cupboards - one small one a while back started not closing fully

At first thought something inside the cupboard jamming and of course checked that but even when cupboard completely empty still doing same.

It looks and feels as if something is jamming but it’s not. Door isn’t hanging wonky, nothing obviously wrong with the hinge (which looks unnecessarily complex to me think they’re meant to be soft close or something)

Then last night another larger cupboard started doing same but worse and it’s honestly driving me nuts - mainly because I cannot for the life of me see anything wrong with the way the doors are hanging or the hinges.

Did a bit of Googling and from that it seems that perhaps there’s screws need tightening or loosening to make it sit right but I’ve no idea how to assess or do this so I’m hoping someone here can point me in right direction of a YouTube video or similar or just give general guidance on how to fix this?

I’m pretty sure it’s probably a daft, minor, easily fixed problem but I want to make sure I know what I’m dealing with before I attempt to fix. And of course hope I get the right advice to fix it.

Daft thing but annoying anyway.

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BlankTimes · 04/05/2021 11:01

Have you got a plumb line (weight on a thin piece of string) and spirit levels?

Check to see if the actual frame of the cabinet is slightly moving, if they are all square, then it'll be a simple hinge adjustment.

merryhouse · 04/05/2021 11:21

It's probably something to do with the complex screwy bits in the complex hinges.

One of them moves the door in and out, the other up and down. You could experiment to find out Grin

(H has done so many of them he knows which is which, and usually which way to go too. I've merely seen it done.)

The thing to remember is you're unlikely to break it.

Aprilshowersandhail · 04/05/2021 11:25

Not sure anyone has been outed by a wonky cupboard!!
Grin

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CupboardHelpNeeded · 04/05/2021 11:51

Everything is square that’s what is so puzzling so I need help figuring out what to do with the hinges - and yes they seem insanely complicated

Reassuring I’m unlikely to break it

I know cupboards aren’t outing but had no idea what I might be asked so to be on safe side

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