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transistor2002
Jul 16, 2009, 10:21 AM
Greetings All,

I am in the process of installing drawers in my kitchen cabinets below the countertop. Some of the drawers are not closing evenly leaving one end of the drawer face projecting past the face frame.

What can cause this and how do I alleviate it.

Thanks much.

hkstroud
Jul 16, 2009, 03:49 PM
Where are the drawer runners? On the side or on the bottom?

creahands
Jul 16, 2009, 05:57 PM
The draw runners were not installed perpendicular to cabinet face nor parallel to each other.

Chuck

transistor2002
Jul 17, 2009, 09:55 AM
Where are the drawer runners? On the side or on the bottom?

The slides are side mounted. They are ball bearing 130 lb rated full extension slides.

transistor2002
Jul 17, 2009, 09:59 AM
The draw runners were not installed perpendicular to cabinet face nor parallel to each other.

Chuck

Thanks, good info. At least I know where to start.

hkstroud
Jul 17, 2009, 10:31 AM
Drawer not square or cabinet not square. Use small washers between runners and cabinet sides to shift drawer direction of travel. Washers between rear of side that has the gap and front of side that is tight.

creahands
Jul 17, 2009, 05:52 PM
Use a framing square to set cabinet rail perpendicular to cabinet face.

If rail goes to back of cabinet, one of the holes is a slot.This is used to adjust rail so draws close correctly.

Chuck

21boat
Jul 17, 2009, 11:19 PM
I'm with creahands on this one. The rails going back into the cabinets is almost always the culprit for up down side to side etc. The cabinet is a flat surface. The draw face is a flat surface. The runners for the draw to slide into needs to be at a 90 and level. Sides or bottom runners. Still the same results