Where To Install Drawer Pulls

How to install drawer pulls handles.

Where to install drawer pulls.

More product details close 3 in. 76 mm center to center satin nickel half round foot drawer pull 10 pack. Most drawer pulls are centered on the drawer fronts but if the cabinet you re working on has two or three drawers the same size and one larger one at the bottom install the bottom knob or pull higher than the center of that drawer front. Make installing knobs and pulls a breeze with make installing knobs and pulls a breeze with the align right cabinet hardware mounting kit.

More product details close. This kit includes door and drawer templates as well as a 3 16 in. Hi melissa you are very observant. You can always fill the old holes with a wood filler or putty sand it down and then restain or repaint the drawer.

The drawer on the left with one pull is 28 wide and the drawer on the right with two pulls is 37 inches wide. First i find the horizontal center. There are generally two ways to center your drawer pulls either with all centered exactly in the middle of the cabinet fronts or the second way is with all of the pulls at the same height down from the top of the cabinet. All i use to install 2 hole drawer pulls is a ruler pencil painters tape drill and bits.

But i can t tell you how many times a day i reach for the drawer like it has two pulls on it. Simply mark drill and then attach new cabinet hardware. How to measure projection. So if the drawer is exactly 5 inches tall i determine the horizontal center is at 2 5 inches from either the top or bottom edge.

If you spend some time looking at pulls on cabinets you will see that this is a common way to install them. This configuration is pleasing to the eye. Using your cutting tool and measuring device cut a piece of the cardboard the same exact dimensions as your cabinet or drawer front or a portion of it. For example i wanted my drawer pulls to be centered on each drawer front.

So it s a big difference and i like the way it looks with only one pull on the left. My drawer fronts have a small detail on them that creates a rectangle in the middle of the drawer. If your new drawer pulls don t fit into the old screw holes don t worry. You can then drill new holes with the correctly sized drill bit to fit the new drawer pulls.

Drill bit accommodating larger pulls up to 160 mm.