TIL my weird trick for aligning cabinet doors actually worked

Had a job with eight upper cabinets. Doors kept sitting crooked no matter how I adjusted the hinges. After three tries, I grabbed a pack of those thin plastic shims from the flooring aisle. Put a tiny piece behind the bottom hinge on the frame side. Took maybe 1/16 of an inch. Door swung perfect and level. Always heard you only adjust at the hinge, not shim. But it fixed the problem in ten minutes. Anyone else use a weird fix like that for alignment?

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lunaw726d ago

Saw my buddy do something similar with a deck gate. The latch would never catch right, kept sagging. He wedged a stainless steel washer behind the bottom hinge on the post. Just a single washer. Gate closed smooth as anything after that. Sometimes the frame itself is just a hair out, not the hinge. Your shim trick is smart.

verac405d ago

My gate still hates me but that's a solid fix.