Heavy heavy heavy cabinet door hinge, help please!!

**Jovian** · 6th January 2013, 11:01 PM

So here's the story, I've got a very naughty beagle, which loves to chew my partner shoes, so I've no choice but to make her a nice shoes cabinet, I was planning to use pine but then I realize what is the point since the house is full of hardwood furnitures. Then the frame and pieces already done and now it's the final stage which is my main problem, the cabinet door, it's 1800x600x35, solid heavy nice piece of furniture, it's made out of Marri and jarrah, now, how to put the door to the frame! It's weight roughly 35kg each door, I went to bunnings to look for concealed hinge, also it has been designed to be install inset hinge, no changes can be made, the only option is to put 8 inset hinge each, or self closing hinge, but, can it support the weight? Anyone done like this before and got better idea? I haven't drill anything yet, or any idea where to get some nice heavy duty hinge? Thanks!!

**China** · 7th January 2013, 02:05 AM

Give Blum a call and ask what the weight rating is and how many you will need

**lesmeyer** · 7th January 2013, 05:31 PM

Looking at the Blum catalogue, their thick door hinge is suitable for doors up to 32mm thick.
Other info states that 5 hinges are used for a door weighing 22KG.
Seems your door may not be suitable for the hinges from Blum or any type of "kitchen" cabinet hinges.

Les

**elanjacobs** · 7th January 2013, 06:29 PM

Salice Series F hinges will go up to 40mm thick doors and can be inset mounted. Spec sheet: http://www.slovenijales-trgovina.si/...PadmiEXxsA.pdf

They're available through Hafele.

**rustynail** · 7th January 2013, 08:06 PM

Could the door be split up the guts to make 2x1800x300? That would halve the weight of each door.

**mic-d** · 7th January 2013, 09:02 PM

Instead of the 8 or so concealed hinges that you would need (based on an extrapolation of the info from blum and hafele -which only go to 5hinges/22kg- which I don't even know is meaningful) why not use three heavy duty butt hinges or if the carcase is too thin for adequate screw length then how about a piano hinge - a 600mm piano hinge could bear about 25kg so it would easily bear the weight.

Cheers
Michael

**Gaza** · 7th January 2013, 09:33 PM

you want these kubica Kitchen Door Handles, Bathroom Door Handles, Kids Door Knobs and Handles, Safety Handles also know as soss hinges we use these all the time, even on full sized soild doors, lot cheaper than the cabnet hinges

**JPA** · 8th January 2013, 09:40 AM

I've got my bench top on hinges, which including the vice must weigh around 25kg's. I just used 3 big door hinges from the hardware store and it doesn't move at all. However I think that if the hinges are mounted vertically (as with a door) I'd want some more or bigger hinges. I think Michael might be on the money with the piano hinge.

**Jovian** · 10th January 2013, 02:35 AM

Thanks guys, but piano ginger just doesn't look nice

.. However, problem solved, I bought solid brass hinge, 4 per door, nice and solid, with a lock ball on top to stop it from moving!! Definitely European cabinet hinges wouldn't work..zzz.. Classic is always the best! Also, I've got two doors for the cabinet, so it couldn't be splitted

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