How To Measure Door Hinge Overlay

Although where european hinges are used there is a broader range of overlay sizes.

How to measure door hinge overlay.

A partial inset door is generally found on a cabinet which has a face frame. When the door is closed part of the thickness of the door fits inside the opening of the cabinet this is the inset and part of the door overlays the cabinet opening this is the lip. How to measure your overlay a face frame cabinet is a cabinet which has a front panel into which an opening has been cut. An overlay door is a door which when closed lays on top of the cabinet opening no part of the door goes into the opening since the door is larger than the opening.

Measure from outside edges on both sides and at top and bottom to get the door size. This overlays or overlaps the cabinet door with the cabinet door opening. In order to choose continue reading how to measure the inset on a partial inset door. The overlay is the distance from the corner wraparound part of the hinge and the barrel.

Normal door overlay is 1 4 to 1 1 2 in this example the measurement from the edge of the tape at the 1 mark to the edge of the frame opening is 3 8. If you need additional help you can tryusing our hinge matching service or you can contact our customer service to speak with one of our skilled and friendly experts. Here are two examples shown on the semi wraparound 1 2 overlay hinges. If you need to install new hinges measure the overlay to figure out what size you need.

When measuring your overlay you will need to look on the hinged side of the door to determine your overlay size. Measure the size of your overlay in 3 easy steps. Below are two shots of two different 1 2 overlay hinges. Use full overlay on the sides of a frame less cabinet.

Close the cabinet door to begin measuring the door overlay. The cabinet door has to be closed to accurately place the tape used in the measurement. Your door will overlap the frame by a specific dimension below is a visual to help determine and measure your overlay. Once you have your overlay measurement you can use our interactive hinge overlay guide to find and order the exact hinges or hinge mouting plate combination you need with ease.

Also not all doors have an overlay to measure. Now measure the distance from the inside edge of the tape to the frame opening.