Finally got round to replacing one of the 165-# hinges on a kitchen
cabinet door. The spring-loaded part which kept the door closed had failed.
So off to Wickes to get a replacement pair, as I expected the geometry
to be different and to avoid strain it was best to replace both hinges
by a matching pair. These looked fine: <https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-165%C2%B0-Nickel-Plated-Clip-On-Cabinet-Hinge---35mm---Pack-of-2/p/103291>
As soon as I opened the pack it became apparent that the hinges were different from their picture on the webpage. They looked more like the soft-close clip-on ones at <https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-165%C2%B0-Nickel-Plated-Clip-On-Cabinet-Hinge---35mm---Pack-of-2/p/103291>
Finally got round to replacing one of the 165-# hinges on a kitchen
cabinet door. The spring-loaded part which kept the door closed had failed.
So off to Wickes to get a replacement pair, as I expected the geometry
to be different and to avoid strain it was best to replace both hinges
by a matching pair. These looked fine: <https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-165%C2%B0-Nickel-Plated-Clip-On-Cabinet-Hinge---35mm---Pack-of-2/p/103291>
As soon as I opened the pack it became apparent that the hinges were different from their picture on the webpage. They looked more like the soft-close clip-on ones at <https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-165%C2%B0-Nickel-Plated-Clip-On-Cabinet-Hinge---35mm---Pack-of-2/p/103291>
Unfortunately there were no instructions at all in the pack! I could
only guess how the hinge clipped to the fixing plate. Some time
searching on the internet came up with a slightly clearer picture, but
even that didn't show how they fitted together: <https://www.solmer.co.uk/hinges-flaps/hinges-angular-hc-165.html>
There was a short video at
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBdvvgNf_a8>, but at around 45 seconds where they start to show how the two pieces clip together the chippy's
hands obscure the important bit! I eventually worked out how to clip
them together, but in the end had to do it "back-to-front" by clipping
the plate onto the hinge and then screwing the plate to the cabinet.
That was because one of the plates would not clip to the hinge without pressure from pliers forcing them together.
And, of course, the old screw holes on the hinge side didn't quite match with those of the screw positions on the new hinge. No surprise there! :-)
Now all I've got to do is get the positioning right. I'll report back in
a couple of years...
Now all I've got to do is get the positioning right. I'll report back in
a couple of years...
Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> wrote:
Finally got round to replacing one of the 165-# hinges on a kitchen
cabinet door. The spring-loaded part which kept the door closed had failed. >>
So off to Wickes to get a replacement pair, as I expected the geometry
to be different and to avoid strain it was best to replace both hinges
by a matching pair. These looked fine:
<https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-165%C2%B0-Nickel-Plated-Clip-On-Cabinet-Hinge---35mm---Pack-of-2/p/103291>
As soon as I opened the pack it became apparent that the hinges were
different from their picture on the webpage. They looked more like the
soft-close clip-on ones at
<https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-165%C2%B0-Nickel-Plated-Clip-On-Cabinet-Hinge---35mm---Pack-of-2/p/103291>
Unfortunately there were no instructions at all in the pack! I could
only guess how the hinge clipped to the fixing plate. Some time
searching on the internet came up with a slightly clearer picture, but
even that didn't show how they fitted together:
<https://www.solmer.co.uk/hinges-flaps/hinges-angular-hc-165.html>
There was a short video at
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBdvvgNf_a8>, but at around 45 seconds
where they start to show how the two pieces clip together the chippy's
hands obscure the important bit! I eventually worked out how to clip
them together, but in the end had to do it "back-to-front" by clipping
the plate onto the hinge and then screwing the plate to the cabinet.
That was because one of the plates would not clip to the hinge without
pressure from pliers forcing them together.
And, of course, the old screw holes on the hinge side didn't quite match
with those of the screw positions on the new hinge. No surprise there! :-) >>
Now all I've got to do is get the positioning right. I'll report back in
a couple of years...
I am surprised that you are having trouble matching screw holes as the hole spacings on all hinges across manufacturers is pretty universal. On the
door side they should be 45mm and on the hinge plate they are a standard
32mm centres.
On Blum clip on hinges which I am most familiar with the cruciform hinge plates have two hook shapes front and back. The front hooks clip over a
small bar in the hinge arm and the retaining clip fits into the hooks at
the back. This normally works quite well once you have the front hooks clipped correctly on the bar, the arm then easily presses down at the rear allowing the retaining clip to clip in position or at worst require the retaining clip to be held slightly open in order to engage.
It is possible to get the hinge plate back to front and in that case the
arm will not clip on even though both ends of the hinge plate look the
same. I wonder if your resorting to pliers is because you have the back plates the wrong way round?
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