Blum hinges different drilling pattern

[EntropyUK]

Hi there. Recently have been trying to get my head around kitchen cabinet hinges. I have a cabinet door with some cheap hinges installed. I need the door to open further so bought a pair of Blum 170° hinges from Screwfix. Took the door off and trried to swap the hinges today but the Blum hinge do not align with the existing drilled securing holes. I have a repair plate for another door and the Blum holes do not align with the repair plate.

I thought all hinges were standard so what have I missed. Also how do I fit the Bum hinges. Do I glue dowels in the existing holes and drill according to Blums installation guides?


Thanks
Ent

 

[RandomGrinch]

Hi,

I'm afraid not all hinges are the same, even if they look it!

Do I glue dowels in the existing holes and drill according to Blums installation guides?

Yup!

There are plenty of other ways to fix the holes as well:

 

[opps]

A flush cut saw will help to trim the dowels (or just cut the dowels before hand and leave them flush)

https://www.workshopheaven.com/shogun-150mm-flush-cutting-saw.html

 

[EntropyUK]

Thanks every one. Revelation to me that there is no standard pattern, as I said I am trying to get my head round kitchen fitting. Not a problem as I wanted to try out the Blum hinges before updating the kitchen so can dick about with the current units as trial and test units.

 

[Deleted member 174758]

From memory there are four(?) commonly available patterns: Blum, Salice, Grass and Hettich, The cruciform plates (the ones that go in the cabinet) are designed to fit into holes at 32mm centres and the main hinge body goes into a hole which is 35mm in diameter, but all the other holes and fixing sizes are at the manufacturers discretion