October 22, 2007

New kitchen cabinet pulls are too loose how can I tighten them up?

October 22nd 2007 Posted to Kitchen
Jasmyn asked:

I bought new pulls for my old kitchen cabinet doors. The machine screws don’t screw in all the way into the new pulls, because the cabinet doors are not thick enough.

Can I put washers behind the pulls and again behind the back of the cabinet door to tighten up the loose pulls and make up for the thin cabinet door? I need to make up about 1/8 of an inch difference.

Thanks from a damsel in distress.

Question posted courtesy of: Jamie

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Comments

  1. cdpaso
    October 22nd, 2007 | 12:04 pm

    I think yoy answered your own question….Good job

  2. WDOUI
    October 23rd, 2007 | 9:03 pm

    Sure you can use washers. If you go to the hardware store to buy washers why don’t you buy shorter screws instead?

  3. Mark C
    October 26th, 2007 | 4:10 pm

    Just buy shorter screws, they are 8/32 thread and come in different lenths.

  4. doc
    October 29th, 2007 | 1:07 pm

    You have two options 1use washers as you think or2 cut about 5mm off the bolts