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What’s better or more popular? We’re replacing our bathroom cabinet doors and drawer fronts. For the doors we’re going with soft close hinges. Just have to decide what to do for the drawer fronts.
Drawer slides: side vs bottom mount
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I'm not sure I'm familiar with all updates.....but I just use side mounts as I think they provide a much better feel for the price. Yoy can get them self close etc....I like the ball bearing style...I think its worthwhile.
The one that fits.
I like the Blum bottom mount slides with soft close. Totally hidden.
You did not say what is on there now, but if they are on the sides, you are more likely to find side mount slides that fit.
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This is what we have now, euro slides I think they’re called. Measuring from the side there is 1/2” of clearance each side/top/bottom.
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Unless you are replacing the drawer boxes you need to use the same style you have. The drawer boxes would have to be modified to change from side to bottom or the reverse. Use quality ball bearing, soft close slides.
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I may be wrong but I think the drawers are built to use one or the other, side mounts cause the drawer to be bit a little smaller. Side mounts make be at the middle or bottom of the side.
The bottom mounts I am referring to the track are the true bottom mounts not the side mount track that mounts at the bottom side of the drawer.
The bottom mounts I am referring to the track are the true bottom mounts not the side mount track that mounts at the bottom side of the drawer.
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So from what i understand from the replies, i should just go with side slides but can use soft close ones. Thank you all.
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Do you have frameless european boxes or face frame boxes....can make a difference in your chossen side mount slides (although many are universal)
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I believe they are framed cabinets. Currently, the hinges are attached to the frame only.
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If you have face frames....the side mounts do not attach to the sides of your cabinets....they attach to the front frame and then to the cabinet back.
It is essential that you have those slides dead parellel and in the same plane.
It is phsically difficult for me to do that in locating the cabinet back slide holders in allready installed cabinets.
So I measure carefully, and make a back plate "jig" (normally a piece of 3/4 pine as there usually enough room between the drawer and back) that I can very carefully precisely mount those back slide holders while up on top of a workbench.
Then just attach that backplate "jig" to the cabinet.
Just an idea....
It is essential that you have those slides dead parellel and in the same plane.
It is phsically difficult for me to do that in locating the cabinet back slide holders in allready installed cabinets.
So I measure carefully, and make a back plate "jig" (normally a piece of 3/4 pine as there usually enough room between the drawer and back) that I can very carefully precisely mount those back slide holders while up on top of a workbench.
Then just attach that backplate "jig" to the cabinet.
Just an idea....
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At what position vertically is it best to place the side mounts? I’ve seen them in the middle and at the bottom of the box.
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