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Tips for a perfect kitchen transformation

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As well as changing the doors and the worktops on your old kitchen there are additional tasks you will need to carry out if your new kitchen is to look like a quality new kitchen.

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Why does the order form ask if I want left hand doors or right hand doors?

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A left hand door is one with the hinges on the left when you look at the door from the outside of the cabinet with the door closed

If the door is reversible, for instance a "Lincoln" door with no pattern, or a "shaker" door, with a symmetrical pattern, then it normally isn't necessary to specify a "handing" because the door can be turned upside down to hinge on either side.

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Where should the hinge holes be drilled in my new doors?

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If you are fitting new kitchen doors to old cabinets and using new hinges, it is usually a good idea to avoid having the new hinge plates in the same position on the cabinets as the old ones, in case the old screw holes in the cabinet are worn and the new screws won't hold.

However, if you are intending to re-use the old hinges because they are fairly new, then you will want to drill the holes in the new doors in the same place as the old ones.

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How do I measure for my new doors?

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Usually the old doors can be measured and replaced exactly as they are but always remember to measure the back of the door where you will usually have a square edge whereas the front will often have a curved profile making it impossible to measure accurately.

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Please be aware that the colour of a door shown on the website or in the brochure may not be a faithful reproduction of the actual colour of the door.
If the exact colour is important, please ask for a sample swatch before ordering