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Just spent a full day trying to get a flush inset door on a tricky base cabinet
It was a corner base unit with a weird plumbing chase, so the opening wasn't square by about 3/16 of an inch. I kept shaving the door, adjusting the hinges, nothing worked. Finally realized the cabinet box itself had a slight twist from the factory. Had to shim the whole thing off the wall and reattach the face frame. Took me 8 hours start to finish for one door. Anyone else run into a box being out of whack like that?
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juliarodriguez21d agoMost Upvoted
My last place had a door that only closed if you lifted it slightly.
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logan_mitchell21d ago
My uncle's old shop had a saying... a cabinet is only as square as the wall it's hung on. We used to check for a twisted box by laying a long level across the front before any install. Found one last month that was off by almost a quarter inch on the diagonal. All that time you spent was probably because the factory just slapped it together on a Friday afternoon. It's the worst kind of problem because you chase the fix everywhere but the source.
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