Having been in the kitchen cupboard industry for many years, kids safety oftentimes decides how we should design something. If parents can secure dangerous items from the reach of children because of a special locking mechanism we installed, their young child will be better protected from harm. It has always been common practice for our sales personnel to offer installation of magnetic safety locks for cabinets that we manufacture.
Many customers decline because of the additional cost of installing the devices. When they do decide to not hire us for the installation process, we offer free instructions for how they can install these special locking devices themselves.
There are several styles of locks available which are designed to secure kitchen, bathroom, laundry room and office cabinetry form toddlers or young children. Just knowing that the kids cannot be able to access the interior of the cupboards will be worth the effort to get the cabinets secure.
Using External Cabinet Door Securing Locks
There are several brands and styles of this type of device. They are generally designed to work on double door cabinets. The mechanisms get placed around both hardware knobs or handles on the cupboard doors and then you snap or pull them tight. These work really well, but for appearance purposes they are not ascetically pleasing to the eyes. The cost is reasonable and there is not handyman abilities need to install them.
Cupboard Door Locks That Can’t Be Seen
These particular locks are designed to secure the cabinet doors using magnetic force. Once installed, they cannot be seen from the exterior of the kitchen or bathroom cabinets. The cost of this particular product is a little more than the external cabinet securing devices, but the benefit is that they cannot be seen. They do take a certain level of craftsmanship to install them.
Learning how to install magnetic locks won’t take very long. We actually have a video on our site that demonstrates how to secure your kitchen or bathroom vanity cabinets using this product. Don’t delay, make your cupboards safe so that you won’t have to be worried about the kids while you are in another room. Take the proper safety precautions now and get those locks taken care of.
There are a couple of securing devices that can be hidden that will work well with your kitchen cabinets. The favorite lock among most users is the magnetic cabinet locking device that will make your cupboards child proof. The other is the plastic type that you push down when the door is opened just a little bit. Both of these styles cannot be seen from the outside of the cabinetry.
In the spinning carousel above we have displayed many different styles of securing devices that will help keep children from getting into the kitchen or bathroom cabinets. These are all reputable brands and somewhat easy to install. read Hidden Kitchen Cabinet Lock
I recently was challenged with figuring out how to fix a few loose strips of maple real-wood-veneer that were on kitchen cabinets. The original contact glue apparently was loosing it’s bonding strength after about ten years. It was not just a fluke that these edges had started to peal away from the tall diagonal open shelf cabinet.
This article teaches the method for bonding an edge that has started pulling away from the cupboard. It is not intended to explain how to re-fasten a large piece of wood laminate that is coming off of a cupboard.
The Materials and Tools Needed for the Repair
This is a very frustrating situation when installing a cabinet and the wall has a hump in it. Sometimes the back will have a tendency to come off when you tighten the screws down. It may not separate from the cupboard sides entirely, but instead just pull away enough to be noticeable.
There are a few options available in relation to how you handle this frustrating situation.
1) Remove the installed cabinet and repair the damage
2) Leave the cupboard in place and caulk the gap on the inside
3 )Loosen the installation screws, while leaving the cabinet in place using clamps to fasten it to the surrounding cabinetry. Wedge shims between the wall and the cabinet back, forcing the gap to be lessoned. Leave the shims in place and re-install the screws. read While Installing a Cabinet the Back Came Off
If you are planning to strip the old Formica off of your cabinets it can be reused. Why would you want to remove the old plastic laminate from your bathroom or kitchen cupboards? Perhaps you have purchased a new refrigerator and it won’t fit in the opening. In this situation the cabinetry will need to be cut down. The same scenario can be applied to any new appliance that you have purchased. But, what if the original Formica is discontinued? You are only left with two options, try and salvage the existing plastic laminate or choose a similar color to the discontinued laminate, good luck. read Can Old Cabinet or Counter Formica Be Reused
Having been in the kitchen cupboard industry for many years, kids safety oftentimes decides how we should design something. If parents can secure dangerous items from the reach of children because of a special locking mechanism we installed, their young child will be better protected from harm. It has always been common practice for our sales personnel to offer installation of magnetic safety locks for cabinets that we manufacture.