Kitchen Drawers - am i going mad???

[Paul]

Hi all,

So currently refurbing my kitchen, and having the painful tasks of replacing all the cupboards.

Cant get the drawers to line up... there's a 1" gap between the top one and the two below... and the bottom one is about 1/2" low at the bottom.... It's driving me crazy!!!

Could someone check the below and check i'm not going mad please....



Any pointers appreciated!!

Paul

 

[Gonzo]

From this angle it looks okay but there are more holes on the actual unit than the diagram.

Are the drawer fronts different sizes?

 

[Paul]

Top lines up (well - just underneath) where the worktop would go by a few MM - se seems to be right... but looking at it, i couldnt move the bottom two up since ther are no holes to move them to...

 

[Gonzo]

It's odd, even in the second picture the bottom rail looks too low.

If you can't get it sorted I'll send the pics to my kitchen fitter friend when I get home (I'm currently in Portugal).

 

[Paul]

@replicas Might know, however this shop bought stuff may be too Cheap and Tacky for him

 

[Wayne J]

Deepest drawer is usually the bottom drawer.

 

[Marvello]

Are the drawer fronts upside down? I know they are symmetrical but maybe the fittings are not central.

 

[Paul]

Deepest drawer is usually the bottom drawer.

Yup - those two larger drawers are in fact the same height.... (Just measured!)

 

[AlanJ]

have you got the two sides on the right side and the right way up?

 

[Wayne J]

Or, left and right side panels could be transposed,

 

[Julian Hepworth]

have you got the two sides on the right side and the right way up?

I was thinking that - I have vague recollections of getting caught out by that.. I think...

 

[Marvello]

Any options to move the drawer fronts up? Maybe they have more than one predrilled hole on each side?

 

[Paul]

Are the drawer fronts upside down? I know they are symmetrical but maybe the fittings are not central.

And @Marvello Wins the "Engineer of the month" award, as opposed to my misses who wins the "Bell-end of the Month" award.....(She put the drawers together whilst i was building the carcusses)

I did wonder if it was an adjustment on the drawers themselves, however they wouldnt adjust enough to close the gap....




So it was indeed the fronts of the larger two drawers on upside down... by eye there didnt seem to be a problem, however just by swapping them around proved it....

Thank you all for proving that i wasnt going completely scatty!!

 

[Marvello]

Tell her to pull her drawers up next time.

 

[replicas]

Only just seen the post @Paul , glad to see you have figured out where you went wrong.

 

[carl lawrence]

As Daz said ,just spotted this glad you sorted it , I have lost count how many times I have done this