IKEA/Blum hinges
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Comments (44)We moved into a house with Chinese RTA cabinets. They are three years old. We had to take out everything in our kitchen to deal with a foundation issue. We decided to put the cabinets back in even though we could afford new ones. It just seemed too wasteful to switch out three year old cabinets. I would never have bought these myself, but they do the trick. I am curious to see how they will hold up over time. I laugh about the idea of Chinese RTA vs Ikea. Isn't everything in Ikea made in China too? I am curious about the choice for an 18 inch DW. It seems so tiny to me like it wouldn't be worth it. I stayed for a week in a house with a DW that size and it was big enough to do our breakfast bowls and cups and that was about it. I was still hand washing to many serving bowls, cutting boards, pots and pans that I felt like I might as well not have had a dishwasher at all. I just wonder if it is a way to save some money and space? Good luck. It sounds like you are on the right track....See Moreanyone have corner (L-shaped) kitchen cab with hinged door
Comments (9)I'm a KD, here's what I think: -That kind of cabinet is usually called an "easy reach lazy susan" -A good number of people find the doors awkward. Some don't. -Be sure to order a few extra hinges. I have found this is the #1 hinge that people call in with warranty issues. It's a really big hinge that connects the two doors. -Custom cabinet companies offer different hinge options (ie. piano type hinge) that are easier to open and have MUCH less replacement worries. -If your design and budget allow, a better option is a diagonal lazy susan. You have a regular hinged door, a full circle susan and extra countertop space. PROS on this type: Won't work next to an appliance without a filler, will cost extra $ for your countertop and the 'opening' is smaller with the diagonal unit. See if you can open both types and see what you think. Bottom line: If you're going custom, check out the different hinge options. If you're going stock or semi-custom, open the doors and see if they annoy you. If not, then they will service you just fine! And consider the diagonal type as well. Kompy...See MoreHead exploding over Blum hinges
Comments (7)I can only give encouragement, breathe, leave it for a few minutes and dive back in. I am sure you know, as frustrating as it is, it always works out! Right now we're moving electric because we (well me) hadn't planned on having cabinets there.....P.S. I don't do electric DH does, oops!...See MoreIKEA'S 25 year warranty - fact or fiction?
Comments (64)I am so unhappy that I ever trusted IKEA for my whole kitchen, and even more upset that I referred them to friends. And to JJ Cape on Cape, I have no idea how to directly respond to you since your posts are from 2 years ago, but I would love to know what happened since I currently have the same problem you faced back then. The warranty in my personal opinion is as good as if it were written on piece of toilet paper. First of all, I have their Adel, or Akurum cabinet doors. The exact same thing happened to me. The cabinet door below the sink started to expand eventually and peel. There was no flooding in my home, and I am not near any body of water. Even though I had a 25 year warranty, I was more than willing to pay for another door at my own expense just to avoid the anticipated aggravation that IKEA would cause if I had to turn to their warranty department. Well, let me tell you, all my worst fears were justified. They decided to just stop making the Adel cabinet doors, and any company that makes one like it is 3/4 inch thick while the original Adel is 5/8 inch thick. How can they justify a 25 year warranty and just stop manufacturing the product they are supposed to cover. Had I known that I never would have purchased a kitchen from them. Here is the run-around I got from IKEA. First email to them I explain the damages, and send proof of purchase and photos of the damages, with all my contact information. I wait home all day for a phone call, but they never call. I called them the next day only to get told the case was closed because I didn't answer their phone calls or send any photos or documents. So a new case was opened and it was round two of the same run-around I got the first time. Then a 3rd case was opened with another associate, but this time I asked her to forward my email to them since they ignored the emails that came directly from me. Just got off the phone with them today and was told that their so called "warranty" does not cover water damage. The associate refused to send me anything in writing today, and added that she couldn't help me and was only reading off what they said. She refused to give me any person I could contact to escalate the matter. She also had a very condescending attitude and really couldn't care less. There was a big fat zero degree of customer satisfaction. I am not sure what my next steps will be, but I would love to hear from anyone else that had similar complaints with IKEA. As a final thought, one of their responses to my email about the damaged cabinet door that in my opinion should be covered under warranty was that I might be able to take care if with an Allen Wrench! (And then they closed the case)....See Moresjhockeyfan325
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