Can you reverse your hinges so the doors open away from the hood?

I've used these acrylic bumpers in several places in the kitchen. In the first photo, look where the chair hits the counter. There is a bumper attached to the edge of the chair which you really don't notice unless you're looking for it. In the second photo, the bumper is stuck to the side of the counter where the pantry door bumps. I doubt very much that your range hood gets hot enough to bother the acrylic, but I'm not sure about the adhesive. These bumpers are inexpensive and readily available at Home Depot or Lowe's, so you could just try it and see.

I did the same thing as suzannel - even on my hood. Everything has held up well over the past year.

I use the bumpers too, but I stock up because my toddler picks them off!

If you have the hinges that allow the doors to open fully, (I think they are 170 degree hinges) can you switch them out to the 107 degree hinges? I am going to have the limited open hinges on some of my cabinets so they don't bang.

I use refrigerators magnets with fluffy flowers on them. Definitely prevents the doors from hitting the hood.

I had the same problem with my full overlay doors. My installer had these little elastic looking things, about a quarter inch in size, if I remember correctly. He put those into the hinges and they don't open all the way now.

Meanwhile, my cordovan colored chairs are all banged up from my kids (me?? no.) pushing the chairs up against the corian table top. The edge is not a flat edge, can't remember the type it is, but it is perfect for making dents in the chairs. I need to get my installer back this summer to do a few things, maybe he can fill them in. I cringe everytime I sit down to eat.

I have inset cabs with an exposed hinge, so nothing could really be attached to the hinge. My cabinet company put a thin wire from the top of the cab to the door so it wouldn't open all the way and hit the fridge.

Glad to read that this is fairly common. I never noticed it on my old cabinets so I thought it was my own DIY design plan (we installed our own cabs too) and a beginner's mistake, OR, at the very least, was the price one pays for frameless cabinets.

We put those little clear bumpers on our hood and so far they've held up fine.

I, too, have a little rubber bubbles on the edge of my fridge, actually. Around my stove, I had them open away from the hood.

Even the double, 42" cab has doors where both of them open away. I don't stand in front of them with them both open side, so it works for me.

do you have blum hinges? if so, they have this little plastic clip that you can add on so it only opens 90 degrees.

No help here, but I'm going to add this to my list of little things to fix when we "nip/tUCK" the kitchen. In fact I didn't even realize that some of our doors do open far enough to bang into things until I tested it after reading this. We'll have to consider it when we buy the new hinges.

Posted by michoumonster (My Page) on Wed, Apr 17, 13 at 14:30
do you have blum hinges? if so, they have this little plastic clip that you can add on so it only opens 90 degrees.

I think I do, they are soft closed & do look a lot like that when I google blum hinges.

Probably somehting like below. I'll ask my cab guy. Thanks!

Here is a link that might be useful: Blum Hinge Angle Limiter

Our "remodel" wasn't really a choice- had a water leak. We replaced some things, left others. I did change out an OTR micro to a real vent hood. Never even thought about the cabinets banging- until I went to open the corner upper I keep spices in. That's filled to the brim, has an extra storage mounted on the door AND has a lazy susan (moved up high enough that I can put bottles underneath the bottom lazy susan shelf), Did I mention it's packed? And I have nowhere else to put any of that stuff? Currently using those clear rubber bumpers. What we (meaning me, haven't told DH) PLAN to do is have that cabinet door cut in half and made into a bifold that opens the opposite direction. Flipping just the door won't work for us- it would hit the hood and not even come close to opening.

Does the idea thrill me? no, but it's getting really old really fast not being able to open the door all the way.

You are looking for kitchen cabinet door restraints. They are available everywhere in many different styles--depends on what you want (chain, metal hinge, vinyl covered wire (hafele). Google 'cabinet door restraint' or you can see two examples at the following site:
www.hardwaresource.com. They are cheap and won't be visible from the outside of the door.

Our company is now manufacturing a product that would easily solve the problem of your cabinet door opening too far and hitting your appliance. It's a cabinet door restraint. Made in the USA. You can find the item at Amazon.

Here's a photo:

Cabinet Door Restraint · More Info

The hinge restrictor clips go right inside your hinges and are unobtrusive.