Hinge for slide in microwave cabinet

11 years ago

Hey all -
My contractor is trying to figure out the type of hinges to get for the microwave cabinet. I want the kind of door that open from the bottom and that you tuck the entire door into the top of the cabinet so we can leave it open when we want to. I don't want the one where the door just goes up b/c our microwave is in a bottom cabinet. Here's the link to the one on Houzz. They say it came with the custom line so i can't get any info from there.

https://www.houzz.com/photos/microwave-cabinet-traditional-kitchen-boston-phvw-vp~1203633-Kitchen-Newton-MA-traditional-kitchen-boston

Thanks!
Tricia

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frez1001
11 years ago
http://www.wwhardware.com/kv-8050-up-and-under-inset-flipper-door-slides-kv8050pez

Here is a link that might be useful: hinge link
granjan
11 years ago
Just what I need. I don't understand much about construction details, but this looks like the right typeof hinge. I'm going to show it to my contractor.

Here is a link that might be useful: Hafele pivot hinge
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Tricia21
Original Author
11 years ago
Thanks! After I wrote this, I called Richelieu and they told me the accuride. Then I found this other one:

http://www.hardwaresource.com/hinges/CABINET+HINGES/Pivot+Door+Slides/Over-the-Top+Flipper+Door+Slide

http://www.cabinetmakerssupply.com/accuride_model_1155_easy_down_30_lb._flipper_door_slide_cabinet_flipper_3832_prd1.htm

I guess I'll show him all of these....
localeater
11 years ago
Just some food for thought, I originally wanted that type of hinge for a countertop cabinet that houses my coffee pot, grinder, and toaster. My KD asked me how tall my coffee pot was. It turned out that for what I was doing I was better off losing the inches that the slide in doors make you lose on the sides, not on the top, because I really needed the height.
Don't know if this is helpful or not, just figured I would share.
Tricia21
Original Author
11 years ago
thanks localeater - I actually have a lot of room at the top and not the sides!
andreak100
11 years ago
FWIW, we're doing an opening for our MW like yours - coming over the top of the MW and recessing back. For the MW, I felt that made more sense than needing to open two doors. We are having a second unit like what localeater described for small appliances (tea maker, etc.) and it made sense to have doors because I may only need to open one side to access the appliance I need.
Tricia21
Original Author
11 years ago
Andrea - That's what i was thinking. I originally was just going to have regular doors but then i realized that would be super annoying b/c people would run into the doors and the kids would constantly be opening them once they used to use the micro. Then i thought about the side ones but thought it would be harder to open two doors - plus, i have much more clearance on the top.
andreak100
11 years ago
Tricia - exactly what we were thinking as well with the overhead door vs. the two pocket doors for the MW.

I looked at the system that keeps the door out and pulls upward, but it blocks the cabinet above...and I knew that wouldn't work because even though we don't use our MW a lot, it would be in use every time I needed something from the blocked cabinet!

As I said, we don't use our MW a lot, so hiding it really appealed to us. Something that you may want to consider depending on how your unit is being built - we are having a "cutting board" installed between the oven and the opening for the MW so that it can come out to make it easier to stir things that are being MWed. Our cabinet maker said that it would wind up taking up 3". It reduces the overall height possibly for your MW cavity, but it may be worthwhile so that you don't have to move things very far to stir and put back in the MW.

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