Does this cabinet door swing open the wrong way?
roo514
10 years ago
I just had cabinets installed and my first instinct when looking at them was that the single cabinet to the right of the corner was installed incorrectly. That it should swing open to the left, not to the right as shown in the pic. But now I'm not so sure. Which way would a door in a corner typically open?
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rwiegand
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Comments (14)Good question. I'm not sure. I do it that way mostly to protect the hinges. It's a physics thing where heavy things exert more force the farther out they are. Of course my wife is the total opposite and thinks heavy things should go closer to the outside so it would be "easier" to get at. I had her do an experiment where she held her purse in her hand with her arm fully extended. Then she slid her purse up to her biceps and compared the difference. She said the purse felt lighter on the biceps. I'd chalk this up as one of those "it can't hurt" things....See MoreAnyone here living with a fridge that opens the wrong way?
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