Thanks for your response writersblock. The second part of my posr refers to the pressure on the attachment of the drawer panel and the metal box. Do you know about that stress potential? I have the Maximera boxes.

As long as the pull is on a sturdy part of the panel I don't think that's much of an issue. I know Maximera isn't quite the same as the old drawers, but they're still pretty good quality, and I never heard of anyone having any problems with that in the past.

Thanks writersblock. So are the Sektion drawers not as strong as the old series drawers?

Nonsense. I can't speak for the "shaker" looking panel but I have a couple of Bodbyn doors and drawer fronts in my front room waiting to be installed. The door is just as solid in the the center as anywhere else. They have all the Bodbyn displays at the Ikea store and in the catalogue with the same silly placement as enduring noted. It looks awful in my opinion and I plan to follow the old rule of thumb of just a hair above the center of each drawer depending on the depth. At least for the Bodbyn there is no compromise in the strength of the unit over different areas. It's solid MDF. I think it's just the lazy way of install for setting up the displays quickly.

I have cup pulls on a cheap particle board recycling unit in my my current kitchen. The drawer front is only a bit over a 1/4 thick, no glides and it works fine.

Thanks watchmelol. I'm heading home on Friday and going through the Twin Cities. I'll be stopping at IKEA to ask some more questions about strength.

I'm assuming my Laxarby panels are mdf. The panels seem a tad thin. The rest is birch stained very very dark. The Bodbyn panel is thicker with the raised panel.

Bodbyn is different, as are the slab doors. A raised panel is quite a different animal from the shaker styles. I thought we were talking about laxarby here.

I wouldn't say that maximera isn't as good, just different.

EDIT I can say that before the demise of ikeafans, the European installers who were regulars there were not keen on putting pulls on the center panel for Metod laxarby.

Writersblock, I am talking about Laxarby. The inset panels are flat and thin unlike the Bodbyn that watchmelol mentions. Thanks for the info in the European installers, that is very helpful. That is the type of info I'm looking for.

I don't mind the look of the handle on the stile. I just don't want to torque the drawers off the boxes, with the forces higher up on the drawer with the handle at the stile. It sounds like it was not an issue, or the ikeafans would have mentioned it with the Laxarby.

My point was that Ikea is showing Bodbyn with the odd (to me) arrangement of pulls also. They seem to be centering the pulls only on the shortest 5" drawers that are slab. So the theory that it is necessary due to the should be questioned. They are showing it on all their cabinets , not just the thinner center paneled ones.

As for the "prying action" I do believe it's a non issue given the quality of the runners used. Even heavily loaded drawers glide smoothly as opposed to the runners used in the past on most cabinets. So you are not putting that much force on the pulls.

I have maximera drawers and ordered the 12” Blankett pulls.We installed one, but have stopped because it pulls up when we pull the drawer. And because it pulls up, it scrapes the drawer above it. What is recommended for these drawers? Will the push touch latch work? We have the soft close on all of the drawers so it might be conflicting latches. Can anyone help? Customer service answers with limited info after, of course, a several day wait. See attached photos

Blue Room - I have a 36" 2-drawer Sektion cab in my laundry, Ringhult fronts w. Blankett handles that don't ever touch the upper drawer, so no scratches.

I'd start with adjusting/lowering the drawers that get scratched just a tad and see if that takes care of the problem.

Thanks, pippabean. I just compared the spec sheets of the GREVSTA cover and your RINGHULT front. The BLANKETT pulls are a "coordinating product" to the RINGHULT, but nothing is listed for GREVSTA. So I checked the drawer product, the MAXIMERA, and it appears that the UTRUSTA Touch Open is probably what I should have purchased, although on other posts some people have had trouble with it due to the built in slow close on the MAXIMERA.

Thanks for your input!

All Sektion fronts are attached the same way to the drawers, no matter the style.

I understood that the whole drawers moved up, versus just the handles.

My 36" handles have a 3rd screw hole in the center and they don't move away from the front. Not one bit.

f I were you, I'd remove the handles, drill holes in the center, predrill a hole into drawer back, insert the same types/size screw that Ikea specs, and you should be good. Good luck

The stainless steel attaches differently from all of the others. I compared the installation pdfs, and all of the fronts - like yours - are placed squarely on the front. The stainless steel - probably due to the weight - is bracketed over and around the sides. So it poses a problem on the inside of the drawer. The panel bracket is shorter than the BLANKETT overhang (for lack of a better description) but the BLANKETT pull still has to fit over the stainless bracket, and it just doesn't work.

I just received an email from IKEA customer service and they said BLANKETT pulls don't work with SEKTION at all. Now, that is a lie, because yours work perfectly! So, I am in one of the IKEA nightmares I have heard about.

I will take your suggestion to my contractor. Hopefully it will work. I read in another post that someone did that to their 15" BLANKETT pulls.

Blankett handles are designed for the Sektion line, but maybe don't work with the Grevsta fronts. This seems odd, as the Ikea kitchen planner allows the combination. The planner is typically very good at not allowing a choice that doesn't work...

If that's so, you're probably right to use the Push-openers. I'm not sure if they attach to the hinges or to the backs of the drawer glides and if they interfere with the soft close hinges.

If you're not too far from a store, I'd think it would be worth a visit to talk directly to one of the more senior/knowledgeable staff members about this.

Best of luck!

I agree. I used the planner and it was very helpful for the most part. I do not live near an IKEA but I have grown accustomed to waiting. I will be near one in the next 3 months so I may just have to wait. Thanks for the help.