Fixing a Cabinet Door that WON'T Stay Closed (Replacing a Blum Hinge)

We had a cabinet door that stayed in a slightly open position. We show how to replace the hinges to correct this issue, as well as how to read a hinge to learn the brand name, its overlay, degree of opening, and where to find the part number. Hinges in video were the Blum 32.260 being replaced with the Blum 32.160-01.01. Alternative numbers for these hinges are 30.310-11.02, 32.160-01.01, 30.460, 32.160, 32.460, 32.260, 30310-1102, 30.310, and PA66. Hope you found this helpful! Links below for all products. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases, so if you're thinking of buying one for yourself please use the link below and you'll help me out with no added expense to you. Thanks!

Replacement Hinges that were shown in video
Blum 33.3600x20S 33.3600 Compact 33 Screw on 110 Degree Opening Face Frame Hinge, Zinc Die-Cast Nickel Finish

DEWALT DWHT69233 Multi-Bit Ratcheting Screwdriver Set

Plates shown in video
Blum 133.0240x10S 133.0240 Face Mount Mounting Plate, Overlays Over 1-3/8"

[markshediac]

Thanks for posting ! I had the exact same broken hinges as you and replaced with the hinges on your link - all worked out great!

[nanikatroutner]

Thank you for making this video. It did help me to read the answers you gave to some of the other comments to know how to tell when the hinge needs to be replaced. This has been the only video I have found so far that talks about this particular kind/shape of hinge, so thank you!

[lexwaldez]

DAMMIT. Now I have to fix two cabinet doors. Thank you for posting. =)

[brandoneb]

Much better than the other videos I watched. Most people were trying to sell some kind of magnet. I just wanted to fix it correctly. Thank you.

[PainterofMaine]

This was educational although not enough to help me replace the KraftMaid's sales rep.s substitute blum hinge. The blum website says the hinge that the sales rep. gave me is going out of date and out of production in June, one month from now. My cabinets are 30 years old. I am going to have to redrill new holes and hope I can get them to work as the overlay is probably not a match, but the cups will fit into the round holes....thanks.

[Chippie_k]

Opened my cabinet and a little balck piece of plastic fell out & at first I was super confused but after the door would not stay closed, I assumed it must have been a mechanism that broke off the hinge. Thankyou for confirmation the hinge will need replacement & how to read the part numbers.

[ronspangler]

This sill solve my problem, but I'm definitely taking the glassware out of the cabinet first, because the downside risk there (for me) is very high. ;)

[davidfitzgerald]

Can a BLUM 110 hinge be adjusted to close? Or is the spring just non-adjustable and the whole part will have to be entirely replaced.

[sadheart]

Very helpful. When I put the door back on with new hinges there is still a little gap. Won’t close flat. Any hints to fix that?

[YamadaDesigns]

Is it possible to replace just the missing black plastic piece?

[sethduckens]

So did something malfunction in the hinges? Do they just wear down over time? Thanks.

[sandysandy]

It would be helpful if you would state in the beginning that this door has broken hinges and how you determined that. Couldn't it just be adjusted to close better? Or are you saying that if a door does that it has to be replaced? I didn't know where you were going with this. How did you know it had to be replaced and not just adjusted? And if it could be adjusted, why not show us how to do that? I am not convinced that I have a door where the hinges are broken - how do I determine that?

[epatton]

I’d love to replace this hinge that doesn’t have the plastic parts that frequently break. Is the an alternative to the Blum 33.3600x20S?
Post a link to an alternative and I’ll definitely click on it to buy some!

[YamadaDesigns]

How do you know the hinge is broken and not that it just needs adjustment?

[perrypelican]

You have to explain everything in detail while showing it. To sometimes show and sometimes only explain without showing, is very hard to follow. We aren't necessarily familiar with what a cup is, for example. If your target audience is professional cabinet fixers, then I'm sorry, forget what I wrote.

[lorrieprothero]

I thought this was to FIX a hinge. This is to REPLACE a hinge.

[chriselexpuru]

Wait, Your video title reads "fix" not "replace". You should change the title. This misled me to believe that these hinges could be repaired.

[joshlewis]

You could have just made a 5 second video by saying "replace the hinge"