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HeyJude
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Apr 29, 2013

I need help with cabinet hardware.

These cabinets open up and I need something to hold them up. We bought a couple of those shock type openers and that didn't work. Anyone know of anything easy to install that I can do to keep them open? I have four of them, these two and the two over the bed.

  • skipnchar wrote:
    What would probably work best is a spring loaded system and they should be readily available from more any big box home store.

    I'm not sure what you are talking about, is it the hinge that is spring loaded or the strut?
  • What would probably work best is a spring loaded system and they should be readily available from more any big box home store.
  • Try www.Rockler.com : I use them for my woodworking hobby. They have various piston type mechanisms used to keep toy chest lids from falling...they my be able to keep the doors open too. The phone people at Rockler are pretty helpful.
  • one option would be to move the hinges to the smaller side of the door and have them open out into the trailer rather than up,and being sure to fill the old holes with color matching putty found at your local hardware store. OR go to Home Depot and see what they have in the cabinet dept for hinges that stay up.