Install European Side Mount Drawer Slides

Make sure the support is level from the front to the back.

Install european side mount drawer slides.

Install the drawer side slides on the bottom of the drawer. Place the ends of the slides attached to the drawers into the tracks inside the cabinet. Measure to where you want the bottom of the drawer to sit and clamp a support board in place. Their low cost and ease of installation can often make them a good choice.

For example if the drawer opening is 12 inches wide the drawer should be 11 5 8 inches wide. In my research neither center mount or undermount have self closing. These are available in 12 14 16 18 20 22 and 24 lengths. Side mount slides typically pair with frameless otherwise known as european style cabinets.

Learn how to install a european bottom mount drawer slide and transform your drawers in minutes with this easy how to video. Bottom mount drawer slides. Consult our bottom mount drawer slide installation instructions. The reason these drawer slides are called side mount is because you will attach them to the sides of your cabinets where they will connect with the mounts installed on the side of the drawer boxes.

Hold the drawer level in front of the cabinet. Installation for both types of slides is similar but this tutorial focuses on how to install bottom mount slides. Side mounted slides are close tolerance meaning that there can be little variation in the cabinet with no more than a 1 8 inch gap between the top of the drawer and the top of the cabinet opening. For top mount and side mount drawer slides a rubber tab pictured above will keep the drawer closed.

Pressing evenly on each side of the drawer slide the drawer into place. Watch as david shows you how to install side mount drawer slides featuring fulterer s 5000 series slides. European drawer slides are inexpensive and easy to install with a good medium load rating they mount directly to the bottom of the drawer side and to the inside side of the cabinet. Side mount drawers must be built 3 16 inch smaller than the cabinet opening on both sides.

How to install side mount drawer slides. Side mount drawer slides. However in a bottom mount the drawer slide will use gravity that slopes the last 1 3rd of the drawer slide down and away.