Planning hardware placement carefully during the design phase, accounting for door swing direction and adjacent drawer positions, prevents pulls and knobs from colliding once everything is installed. A designer or installer measuring hardware locations against a full kitchen layout, rather than door by door, catches these conflicts before they happen.
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Hardware collisions typically happen at inside corners, where two adjacent doors both swing toward the same point, or between a door and a nearby drawer pull positioned too closely together. Louisville homeowners throughout Jeffersontown and Middletown planning their layout should flag these tight areas early so hardware placement can be adjusted specifically for that spot.
Using a consistent hardware placement template across the kitchen generally prevents most collision issues, but corner cabinets and narrow filler areas often need individual attention rather than a one-size-fits-all measurement. Southern Indiana and Central Kentucky homeowners with an especially tight galley kitchen layout should discuss these problem areas directly with their designer before finalizing hardware placement.
If a collision issue is discovered after installation, adjusting hardware position on just the affected doors or drawers is usually a simple fix, though catching the issue during planning avoids this rework altogether. Learn more about our kitchen design consultation service.
What Most People Get Wrong
Homeowners sometimes assume a uniform hardware placement measurement will work everywhere in the kitchen, without accounting for tight corners or narrow spaces where that standard measurement causes doors or pulls to interfere with each other.
From Our Experience
We walk through hardware placement carefully with every Louisville customer, paying special attention to corners and tight spots where collisions are most likely to occur. Reach us at ecsoflouisville@gmail.com or visit our Louisville cabinet showroom.