{"id":14991,"date":"2023-03-28T19:01:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-28T18:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=14991"},"modified":"2023-03-28T19:01:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T18:01:34","slug":"hinge-bracket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=14991","title":{"rendered":"Hinge &#038; Bracket"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our fitted kitchen must be six-ish years old now. It&#8217;s nice. I like it. We got it built\/made to measure by those Swedish people. No, not Volvo. And also no, not Abba. Or Nokia. The other Swedish people. You know, the ones whose name begins with I and ends with kea. Anyway, where was I? Oh yes, I like it. Except for the one cupboard door. It&#8217;s a double cupboard. The left-hand door has offered us no trouble at all. No agitation. Not even a whispered discord. The right-hand door, however, has given me\/us some hardship. Or has it? Maybe I&#8217;m being unkind to the right-hand door here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The problem, you see, is the upper hinge (and only the upper hinge) became detached about five-ish months ago. These hinges are cunningly designed:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"493\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Hinge-with-closer.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Hinge-with-closer.png 493w, https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Hinge-with-closer-300x134.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hinge with soft closer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first thing you&#8217;ll notice is there are no visible screws. That&#8217;s proper cunning that is. Anyway, you have to fiddle the soft closer off the hinge and that leaves you with:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Hinge-bracket.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14993\" width=\"502\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Hinge-bracket.png 712w, https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Hinge-bracket-300x228.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hinge without closer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inset in the photo on the left is what sits underneath the hinge, it&#8217;s the fixing bracket. Getting the hinge off is an interesting test: neither of those two screws will do it for you, there&#8217;s a little fiddly clip right at the back of the hinge which you have to press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When fully pressed, the hinge just slides off the clip. Cunning, eh?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The trouble is, when I&#8217;d got the hinge off the clip at the top of the right-hand door, it looked like this:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"415\" height=\"306\" src=\"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Broken-hinge.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Broken-hinge.png 415w, https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Broken-hinge-300x221.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bracket that&#8217;s come away from the side<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You&#8217;ll no doubt notice that the screw fits into a rawlplug\/jackety thing that is part of the bracket. And also that the potential headspace for a replacement screw is very limited. Anyway, on with the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last time I had this problem I fixed it by unpicking some of the white surface and an application of Gorilla Glue into the peghole and across the surface. Unfortunately this fix only lasted a few months because a couple of days ago it started hanging off again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This time I&#8217;ve fixed it with another application of Gorilla Glue. And a longer, slightly fatter screw (which I had to narrow the head so it would fit between the two hinge hook things that are critical to the door fitting back on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyway. Done it. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our fitted kitchen must be six-ish years old now. It&#8217;s nice. I like it. We got it built\/made to measure by those Swedish people. 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