How To Measure And Install Drawer Pulls

Place the drawer pull on a work surface with the threaded posts facing up.

How to measure and install drawer pulls. Divide the drawer height in half and mark horizontally with either a faint pencil mark or a strip of masking tape. You need to use a ruler or tape measure and hold it onto one screw holes center area. Then mark that centerline on the top edge of the drawers inside face.

It makes putting the pulls on the drawers so much easier. This measures the space between the two screw holes used to install each side of a drawer pull which could be slightly wider or narrower than the total length of your drawer pull. Small Drawers about 12 x 5 When measuring for smaller drawers use a singular 3 5 or 12 pull.

Center the pull handle on width and height. Measure the drawer front both width and height and record the measurements. Measure the length of your drawer front for example my long ones are 34 Subtract the center-to-center measurement of your drawer pulls from that number I was using the 12 pulls for those so my new number was 22.

For cabinet pulls standard center-to-center screw holes measure between 3 to 5 inches or 64 96 and 128 millimeters apart. If your cabinets have slab doors without stiles cabinet pulls are usually 2 to 3 inches up from the bottom edge of the door. Sold by Ravinte and ships from Amazon Fulfillment.

If youre replacing your cabinet hardware and have pre-drilled holes in your cabinet or drawer its important to buy new pulls that have the same center-to-center distance as your old pulls. Theres a LOT of measuring involved and you definitely want to measure twice and drill once. Move your original mark up or down to this mark to find your final center point.

Luckily you can easily choose from common pull sizes using the standard drawer pull measurements noted above. Cut a scrap piece of 14-inch hardboard or plywood roughly twice the length of the pull and about an inch or so wider than the drawers depth. Install it so all the knobs on the cabinet are spaced evenly.