A Guide to Fitting Kitchen Door Handles and Knobs

Kitchen Door Handles provide the essential finishing touch to your kitchen design and overall appearance. Although the kitchen handle you choose must compliment your kitchen design they must also be functional, hardwearing and easy to maintain. At FinishYourKitchen we have a range of quality kitchen handles and knobs to suit all contemporary and traditional kitchen designs.

Whether you are fitting kitchen door handles, kitchen door knobs or a combination of both the important question is whether they are replacing existing handles or being fitted to new kitchen doors.

Fitting Kitchen Handles and Knobs to existing Doors.

To fit new Kitchen Door Knobs to existing doors is a very straight forward process as there is only one hole to consider. Simply unscrew the screw from the inside of the door while holding the door knob and replace with the new Kitchen Door Knob.

To fit new Kitchen Door Handles to existing doors takes a little more thought as there are now two holes to consider. The distance between the hole centres varies depending on the style and size of new kitchen door handle you choose. In order to avoid buying replacement kitchen door handles that do not fit, simply measure the distance between your existing hole centres and be sure to check the hole centre measurement for your new kitchen handles is the same. All our kitchen handles clearly quote the distance between hole centres. 

Fitting Kitchen Handles and Knobs to new Doors

By fitting new kitchen handles and doors you have the opportunity to completely change the look of your kitchen. However, this creates a new challenge when fitting kitchen handles as holes have to be drilled in your new doors. The important aspect here is uniformity so that the handles are all positioned the same. The best way to achieve this is to drill the holes using a jig. You will need a cordless drill with a 4mm drill bit and preferably clamps to hold the jig on the door.