DIY Home Improvement

Building a better drawer and how to install drawer slides just gets easier. Every cabinet has a cube that will be used for specific reasons. Pullouts can help with this usage, because they enable you to slide out the compartment and have it in front of you instead of down inside the cabinet.

Drawer slides generally are 1/2″ wide, 2 per drawer and come in nominal lengths IE., 10″- 24″ long. So if your cabinet is 19″ deep & the front clear opening or [face frame width] is 14.5″ wide, you will use 18″ slide hardware and the overall width has to be 13.5″, because 14.5″ opening minus 1″ for slides equals 13.5″. The box overall dimensions will be 13.5″ X 18″ to accommodatethe area in which it will be installed. This formula will be used in every cabinet anywhere IE,. Garage cabinets, kitchen cabinets, bathroom vanity cabinets and closet drawers.

Side mount full extension pullout drawer slide hardware helps with accessing items in temporary storage, they come in pairs with simple specs and mounting screws. Easy to install with a screwdriver and a tape measure, you don’t have to call the guy when you can DIY.