Install European Side Mount Drawer Slides

Learn how to install a european bottom mount drawer slide and transform your drawers in minutes with this easy how to video.

Install european side mount drawer slides. How to install side mount drawer slides. Watch as david shows you how to install side mount drawer slides featuring fulterer s 5000 series slides. Pressing evenly on each side of the drawer slide the drawer into place. Hold the drawer level in front of the cabinet.

For top mount and side mount drawer slides a rubber tab pictured above will keep the drawer closed. However in a bottom mount the drawer slide will use gravity that slopes the last 1 3rd of the drawer slide down and away. Side mount slides typically pair with frameless otherwise known as european style cabinets. European bottom mount drawer slides are easy to install and are ideal for storing your personal items with loads up to a 50 lb.

Install the drawer side slides on the bottom of the drawer. European drawer slides are inexpensive and easy to install with a good medium load rating they mount directly to the bottom of the drawer side and to the inside side of the cabinet. Side mounted slides are close tolerance meaning that there can be little variation in the cabinet with no more than a 1 8 inch gap between the top of the drawer and the top of the cabinet opening. Their low cost and ease of installation can often make them a good choice.

Measure to where you want the bottom of the drawer to sit and clamp a support board in place. The first slide inward can sometimes push a bit tougher but once the tracks are engaged the drawer should slide back out and in smoothly. For example if the drawer opening is 12 inches wide the drawer should be 11 5 8 inches wide. Place the ends of the slides attached to the drawers into the tracks inside the cabinet.

Consult our bottom mount drawer slide installation instructions. Make sure the support is level from the front to the back. Side mount drawer slides. I will walk you through the process of the side mount installation quickly easily and efficiently in just 11 steps.

These are available in 12 14 16 18 20 22 and 24 lengths. Bottom mount drawer slides. In my research neither center mount or undermount have self closing.