Soft Closing Kitchen Cupboard Doors
January 17th, 2012 | 
Author: Trying to tell them to not bang the doors thus typically falls on deaf ears, as teenagers are ‘never’ in the incorrect. However Blum hinges have developed the innovative Blumotion, a straightforward device that ensures your kitchen doors shut quietly, even when slammed shut.
Best described as a shock absorber, the Blumotion device slows down and dampens the previous few degrees of the cabinet door closing. Friends and family can definitely be impressed as your kitchen cupboard doors seem to instinctively block before gently easing themselves towards the closed position. Even those teenagers who appear thus intent on slamming each door closed can be impressed and intrigued because the Blumotion works it’s magic.
Originally designed to fit only Blum hinges, the Blumotion range has been expanded to figure at the side of many other ‘normal’ kitchen cupboard hinges. Designed to be connected by a couple of screws to the hinge side of the interior of your kitchen cabinet doors, these discrete dampeners are designed to last the lifetime of the cupboard and guarantee quiet closing every time.
The larger the closing, or ‘slamming’ force, the more braking pressure is applied and a designed in ‘overload’ safety feature protects not solely your bloom hinges; however the dampener itself from injury through repeated abuse.
As for the kitchen door itself, a smart quality door should last for many several years whereas cheaper cabinet doors may well suffer from repeated abuse.
Smaller kitchen doors typically solely require one Blumotion and they will be simply fitted by most capable of a little DIY (do it yourself). However as the door size and weight will increase, then one per hinge is required so as to for the dampening affect to be sufficient to counter the burden and potential slamming force of larger, heavier doors. For cupboard makers, a slim ‘piston’ version is on the market that fits into the cupboard carcass or frame, making it even less noticeable for an actually skilled end.
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