Cupboard doors

[Pierre Thomas]

Hello. I am making some cupboards with doors that lift off. There is no room for hinged doors.

What ideas are there for keeping the door in place?
I have tried the magnetic catches they call heavy duty on ebay but they are not heavy duty.

I am looking for new idea. thank you.

[Murflynn]

curtain

 

[Pierre Thomas]

Thank you but I already have the doors. It is a matter of stopping them falling out. The catches I have say 6kg, i have used four it seems like a very light 24kg.

[Murflynn]

you've got me confused already; if the doors lift off why do you need special heavy duty catches?

[Pierre Thomas]

Sorry. Because they fall off when the boat leans. There is not room for the door to open with hinges.maybe i mean lift out.

[OldGoat]

? Hook and staple

or

hasp and eye??

http://www.expresselectrical.co.uk/mobile/default.asp?sect1=Lockout+Tagout+%26+Security&sect2=Security+Products&sect3=Hasps+and+Padlock+Eyes

Not very pretty - but you didn't ask for quality.

[BWM]

You can buy hinges that lift off, magnet catches would take care of the rest. 

[artleknock]

What about sliding doors?

[mross]

If the cupboard had fairly deep grooves top and bottom so that you had to lift each door to get it out, would that work?  This could be combined with sliding.

[bizzard]

Velcro.

[Boat&Bikes]

Bi fold doors?

Ian.

[system 4-50]

Fit lifting hinges - the ones where the door rises as it opens to make it self-closing - to both sides of the door. Then it can be lifted off, not using the turn action of the hinge at all.

[mross]

Roller blinds?

 

[Rick-n-Jo]

I think I would retain the bottom of the door behind a lip, so it's sitting in a socket but able to tilt forwards. One or two magnetic catches at the top, or simple brass turn catch, and handle at top, so that to open you pull top of door towards you and lift out.

Edited October 28, 2017 by Rick-n-Jo
new thought

[Drayke]

Try these https://www.screwfix.com/p/roller-cabinet-catch-zinc-plated-32mm-10-pack/27007?kpid=27007&ds_rl=1245250&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIkbz3k6aU1wIVyLftCh3U2gK0EAQYASABEgIppvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=CK65mqSmlNcCFSeIUQoddy8CrA

 

[sharpness]

I just screwed 2 (proper) brass screws in the bottom edge of the door then sawed the heads off leaving 1/4" sticking out & drilled two holes in the bottom of the door frame to take those "pegs" . A smart turn button on the top finished the job off. Works well in the passage way on the cassette door where a sideways door would get in the way.

Steve

[zenataomm]

Revolving Doors

Up and Over Doors

Sliding Doors

Jim Morrison and The Doors

 

[Pierre Thomas]

10 hours ago, sharpness said:

I just screwed 2 (proper) brass screws in the bottom edge of the door then sawed the heads off leaving 1/4" sticking out & drilled two holes in the bottom of the door frame to take those "pegs" . A smart turn button on the top finished the job off. Works well in the passage way on the cassette door where a sideways door would get in the way.

Steve

I like this. The idea of pegs to locate with a nice but inexpensive turnbuckle at the top. I was also thinking of the type of catch that drop side trailers use but was struggling to see how to mount them in the frame 

10 hours ago, F DRAYKE said:

Try these https://www.screwfix.com/p/roller-cabinet-catch-zinc-plated-32mm-10-pack/27007?kpid=27007&ds_rl=1245250&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIkbz3k6aU1wIVyLftCh3U2gK0EAQYASABEgIppvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds&dclid=CK65mqSmlNcCFSeIUQoddy8CrA

 

it was these I replace. They damage if the door isn't offered just right. 

12 hours ago, system 4-50 said:

Fit lifting hinges - the ones where the door rises as it opens to make it self-closing - to both sides of the door. Then it can be lifted off, not using the turn action of the hinge at all.

my original thought, but my doors are inset so the lift could only be 10mm max. 

[Pierre Thomas]

 

thank you everyone

[Murflynn]

curtains (to this topic) ?  

[bastion]

Chasmood track. Top section has deeper recess so lift the door up and pull out from bottom then remove. If two doors are side by side they could be sliding 

[jddevel]

In my sailaway I have used soft close draw runners (www.screwfix.com/p/hafele-ball-bearing-drawer-runners-250mm/7855j)  on my electric cupboard doors, my calorifier door all my wardrobe doors and even made a cupboard hung on them which is at 90 degrees to a wardrobe door in the bedroom wall separating the bathroom from the bedroom which slides in to the passage to allow access to one of the wardrobes. Allows a great deal of flexibility in accessing all the storage space. Galley doors are normal soft close type.

[Pierre Thomas]

42 minutes ago, jddevel said:

In my sailaway I have used soft close draw runners (www.screwfix.com/p/hafele-ball-bearing-drawer-runners-250mm/7855j)  on my electric cupboard doors, my calorifier door all my wardrobe doors and even made a cupboard hung on them which is at 90 degrees to a wardrobe door in the bedroom wall separating the bathroom from the bedroom which slides in to the passage to allow access to one of the wardrobes. Allows a great deal of flexibility in accessing all the storage space. Galley doors are normal soft close type.

How do you use these to operate a door?

[Pierre Thomas]

4 hours ago, bastion said:

Chasmood track. Top section has deeper recess so lift the door up and pull out from bottom then remove. If two doors are side by side they could be sliding 

Whereas this seems like a lot of work if the door cannot slide, I can see the application of two strips of brass, or even wood but brass would look nice, so that the same thing happens, lift up to release at the bottom. 

[jddevel]

48 minutes ago, Pierre Thomas said:

How do you use these to operate a door?

In all instances a piece of timber was fixed/placed in a suitable position across the front of the cupboard on which the "female" shall I call it was screwed and the "male" section was then screwed to the door. Once the two were then placed together the door slide sideways. Unfortunately as I`m not at the boat cannot take any photos to explain.