Buying The Right Cabinet Knobs
Selecting the proper cabinet knob or pull is very easy and mostly depends on your tastes and needs. There are a few simple tips that can make the experience less troublesome though. Just adhere to the following pointers and your project should be trouble free.
Make sure you select a knob or pull that is appropriate for the cabinet you are putting it on. For instance, you wouldn't want to select a thin wire pull to go on a laundry room cabinet that will see a lot of heavy use while handling large bottles of detergent and bundles of laundry. Chances are that pull will get bent or broken quickly. However, a thin wire pull might be ideal for, say, a jewelry drawer at a makeup desk. We suggest you visit www.amerock.com to find a pull suitable for your application. Then, search our web store to purchase your pulls. If you don't find the pull you want in our web store, just email us and we'll be happy to order it for you.
Give a lot of thought to the quality of pull you are buying when outfitting your kitchen or bathroom cabinets. Remember that each one of those doors and drawers is likey to be opened several times per day. Also, chances are that the hands that will be using those pulls will be wet; thereby greatly accelerating the rusting and corrosion of those pulls. This is the main reason we focus on Amerock's Premium line of pulls. Most of these pulls have their Guardian Lifetime Finish Guarantee.
Remember who will be using the knobs or pulls the most. Small children who have small hands might like smaller pulls, while older adults could find them harder to see and use.
Most pulls require two mounting holes spaced 3" apart, center to center. This means you determine the approximate centers of the two holes and measure the distance between. However, pulls are often made with different hole distances. If you are replacing old pulls, or your cabinets are already drilled for pulls, make sure you measure the center to center hole distance and buy pulls that have that same distance. Otherwise, you will have to drill new mounting holes and use a cover plate to cover the old holes.
Now that you know how to select the perfect cabinet knob, click on the button below to start shopping for your cabinet pulls in our web store.
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