Installation of gas lifts on furniture

Installation of gas lifts on furniture is a process that anyone who starts to make furniture with their own hands will encounter in any case. It is advisable to install such lifts so that you do not have to repair this or that product often. This simple fixture can be installed on any furniture without the help of specialists. So you provide reliable fastening of doors, their silent and smooth opening and closing with one movement of the hand. The most important thing here is to choose the right gas lift, which will save you from many problems and create the most comfortable conditions in the kitchen. Today we will talk about the device itself, consider its strengths and weaknesses, present to your attention the installation instructions with a list of basic recommendations.

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Design feature and advantages of gas lift

Any mechanism consists of several parts, and a gas lift is no exception. So, what are the details of this device:

• Housing in the form of a sealed cylinder.
• Sleeve.
• Valve.
• Bypass valve.
• Piston.
• Anther.
• Stuffing box.
• Bearing.
• Piston seal.
• A rod that moves inside the body.
• Stuffing box, which creates a tightness of the device.
• The working medium is in the form of nitrogen, which is pumped into the body.

pros

Gas lifts have many advantages, but we will highlight the most basic:

• Possibility of self-regulation of the course.
• Reliable locking of the drawer in the open position.
• Two ways to open the gas lift - step by step and automatic.
• Possibility of selection according to the material of which the furniture is made for the installation of a supporting element (aluminum or particleboard).
• The door can be opened without a handle, it is enough to open it a little to make the mechanism work.

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Installation Rules

Before you mount the gas lift in the cabinet, it will not hurt you to understand the following points:

• It is better to install two gas lifts on one front, so that when it opens, there will not be a lot of voltage that can distort it.
• Gas elevators with a force of 100 Newton practically do not install due to the fact that they need very massive and large doors, which are not common. It is impractical to use such elevators due to the increased level of liquid.
• The front with a lifting mechanism is adjustable hinges that attach it to the box.
• Before assembling the box, in which the hardware is subsequently mounted, it is necessary to install fasteners.
• It is possible to increase the angle of opening of doors by moving the installation point of the fasteners closer to the front of the sidewall.
• When installing automatic elements, you must strictly follow the installation instructions.

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How to install a gas lift on the cabinet door?

The gas lift installation process consists of several stages, which we will now consider.

Tools required:

• Screwdriver.
• Electric drill.
• Pliers.
• Screwdriver.
• Hammer.
• Roulette.
• Ruler.

Markup:

1. Check the compliance of the selected gas lift. So, for a wall cabinet with an internal cavity height of 365 mm, a gas element with a length of 355 mm is needed.
2. We mark the furniture. First, mark the center of attachment on the sidewall. We measure the height L2 equal to 366 from the inner upper region of the lid, and 37 mm from the front of the sidewall. We outline the center of the fasteners on the cabinet door.We measure the length L1 from the upper cut of the door, equal to 128 mm, and from the side we measure the distance equal to the entire height of the fastening on the side of the furniture - 19 mm. We carry out such a marking on both sides of the hanging cabinet.

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Installing a gas shock absorber on furniture:

1. We mount the fasteners on the side parts of the structure, having previously outlined the desired distance. For this, two types of fasteners are used - brackets with a spring and a plate.
2. According to the above instructions, we install fasteners on the facades so that the angle of inclination of the hinge is approximately 8 degrees.
3. Now collect the box.
4. We install facades on the box, fixing the canopies at the highest level.
5. We install elevators. A click will tell you about securing them to the head.
6. We close the front part and adjust it with hinges.

Important! The brackets are screwed into the material of the side of the cabinet at the marked point, and the volumetric head of the mechanism is simply fixed in the bracket. If the mount has a plate shape with a hole, then it is mounted on three or four screws to the end face so that the center of the notch coincides with the previously marked point. Most importantly, the plate should not be deformed, otherwise, the elevators simply will not work.

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How to adjust gas lift mounts in a kitchen set?

In the open position, the facade can have three positions - 90, 70 and 100 degrees (angle of elevation) relative to the side of the furniture. So, it is difficult for a low person to reach the door to close it, or someone needs to look under the door to get the necessary things. To do this, adjust the gas mechanism. Here is a visual guide:

1. We change the layout of the fasteners on the front of the product.
2. Mark down to the center of the fastener 100 mm. This is done so that the front part in the open state has a position of 70 degrees. To obtain the gas lift position at an angle of 90 degrees, we note 90 mm in the same way, for 110 degrees - 80 mm.
3. Permissible error when adjusting the gas mechanism is 5-10 degrees.

Important! The tilt angle can be adjusted more precisely. To do this, turn the internal thread, which is located in the gas lift cylinder, to raise or lower the facade.

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We really hope that you will no longer have a question how to fix a gas lift to a kitchen cabinet do it yourself, because now you know all the nuances of installing this mechanism.