Cabinet maintenance - what can you do yourself, and when should you call a professional?
It is absolutely understandable if you’d like to take care of your set of kitchen and/or bathroom cabinets, since not many of us have a spare set somewhere in the garage.
But the objects of use become worn after time, parts become loose – this is an inevitable process.
But there are things that you can do to slow it down as much as humanly possible, by taking care of your furniture and accessories!
Of course, some things require the help of a professional, but there is a whole bunch of things you can do yourself as well!
Would you like to know more about the home maintenance of your cabinets, and what are the cases when you’d better call an expert?
Then this article is for you in all respects!
The things you can do anytime
You don’t necessarily need to be professionally trained to apply some basic maintenance to your cabinets.
These are solutions for everyday problems you can come across occasionally, and you don’t need to have specialized tools to solve them.
- Cleanness: the first thing you can do to preserve your cabinets from an early end is to keep them clean, since steam, grease and oil can damage the wooden (or chipboard, plywood) parts.
- Oiling the hinges: if the hinges are creaking when you are opening or closing the cabinet doors, it’s obviously a sign of friction or rust – to prevent this, apply some high viscosity oil to the turning parts.
- Loose screws: every home needs a set of screwdrivers, so if you notice that a few screws have loosened, maybe at the handles, feel free to fix them, just don’t be too harsh with them!
The problems you’ll need professional help with
Unfortunately, some much more serious problems can occur sometimes, that are beyond repairing them yourself.
To be honest, even if you tried to fix these, there is a much lower chance of success, and higher to make more trouble than there was before.
So, the problems you should seek out a professional with:
- bent, cracked or broken cabinets and cabinet doors,
- torn out hinges,
- chipped, cracked, damaged countertops,
- loosened lamination,
- or moving upper cabinets.
Without the proper equipment and the experience, you can cause further problems, starting from ruined boards to damaging the walls or kitchen apparel.
And last, but not least, you can lose the warranty on your cabinets, so just be careful!
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