"Soft Close" Kitchen Draws

sspyrou

Does anyone know how these work ?

For example, is it a mechanism that you could buy them separately and fit them to existing draws ?

Your help is appreciated

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Spy

nearlyrich

I have them on my kitchen drawers, they are like a buffer for lack of a better description.

fairenoughclough

What's the point of a drawer that you can't slam when you've got a cob on !

garyclay

My mate, a builder, said he'd bought a load of these to fit to an existing kitchen. Think he said B&Q. I'll ask him in the pub on Friday and let you know.

Simont_3

They are a very clever idea. You buy the piston and the piston holder and simply screw them to the inside of the cabinet. You can buy them here:

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welshblob

I think B&Q do the pistons for about £5 for 5 and are advertised for use with doors and drawers. However I think newer drawers have a better mechanism built in which helps to close the drawer softly when it reaches a certain point. So it might be worthwhile to replace the drawer frame itself.
Cheers
Rob

divadee

I can vouch for B&Q selling them was looking at them the other day i think wickes do them as well.

nearlyrich

fairenoughclough wrote:

What's the point of a drawer that you can't slam when you've got a cob on !

You can still slam them but it kind of bounces back and shuts quietly;)

They are great for households with teenagers who only know how to slam, doors, drawers etc LOL.

sspyrou

Thanks everyone.

I have seen the little pistons but I was referring to the draws that reach a certain point and then stop and close slowly as described by nearlyrich

chaffordred

For anyone buying these door buffers from B&Q - Try and get the ones you have to screw into the units and not the self adhesive ones. Although easier to fit, the self adhesive ones usually fall off after about 24hrs!

Renomart

Here is some info on Blumotion