Drawer Slides Ball Bearing Soft Close No Slam

18 years ago

I am in the middle of remodeling our kitchen. I have read many, many helpful posts. The cabinets are custom and have been started today.

My question is about drawer slides.

I will have approx 24 drawers. The standard slides are those white steal epoxy wheel side mount. I have the option of making any or all ball bearing ($8 per pair), or Ball Bearing Soft Close (BBSC) ($10 per pair), or Ball Bearing Soft close anti slam (BBSCAS)($12 per pair).

We will have a 24" wide pantry with 5 drawers, 2-24" large drawers under the oven cabinet, 3-24" large drawers beside the stove, 2-24" large drawers under the cook top. (all for pots and pans) 2 - 12" side by side drawers other side of the stove at the top of the bottom cabinet. 1-drawer cabinet = 4-12" drawers all the rest of the drawers will be approx 12" side by side over the bottom cabinets. One will be for silverware one for knives.

What drawers would you recommend for what slides?

I'm thinking the sliverware and knives BBSCAS. Possibly the pots and pan drawers BBSCAS. The pantry BB. The rest the standard slides.

What would you like to have had?

thank you

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Comments (2)

raehelen
18 years ago
Larry,

You don't mention this, but I think that the most important thing is to make sure all your drawers are full extension.

I have 'Blum type' gas chamber soft close, and they are nice, but my favorite thing is the full extension. My pantry shelves are full extension ball bearing, and not as nice to use as the gas chamber ones, but OK. I'd have to compare the white steel ones side by side, but am I wrong in assuming that the BB are smoother?

One of the problems with having different drawers closing different ways is having to remember which is which. You close the soft close differently, and it might be a niggly pain to flick one drawer closed and find it wasn't a BBSCAS!
larrylwill
Original Author
18 years ago
They are all full extension slides. They are like Blum without the price.
http://www.thehardwarehouse.com/product_info.php?cPath=1_75&products_id=381
The standard ones are also called Euro Slides and can be found at Home Depot about $6 per pair and also full extension.
The more I think about it the more I'm thinking it doesn't matter on the BBSCAS. The BB are 100lb slides and the Euro ones are 75-100lbs. We have done ok without them for 4 houses.
The Euro slides are pretty smooth.
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