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Can you fix a soft-close?

18 years ago

Hiya, we are just about moved back in after our remodel. We have blumotion on our cabinet doors and drawers. The cabinetmaker was just here yesterday installing a blind-corner caddy in the kitchen and shelves for the medicine cabinet in the kids' bathroom. So, of course today I noticed that three of our kitchen drawers "soft-close" features aren't working. Is this a minor adjustment that we can handle, or do I need to call the GC? Any experience with this? Thanks!

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giacomo_it
18 years ago
remove the drawer and clean the slides, if are the blumotion metal drawer .. to remove you need to pull out the drawer and pull up the front.
they come out easily... to put in back do the same thing backwards when you close the drawer will go in position automatically.
eastsider
Original Author
18 years ago
Thank you, Giacomo. I did pull out the drawers and cleaned out the glides. By doing that, I found that the cabinetmaker forgot to install the soft-close pistons in those drawers. I just emailed the GC. Grazie per tutti!
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