How Do You Adjust Wardrobe Doors That Are Uneven?

Uneven wardrobe doors look like a serious fault and are usually a ten minute fix with a single screwdriver. This guide starts with diagnosis, showing how to read the four common gap patterns and what each one tells you, then explains why levelling the carcass and checking the back panel must come before any hinge is touched. It describes the three adjustments available on a concealed European hinge, the correct order in which to make them, and how to rotate a tilted door by working the top and bottom hinges in opposition. There is guidance on the 2mm to 3mm reveal to aim for and how to gauge it with card rather than by eye, along with the faults that hinges cannot cure: a sagging rail bowing the sides, a stripped screw hole in chipboard, and doors swollen by damp. Sliding door roller adjustment is covered separately, with the annual checks that keep hinged doors hanging true....