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How Do You Adjust Soft Close Wardrobe Doors?

How Do You Adjust Soft Close Wardrobe Doors?

Soft close wardrobe doors are adjusted in two stages, and most problems come from the first one rather than the mechanism itself. Before touching a damper you need the door hanging correctly, which means using the three adjustment points on each concealed hinge to set side to side alignment, depth against the carcass and height above the plinth. This guide explains how to read the symptoms first, so you know which screw to turn, which control governs which movement, and why small increments matter if you want to keep your reference point. It then covers setting damper strength for light panels and heavy mirrored doors, positioning clip on dampers along the hinge arm, and testing the action from three door positions. Genuine faults are covered too: failed dampers, stripped fixing holes in engineered board, squeaking pivots and tall doors that have dropped because they carry too few hinges for their weight....