These hinges will not be visible when the cabinet door is closed. Open the door and measure from the mark you made to the edge of the face frame (the cabinet opening) and that is your overlay.Ĭoncealed hinges are currently the most popular hinges for new construction, remodeling and refacing. You can also measure by doing the following - With the door closed, make a mark on the cabinet frame along the edge of the door (on the hinge side). This method will work for either a single door cabinet or double (butt) doors without a center divider.
The difference between the door and the opening would be divided by 2 to arrive at the overlay. The overlay can be determined by measuring the width of the cabinet opening compared to the width of the cabinet door(s). Overlay is the distance that your cabinet door extends past the actual cabinet opening on the hinge side. Cabinet Hinge Glossary and Hinge Buying Guide
