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What can I do if my kitchen drawers collide when closing?

You may not have assembled the drawers properly or you may need to adjust the drawers using the adjustment screws to solve the problem. Please read the information below to resolve this.

Sometimes two drawers bump into each other because one front is mounted about 1.5 cm too high. The brackets that ensure that you can click the front onto the drawer, must be mounted differently on the bottom drawer than the drawers above it. The front of the bottom drawer must fall over the bottom of the cabinet.

Take a good look at the assembly instructions for your drawer again. You can see that you follow different steps for mounting the bottom drawer than the drawers that are placed above it. Go through these steps again and see if all the fittings are correctly mounted on your drawer front.

Below you can see an example of the correct installation for most, but not all, MAXIMERA drawers. Click on the image to enlarge.

Correct assembly for the lower MAXIMERA drawer


Onderste MAXIMERA lade 1Onderste lade MAXIMERA 2

Correct mounting for the middle and top MAXIMERA drawers

Middelste of bovenste MAXIMERA 1Middelste of bovenste MAXIMERA lade 2

Do the drawers not deviate 1.5 cm, but only a few millimeters? You can solve this problem by adjusting your drawer with the adjusting screws. View the instruction at the back of the installation manual for your drawer.

Have you gone through these steps but you haven't found a solution yet? We are here for you! Please contact us.

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