How do I keep kitchen drawers from sliding open all the time?
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Richard
I have several kitchen drawers that will not stay shut. I have tried adjusting the sliders with out success.
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It sounds like the slides aren't level. Here's a fix:
https://homeguides.sfgate.com/repair-kitchen-drawer-opens-itself-28126.html
Few Different Approaches Really easy fix http://habitualhomebody.com/how-to-stop-a-stubborn-drawer-from-sliding-open-using-magnets-and-crazy-glue/ Adjust the slides https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXW_aMxntVg Use Velcro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaL1xalXqSo Replace rubber bushing
I have this happening at a rental unit, and it just started happening at my own house in my kitchen that we remodeled a few years ago. I talked to my cabinet maker and he said there is a little rubber bushing on each drawer slide that keeps it closed. Over time, the rubber cracks and the bushing falls out, so there's nothing keeping the drawer closed. This only occurs on side mounted slides, not bottom mounted ones. Usually the rubber bushings are riveted on. Unless you can figure out some way to get a new bushing in there, you have to replace the drawer slides. Consider it a normal wear item. The other option is to realign the drawer slide so it closes by itself (i.e., tilt the slides down slightly in back), which is probably almost as frustrating as having it open by itself