Blum Tandem Drawer Slide Sizes

9 12 15 18 and 21 note that these are the exact length of the drawer.

Blum tandem drawer slide sizes.

The young couple makes the most of every inch of space and organises every drawer. 1 2 recess required between drawer bottom and bottom edge of drawer side. If the drawer bottom is too thin to screw into you could insert a filler strip of appropriate width behind the drawer front and screw into that. I did a test drawer and it worked perfectly.

Turning old into new after 30 years rudi pfeiffer decided it was time for a new kitchen. Blum offers several different types of runner systems for wood drawers that fit every need. The drawer is mounted using blum tandem undermount slides the front joint is variable the bottom rides in a 1 4 dado all around drawer height is set to the maximum supported unless a specific height is provided. The drawer width requirements are slightly different from those for model 569.

Not the length of the slide. Drawer slide mount type. Available with either a ball bearing or roller mechanism. Tandem plus blumotion overview.

An overview of blum s lift systems for wall cabinets. Accurate measurement of drawer side material thickness should be used when calculating outside drawer width using the table below. See full extension image. Tandem plus runners are available for drawers from 9 to 30 in length.

To calculate the size of a box you take the size of the slide in this case i m working with the 550mm slide then subtract 10mm that gets me to 540mm which is 21 1 4. With the strength and ability to hold a multitude of household items our drawer runners function on the leading edge of furniture hardware. All that s necessary is that they be positioned the correct distance 20 1 2 inches for a nominal 21 inch slide from the back of the drawer. Inside drawer width must equal opening width minus 42 1 21 32 for tandem to align and function optimally.

Side mount slides are sold in pairs or sets with a slide attaching to each side of the drawer. Calculating outside drawer width for drawer side thickness 16 5 8 15 19 32 14 9 16 13 1 2 12 15 32. The amount of space between your drawer box and the cabinet opening will affect your decision. Bottom mount holes on 15 18 and 21 slides.

Decide whether you want a side mount center mount or undermount slides. Tandem series runners are based on the american standard 3 cabinet depth system therefore runner lengths are in 3 increments. 21 18 18 15 15 12 12 9 24 21 27 24 30 27 33 30. That gives me a total of 21 7 8.

The following instructions are for blum tandem 563 slides. Then add for the thickness of the front which i use 5 8.