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Installation & Handover

A finished cabinet gives a misplaced hole very little room to hide. The work before drilling matters as much as the drilling itself: the cabinet must be ready, the position agreed and the mounting method understood. These lessons carry that care through installation and handover.

The same lessons serve a home renovation and a client project, with further detail where the work calls for it.

  1. 01

    How to Install a Cabinet

    Cabinets should be level, plumb, securely anchored, and coordinated as a run before finish details begin.

  2. 02

    How to Make a Drilling Template

    A tested template carries an agreed position from one cabinet front to the next.

  3. 03

    How to Install Cabinet Handles

    An accurate layout still needs the right drill, support and screw length to become a secure installation.

  4. 04

    How to Install Back-to-Back Handles

    Handles on opposite sides of a panel rely on a coordinated fixing set and the correct assembly for that panel.

  5. 05

    How to Handover a Finished Project

    Product records and care instructions remain useful long after the installation team has left.

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Reviewed September 2026 · Inspire Hardware