We take out the drawer with guides

To make your kitchen set, wardrobe or chest of drawers serve you for a long time, choose designs with telescopic guides.

Thanks to these devices, you can pull out the shelf without damaging the furniture and fittings. We will figure out how to remove the box from the telescopic guides quickly and accurately and what such structures are.

Drawer design with guides

The device consists of 2 "P" -shaped profiles, external and internal. The first is mounted on the wall surface in the inner part of the headset. There are two grooves - upper and lower, into which strips of plastic are neatly inserted, on which the bearings are located. It is thanks to them that the profile slides inside. To prevent it from popping out completely, a special plug is installed.

Two profiles are nested into each other, and inside there is a carriage that ensures the sliding of the bar thanks to the bearings - balls. The bar is attached to the drawer itself. So, the strip with the profiles folds into one mechanism, and when they unfold again, the shelf completely slides out of the niche. The system is convenient, because this way you can get a thing from the farthest corner of the furniture.

Types of telescopic guides

To understand how to carefully pull out a drawer in a kitchen or other set, you need to understand the classification of telescopic rails.

There are several types:

• roller and ball, determined by the type of moving mechanism. The rollers have a shorter lifespan, withstand much lower loads and become noisy over time. They are cheaper than ball systems;
• full or partial extension, depending on the degree of extension.

Important! If a partial extension system needs to be repaired, the back of the dresser will be closed for viewing. Such guides differ in budgetary cost.

Metaboxes have been developed on the basis of roller systems. Tandemboxes are considered the most expensive option. The last criterion: at the place of installation. You can purchase products that are installed on the side or bottom of the box, the so-called flush-mounted installation.

How to remove a drawer

It is not difficult to pull out the structure: on the surface of the guides on the left and right sides, you can see clamps (tongues) of black color. For full release, it is enough to squeeze these "flags" on both sides and gently pull the handle in your direction.

For example, if the furniture has telescopic rails with wheels, you just need to raise the bar so that the wheels come off the rail - the structure will slide out perfectly with minimal effort.

If there are no "antennae" and wheels, the rail will simply have to be disconnected. The screws are unscrewed on one and the other side, and the shelf is pulled out.

From the chest of drawers

Most often, you have to remove the shelf from the chest of drawers when there is a thing or object inside that does not allow you to completely close the structure.

It doesn't matter if there is a closer or not, the following actions are performed:

• as much as the guides allow, pull the shelf towards you;
• press and slightly turn on the plastic retainer, which is located in the place where the hardware strips converge;
• repeat the steps for the other side, pull the mechanism a little and pull it out.

Note! If the latch is made of plastic, do not jerk it too much - this will break the latch. It is allowed to use a thin screwdriver, but it is better to carefully do everything with your fingers. Do not completely pull the lock out of the rail system!

Kitchen set

To open or remove a shelf on kitchen furniture, you will have to perform a number of such actions:

• free from things and open the structure all the way;
• there is a black flag made of plastic on the slot of the inner slot;
• squeeze the "antennae" with a small flat screwdriver: press it on the flag and pull it towards you.

Important! The element should not be clamped too tightly - you can break the plastic this way. The checkbox can move either down or up on one side or the other.

• when the "tendril" goes beyond the end of the case, you can not pull it out further. Try to lower the flag down, if it doesn't work, lift it up;
• press the clamps on both sides at the same time, pull the drawer towards you.

You need to pull it out carefully so as not to bend the guides. The middle section should come out of the strip mounted to the compartment wall. Be sure to check the condition of the balls: they must be lubricated. If they are dry, lubricate them with the simplest grease.

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