Menards Cabinets - A Guide to Cabinet Hardware

Menards is an industry leader in kitchen and bathroom furniture. Their line of cabinet hardware sets features stainless steel pulls and clasps, drawer pulls and hinges, and cabinet pulls, but they also offer a few other different types of hardware to choose from for those cabinets that are more traditional and sometimes a little more high tech. Here are the most popular types of hardware.

Pin and bolt or roller and ball: All of the Cabinet Hardware sets that Menards offers feature the classic pin and bolt combination. They come in wood and plastic. The plastic ones are more expensive, but they offer the versatility of being stain and shine resistant and of course being less expensive than the wood version.

Accessorized drawer pulls: There are several different kinds of Accessorized Drawer Pulls that Menards sells. One of them is a kind of push, pull mechanism. The advantage of this kind of pull system is that you have a lot more options, but it also requires more maintenance.

Metal drawer pulls: A lot of people like metal drawer pulls for their cabinets because they are not as likely to be broken or scratched as the wood variety are. The metal versions are slightly more expensive than the wood ones, but they are much more durable. The downside is that they do take up some space in your cabinets.

Lacquer: A lot of cabinets at Menards come with a freestanding cabinet pull, which is a piece of cabinet hardware that slides into a track below a cabinet. This makes it easy to install these pulls in your cabinets. The advantage of the freestanding cabinet pulls is that they don't need a track to go along with them.

Sliding base cabinets: A sliding base cabinet means that instead of having a cabinet door, you have a sliding door into your cabinet, with a track going behind it to hold it open. They also come in several different styles. This is the easiest kind of cabinet to put together if you don't want to spend hours assembling the drawer slides, which makes them perfect for those that want a quick-and-easy solution.

Plastic base cabinets: If you need something easier to put together, then plastic base cabinets are definitely for you. Most of the other types of cabinets are made out of wood, but these are made from plastic, which makes them an all around better choice for your kitchen.

Cleaning your kitchen cabinets: All of the kitchen cabinets that Menards offers will need to be wiped down after use. You will need to make sure that all surfaces are dry, including the drawer bottoms and the tracks. You may also want to use a spot cleaning agent that's designed specifically for cabinets to give them a complete and thorough clean.

Stabilizing your drawers: Most drawers that Menards has in their cabinets will need to be supported. Sometimes they can be supported by metal bars, but sometimes they will need to be supported by extra hardware called stabilizers. They are not permanent, but they will help your drawers last longer.

Bracket type: Some of the drawers that Menards has in their cabinets will need to be mounted to a stationary bracket rather than a track. These brackets will either be mounted in the middle of the drawer or on the bottom edge, making it easier to keep everything locked in place.

Industrial-grade screws: Every drawer in Menards' cabinets comes with a strip of self-tapping screws that come with it. They are easy to remove and replace, but if you want to replace the screws for your drawer, you will have to purchase replacements separately.

Another thing to remember when looking for cabinet hardware for your home is that you will want to be sure that you can fit all of the cabinet hardware that you need into your space. Depending on the style of cabinet you have, you might need to have a piece of hardware in each hole on the cabinet, so make sure that you have plenty of holes to work with before you go out and buy your cabinet hardware.