Changing Kitchen Cabinet Glass

The problem with trying to do this, is that the glass is inserted into a channel before the door is assembled, and then it's probably glued. It's a shaker door style. They also have one where the glass in inside a mitered frame. The doors are from IKEA, and they are that awful screened glass with the squares on it. Would love to put in a better glass. If their glass doors can't be taken apart, the other option is to buy a solid door, and route it out, but then I would need a matching trim piece in the same wood color.

Anyone take apart an IKEA glass kitchen door, and replace the glass? Please also e-mail me, if kind enough to respond. Thanks!

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Sheellah
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The security code requires that any glass within 40" of a lock be wired or otherwise unbreakable. (section 1013.2) And locks on an egress door (emergency exit in a fire) must be openable without special knowledge, i.e. no key, no code, just a turn knob.

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Mike Firth

Take the doors to a cabinet shop; ask if they can route it out if you have someone cut out the glass. New glass could be installed with clips or silicone.

Dick Ba> The problem with trying to do this, is that the glass is inserted into a

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Richard Baines

Look again.

I've seen lots of kitchen cabinets, and made a few panels for some of them in my time. I have NEVER seen a piece of glass permanently installed in a door frame. I betcha you have overlooked a trim stop, most of them are on the inside. Maybe the seam between the stop and the frame is painted and you just don't see how to get the glass panel out of the door.

No reputable cabinet maker would ever install glass in a door while he's making it. Too much chance for breakage in the shop and they need to be able to repair breakage that might occur during shipping..

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Moonraker

in article snipped-for-privacy@tconl.com, Richard Baines at snipped-for-privacy@tconl.com wrote on 8/6/03 10:23 PM:

What kind of clips are you talking about here? And where to get them? I've been looking for an aesthetic way to make the panels easy to remove and switch around.

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ToddD

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Javahut

We have clear plastic screw on clips that attach to the back of the door and have a short nipple that presses against the glass to secure it.

Dick Ba> in article snipped-for-privacy@tconl.com, Richard Baines at snipped-for-privacy@tconl.com

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Richard Baines

I agree that no cabinet door should be made the way described. Even though, I have seen one.

Do you make stained glass? If so, you could put a border around the edge of the window, if that sytle would be ok for you. After breaking the glass and removing the existing, you could insert the border pieces and assemble the stained glass piece in the frame. You'd just need to find something to support the middle pieces at the proper height. Just another idea.

GK

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Gloria

If the glass is in a slot and the sides were assembled with the glass in place, there are a couple of possibilities:

(1) Disassemble two corners -- espcially nifty if you can make them diagonally opposite.

(2) Get someone with a rounter and a small bit that cuts a narrow kerf and have them set up a straight-edge guide (or use a router table) to remove the wood on the inside side to the depth of the notch. This will allow you to remove the old glass. You can then install the new glass and add standard glass retainer clips with short (1/2") sheet-metal screws (probably #6 diameter) to keep the new glass in place, which is what should have been done when the door was made in the first place.

Clarke

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Clarke Echols

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