Soft-close cupboard doors are a luxury.

They enhance the feel of cupboard doors and drawers and help to protect against damage. Often, the benefits of soft-close mechanisms aren’t recognized at the time a kitchen is fitted, or, with economy kitchens, soft-close mechanisms may not be an option at the time of purchase.

However, that doesn’t mean that you can’t have them. Soft-close mechanisms can be fitted to your cupboards and drawers retrospectively, and relatively easily too. At a unit price that starts at just pence, they are also relatively inexpensive but can make a substantial difference.

How do soft-close mechanisms work?

Soft-close mechanisms tend to come in two parts – a soft-close buffer and a soft-close adapter. These include a pneumatic mechanism that prevents rapid movements of the door or drawer.

Suitable for the office, kitchen, bathroom and even bedroom cupboards and cabinets, the soft-close mechanisms are easy to fit, complementing existing hinges, rather than replacing them.

Simply mount the mechanism at the appropriate point inside the cupboard units. You can find the appropriate mounting points on the individual product specifications on our website.

The benefits of soft-close mechanisms for cupboard doors and drawers

There are four main benefits to having soft-close mechanisms fitted to your cabinet doors and drawers.

• They prevent the slamming of cupboard doors and drawers and the noise (particularly if you are in a multi-tenanted building) that results.
• They help to protect the cupboard doors and drawers against impact damage that, over time can weaken joints and hinges.
• It can also reduce the instances where a door isn’t closed with sufficient force and remains left open, making a bank of cupboard doors and drawers look untidy and unsightly.
• To hold open cupboard doors that open overhead, preventing them from slamming closed while in use, injuring someone in the process.

At BPF Online, you can choose from a variety of colours for your soft-close mechanism. We supply mechanisms in black, grey or aluminium, white, or wood colours such as Beech, Maple and Calvados, so your soft-close mechanisms can sit discretely against your kitchen cupboards, whatever the style.

The soft-closing piston sets come as a single-piston unit or, for heavier doors and drawers a double-piston unit. If you just want to replace either the soft-close adapter or the buffer (sometimes also called the damper), you can also buy these separately on our online store.

So, whatever you need for updating your kitchen, bathroom or office, we have a wide range of soft-close mechanism components for you to choose from. For help finding the right soft-close mechanism for your property, speak to our customer services team on 0844 7766800 or drop us a message on our website chat.