Ikea Drawer Dampers

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February 1, 2007 at 4:22 pm #6506

mrkjd

Hi all,

Excellent forum. I’ve been lurking here for a while in prep for replacing our kitchen.

I spotted these drawer dampers on the Ikea website:

http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?topcategoryId=15576&catalogId=10103&storeId=7&productId=79608&langId=-20&categoryId=16281&chosenPartNumber=60108677

Since I’m being quoted £14 per drawer to "upgrade" to soft close drawers these look like a snip at £4 per pair ….. IF THEY FIT!

So, does anyone know if these will fit non Ikea draw runners, and if so do you need one per drawer or the pair per drawer?

Thanks

Kev
February 3, 2007 at 1:06 pm #6508

timfoley

Kev,
Welcome to the forum, glad you find it useful.
The dampers are only suitable for Ikea Rationell drawers and will not interchange on other makes.
The more established drawer manufacturers such as Blum and Hettich will also only manufacture to suit their own products, so if you are intent on purchasing Ikea drawers and adapting them to suit then this may be your answer, providing this is possible, but if you are being quoted £14 per drawer for your existing kitchen I would guess this is for one of the more established drawer manufacturers,

Tim
February 7, 2007 at 7:45 pm #6513

mrkjd

Thanks Tim,

The £14 is to "upgrade" hettich standard drawers to their soft close product.

I just thought I’d ask on this forum as I know you can get the door "soft close" dampers for around £1.50 on e-bay and the same place are charging nearly £7!

If this £14 is a reasonable charge and a quick easy-fix alternative like those Ikea dampers aren’t suitable then I’ll go with it.

Now just got to hunt around for rounded base unit doors to go under a double radius worktop that the missus wants!
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