Cabinet door question

[WLVRYN]

So I've gotten my cabinet nearly fully constructed.  I wanted to put a door on the bottom for easy access to the computer, but the section of MDF that would be where the door would be is pretty heavy (29" by 26" section of 3/4" MDF).  I bought two European style hinges, but I'm pretty sure they wont hold and I'll need at least one more.   Am I overthinking this, or will the two hinges hold?  I'd hate to get the thing mounted and have it come apart because the door was too heavy.   

One other thought I had was maybe going with a thinner piece of MDF or lighter wood (plywood maybe), but I'm not sure how it would look with two different styles of material on the cabinet. 

What have other people done here?

[AtomSmasher]

It really depends on the hinge.  Two worked fine for me, but it's possible I had stronger hinges then yours.  I also have a heavy coin door attached to my door, so I'm thinking you'll be fine.

[niki]

My kitchen cabinets doors are 38" x 24", I used only 2 cheap (50 Cent) hinges (not Bloom), no problems for the last 3 years.

If you want to use thinner material, you must consider the 35mm hole depth (should be around 1/2") and the door panel can bow with time. That's the reason that in EU we use only the 3/4" (18mm) MDF, Melamine or plywood for doors.

BTW, here (Poland) they are not called "Euro hinges" but "concealed hinges"...

niki

[moriartyds]

The hinges will hold, worst case the cheap screws that come with it will pull out.  Not a big deal as you can always fill the holes if it happens and redril or go with a bigger screw if it fits. 

I'd go for it.  I'm not sure what the best fastener is for MDF, but you might try replacing the screws that come with the hinges with some drywall screws of similar size for some extra grip.

[niki]

Moriartyds is correct

I never had a screw failure, anyway, here, we use the "3.5 x 18" screws (the measuring method is much simpler: the first No. is the screw diameter - 3.5mm and the second No. is the length - 18mm) converted to inches it's 9/64" dia and 45/64" length.

I don't think the screws that holds the hinge to the door will ever fail as the don't have any stress (the door will stay on the hinges even without screws and we screw them just to keep the hinge in the hole).

If the screws that mounts the hinge to the cabinet wall failed, you can drill 1/4" hole and  glue a 1/4" dowel and re-drill the hole, the screw will hold muck stronger than on melamine.

[WLVRYN]

Thanks for the info.  I decided to just cut the door in half and instead have 2 smaller doors instead of 1 big one.  That makes the doors half the weight and took away much of my concerns.  I did use longer drywall screws to help hold the hinges onto the cabinet better, and that seems to have worked.    It cost a little more to get 2 extra hinges and an extra handle, but I feel much better about that than having the door rip off the cabinet because it was too heavy.