So lately I have been inundated with calls to fix kitchen drawers. Just one example, this drawer in an old house was just sort of dangling . . .
When I pulled it out to look at it, there was a wheel in the rear/ middle:
But when I looked in the drawer enclosure there was no track for it:
Altho in the back you can see the mortal remains of what WAS the track, or at least a bracket for attaching one.
So anyway I went to the Waltham Home Depot and there was a guy there who sold me just what I needed, a new track and similar wheel. I had to hacksaw a half inch off the new runner/track to make it fit, and I had to install a new bracket in the back but the old bracket was a great guide for where to put it:
And, VIOLA the drawer is now properly supported and slides just like a real drawer, and it doesn’t look like the Titanic about to go under any more:
This was just one of a cavalcade of drawer fixes I have been doing lately– mostly they are problems caused by improper installations, where the tracks just need to be shimmed or adjusted, but sometimes the runners and mounting hardware are all broken and mangled and I have to get clever. But so far I am 6 for 6!
