SPACE STEP assembly tips
Create functional furniture right up to the ceiling with SPACE STEP.
The plinth solution is perfect for furniture throughout the home. It creates additional storage space behind the toe kick of cabinets, allows small users to reach worktops and provides easy access to tall units and wall cabinets.
This blog gives you useful tips on how to assemble and adjust SPACE STEP.
Our video shows you how to assemble SPACE STEP step by step:
Use the screws with a flat underside included in the delivery to secure all nylon parts. Countersunk screws can damage the nylon parts.
The set includes 4 spring bumpers. We recommend using 2 bumpers per side from a cabinet width of 900 mm so that SPACE STEP will not lower under its own weight.
When extended, set the support feet of SPACE STEP so that they are not more than 2 mm above the floor. A hex key or pipe wrench is ideal for this task.
Please do not use rigid bumpers for SPACE STEP. Rigid bumpers could prevent contact between the magnet and catch plate when closing.
Alternatively, you can do without bumpers entirely or use sprung Blum distance bumpers.
More questions about the assembly and adjustment of SPACE STEP?
Leave a comment. We’re happy to answer any questions you have.
You can download a digital brochure and installation instructions of SPACE STEP here.
I have 2 cupboards with HK 20k270x mechanisms which for years have worked well but now they slam the door shut rather than a soft close – please can you advise me on what I need to do – do I need to adjust the mechanism?
Regards
Simon Friend
Dear Simon,
it is highly likely that you have to replace the dampers.
My colleagues from Blum UK will get in touch with you via email and provide a solution.
Best regards
Matthias
Hi!
I got a set of IKEA’s UTRUSTA 153 degree hinges, i.e. Blum 71B759-01, for my kitchen pantry door. (To replace older UTRUSTA hinges with a different design.)
Unfortunately the holes I drilled were too large – 9 mm instead of, I believe, 8 mm.
Since the design seems to work with a plastic casing expanding with “grippy teeth” I’m not sure that regular drilled-hole-too-big instructions will work. How can I best fix this?
Thanks!
Hi Lina,
in order to provide optimal stability for the INSERTA fixing, it is highly necessary to drill an 8 mm hole.
Cabinet makers sometimes use wooden dowels of the size of the hole (in this case 9mm) and glue it in the drilling hole. But please do not use regular glue, but the one suitable for wood which provides a solid fixing of the dowel.
Then, as soon as the glue has hardened out perfectly, you can drill the hole again and that will most probably work.
Perhaps, the hardware shop of your trust (where you can buy the glue for wood) has another good solution for you.
Best regards
Matthias