The Advantages of Soft-Close Drawer Slides

Kitchens are the most often used rooms in our homes. Family and friends gather to enjoy warm meals along with great conversation and company. With all the traffic, cabinets, pantries, refrigerators, and drawers are constantly being opened and closed. How many times did your mother have to yell, "Don't slam the drawers?" Consider the advantages of soft-close drawer slides when designing your kitchen to avoid slamming drawers. Little fingers, cabinet frames, and your mother will thank you.

Safer Drawers

Nothing can make you feel more horrible than accidentally slamming your toddler’s fingers in a kitchen drawer. Young children are curious and won’t take the time to make sure you aren’t about to close the drawer on their fingers. As drawers quickly shut, little fingers can get hurt. Installing a soft-close drawer track system will bring peace of mind and safe fingers.

Less Maintenance

We bang them with our hips when our hands are full or close them with force as we are busy making dinner. Every time we close our kitchen drawers quickly, we create an unpleasant noise and give the frame of the base cabinet a beating.

One of the advantages of soft-close drawer slides is that they require less maintenance on the cabinet frames and the drawer itself. Cracks on the frame, paint chipping, and worn-out slides on the drawers happen easily when the drawers are not controlled with a smoother slide.

A Quieter Kitchen

A kitchen is full of life, and we want the happy noise of that busyness. However, we don’t need the extra noise of drawers slamming. There is an elegance to a kitchen that looks and sounds well-maintained. Soft-close drawer slides aid in that elegance. Your guests will enjoy chatting with you as you make dinner without unnecessary background noise.

As a distributor of over 300 retailers, Woodworker Express is here for all your kitchen renovations, improvements, and new builds.

Additional Resources

Quick and Easy Conversion from Economy Roller Drawer Slides to Soft-Close Drawer Slides

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