Dear Sir,
I have a nice Magnet fitted kitchen that is about 18 years old.
Two ‘lengths’ of ‘eye level’ wall units are fitted against a right angle wall. Between the two ‘lengths’ of wall units, in the corner, there is an ‘eye level’ corner unit. The corner unit has a door that is hinged on the right hand side, with concealed hinges. A month ago, the bottom hinge of the door snapped. I live near to Darlington in County Durham and today I visited the Magnet factory, hoping to get a new hinge, but the hinges fitted to my Magnet corner cupboard have been out of production for the past ten years. Magnet cannot help me. The corner cupboard hinges that Magnet uses today cannot be fitted to my cupboard.
The broken hinge was made by Hettich in West Germany. There is a part number. It is either, 0698, or 8690.
The recess hole in the back of the door, for the cup of the hinge, is approximately 25mm x 35mm.
The adjustable sliding arm of the hinge that is secured to the left hand end of the adjoining wall cupboard, is approximately 50mm long.
I do not know the hinge’s angle of degree but I think it is 45 degrees.
I cannot find Hettich hinges when I google.
I need a hinge that is identical to the broken hinge. Screw holes must line up. I have visited reclamation firms and private kitchen fitters who might remove old Magnet kitches. Nobody has been able to help me.
Because I cannot find a hinge that is worth less than a fiver, I am faced with spending thousands on a new kitchen.
Can someone advise me, or point me in the direction of a suitable hinge? I think it will have to be a Hettich.
Yours sincerely, oldsoldier