ᐅ The drawers in the tall cabinet cannot be fully opened.

Hello everyone,

As a long-time IKEA customer, I have now failed for the first time assembling the furniture.
What a defeat...

I bought a Faktum tall cabinet (195x80x35cm (77x31.5x14 inches)) with two 40cm (16 inches) doors and various tall and shallow drawers (Rationell). Now I face the problem that either I cannot fully pull out the drawers because they hit the (open) cabinet doors, or if I adjust the doors so that the drawers just barely open, the doors have a gap of over 1cm (0.4 inches) between them in the middle. That just doesn’t look good! What am I doing wrong?

I would really appreciate it if someone could give me the crucial tip here.

Thanks and best regards,
Carlos

You probably have the standard hinges. For Rationell drawers behind doors, you need the 153° hinges.

You probably have the regular hinges. For Rationell drawers behind doors, you need the 153° hinges.

I was just about to say that!
That’s definitely the reason.

Thanks! That was exactly it!
I’ve now installed the new hinges, and it works perfectly.
And I thought the helpful Ikea advisors knew what they were doing. Obviously not...
Many thanks for your help!
Carlos