Blum, Salice, Grass, Hettich and Würth cover most undermount jobs, but three more names show up on order forms and in existing kitchens all the time: Knape and Vogt MuV, Accuride’s 3132 and 3135EC Eclipse, and Häfele’s Matrix UM. Two of the three follow the TANDEM style box pattern. Accuride does not, and a box…
Hettich Quadro runners share one drawer box platform, IW21, across several generations: the original V6, the 4D V6, today’s 2D V6 and 5D V6, and the heavy duty V6+. The box is the same for all of them except the V6+ height rule. What changes between generations is the front fixing clip, which is why…
Grass Dynapro is the undermount runner behind a lot of American frameless and face frame kitchens, and it comes in more flavors than most people realize: 2D and 3D versions, a 16 mm and a 19 mm side thickness series, heavy duty and extended lengths, a touch to open unit, and at least five families…
Blum undermount runners are the hardware most cabinet shops spec, and the most particular about the drawer box under them. Width, height, bottom recess, the rear notch, the hook holes and the locking device pre-bore all have to match Blum’s drawing before the drawer will seat. This guide lays out every one of those numbers…
Würth’s PRO undermount runners are the house brand you find at Würth Louis and Company, Würth Baer and the other Würth branches that supply a lot of American cabinet shops. There are five of them: PRO600 and its heavy duty version, PRO500, PRO560, PRO634 for 3/4 in sides, and the PRO Economy. They all share…
Salice makes two undermount families a US cabinet shop runs into: Futura, the concealed runner with the Smove oil damper (the A7555 for 1/2 to 5/8 in sides and the A7955 for 5/8 to 3/4 in), and Progressa and Progressa+, the synchronized runners with a wider notch, a stronger rating and a different set of…
IKEA Sektion Dovetail drawer boxes for IKEA Sektion cabinets By Dale McCoy, head of production · Updated October 2026 IKEA Sektion is a frameless cabinet system, and its Maximera drawer boxes are the first part to wear out in a busy kitchen. This guide is for anyone replacing a worn Maximera box with a real…
Soft close is the feature that catches the drawer over the last couple of inches and eases it shut instead of slamming. It lives in the slide, not the box, which matters when you are replacing a broken soft close drawer. Here is how to keep the soft close you love and get a box…
Side mount slides are the most common drawer hardware in American kitchens: a ball bearing runner on each side of the box. When the drawer breaks, the slides are usually fine. You keep them and replace the box. Here is how a side mount replacement works, whatever brand you have. Keep the slides, replace the…
Swapping a failed drawer box is a fifteen minute job once the new box is in your hands. The hard part is measuring and ordering, not installing. Here is the whole process, for both side mount and undermount slides, from a shop that has replaced thousands of broken drawers. Quick answer. Installing a replacement drawer…