I went by a clients house today and at the end of looking at some builtin projects and restoration work they asked me to take a look at their 5 year old custom kitchen build. Frameless cabinets with blum clip top hinges throughout. They have young kids, so they are a bit hard on things, but I was a bit shocked. Every single hinge was ripped out of the plywood boxes and every single shaker door had split where the blum expansion clip was in place.
I don't get asked to do a lot of cabinet door replacements... but is this normal wear and tear for these hinges with kids beating on them? (I know kids are relentless). Any recommendations for hinges that I could switch them to that might hold up better?
They asked if they needed a warranty claim on the work, but I told them I doubted kids jerking on the doors would be covered by the original builder...