Half Overlay Concealed Hinge for Face-Frame and Frameless Cabinets

The Grass Nexis self-close hinge is built for half overlay doors on both face-frame and frameless cabinets, giving shops and contractors a dependable screw-on option for partial-overlay layouts, including pairs of doors that meet on a shared center partition.

Key Features

• Half crank arm geometry positions the door at a partial overlay so two doors can share one partition without colliding.
• Self-close spring draws the door shut automatically over the last few degrees of travel.
• 110 degree opening provides standard everyday access to the cabinet interior.
• Screw-on mounting fastens the hinge securely with wood screws, no pre-drilled system holes required.
• 35mm cup, 48mm bore pattern sets the Nexis platform apart from the common 45mm pattern, important when matching existing boring or planning new layouts.
• Works on both face-frame and frameless boxes when paired with a matching Grass base plate, sold separately.

Where Half Overlay Belongs

Half overlay is the geometry for partial-overlay cabinetry, and especially for double-door runs where two doors share a single cabinet partition or stile. Each door covers roughly half the partition edge, so the reveal opens evenly between them. This hinge carries the half-crank arm that sets that position. It pairs with a Grass Nexis base plate, ordered separately, matched to your cabinet construction. The 35mm cup bores into the back of the door at a standard depth, and the arm connects to the plate on the cabinet side once the plate is fastened.

Steel Build, Nickel Finish

The Nexis hinge is steel with a nickel finish, a finish that reads neutral alongside most hardware suites and holds up in the dry indoor environments typical of kitchen and bath cabinetry. Screw-on mounting means the connection relies on wood screws rather than system holes, which suits shops working with custom or site-built boxes where pre-drilled 5mm holes are not guaranteed. The steel construction keeps the arm geometry consistent across the full open-and-close cycle.

Right For Volume Work and Field Installs

Cabinet shops running partial-overlay kitchens will find this hinge easy to specify in quantity: the screw-on plate mount works without tooling up for a specific boring pattern on the cabinet side, and the self-close spring means no extra closing hardware. Contractors installing on-site also benefit from the straightforward fastening. One note on the bore: the Nexis platform uses a 48mm boring pattern rather than the 45mm spacing found on many other European hinges. If you are replacing hinges in an existing cabinet, confirm the door-side bore spacing before ordering. For new work, plan the door boring to the 48mm dimension. For a soft-close, damped-close version of this installation, the Nexis soft-close hinge in this series is the natural next step.

Common Questions

Partial Overlay Doors That Close on Their Own

Specify the Grass Nexis self-close half overlay hinge when the job calls for partial-overlay doors on face-frame or frameless cabinets, with a reliable spring close and screw-on simplicity that works whether the box is shop-built or site-assembled.