Concealed Overlay Hinge For Face-Frame Cabinets With Built-In Soft-Close

The Grass Tiomos M9 is a concealed overlay hinge for face-frame cabinets, with integrated soft-close and a screw-on mount in a nickel finish. It brings Tiomos precision to traditional American cabinet construction without requiring tool-free system holes.

Key Features

• Integrated soft-close damps the door through the final degrees of travel so it settles quietly every time.
• Full-overlay, full-crank arm positions the door to cover the face-frame stile, leaving a narrow, consistent reveal.
• 110 degree opening angle delivers the standard swing for everyday cabinet access.
• Screw-on mount fastens directly to the face-frame stile without requiring pre-drilled 5mm system holes.
• Three-way adjustment dials height, side, and depth within a 5mm total range to align doors after installation.
• Shallow 9.2mm cup depth gives the M9 a thicker-door-friendly profile, rated up to 24mm door thickness.

The Right Hinge for Face-Frame Overlay Work

Face-frame cabinets mount the door to a solid front frame rather than directly to the side panel, and the hinge has to bridge that geometry. This Tiomos M9 is built specifically for that condition. The full-crank arm places an overlay door in the correct position over the stile, and the screw-on mount goes straight to the frame without any pre-bored system holes in the cabinet side. The 35mm cup bores into the back of the door in the standard way, and the arm connects to a Grass base plate on the cabinet, ordered separately. Use Grass plates matched to this series; plates from other brands will not connect to the Tiomos arm.

Tiomos Build Quality in Nickel

The M9 designation reflects the hinge's 9.2mm cup depth, which allows it to seat cleanly in doors up to 24mm thick, a wider range than the standard 13mm-cup hinge covers at the thicker end. The arm and cup are steel in a nickel finish. Soft-close is built into the hinge body, so no separate damper is needed. Three-way cam adjustment lets an installer correct height, side position, and depth from the cabinet side after the door is hung, keeping the reveal even as the cabinets settle into the space.

Where This Hinge Fits Best

This is the right call when the project is a face-frame cabinet and the door needs a full overlay position with a soft, quiet close. It suits cabinetmakers working traditional American casework, remodelers refreshing older face-frame kitchens, and contractors who need a hinge that mounts by screwing into the frame rather than relying on system holes. The 24mm door thickness rating also makes it a practical choice when doors run on the thicker side, such as raised-panel doors in solid wood. For frameless cabinets or for doors on the 32mm system, a frameless Tiomos plate and hinge combination is the better fit.

Common Questions

Face-Frame Cabinetry Done Quietly

Specify the Tiomos M9 when face-frame construction, overlay doors, and a soft settled close all need to come together in one hinge.