Nickel Finish And Full Overlay Fit for Frameless and Face-Frame Cabinets

The Hettich Intermat is a self-close concealed hinge for full overlay doors on both frameless and face-frame cabinets, finished in nickel and mounted via pre-installed dowels for a fast, accurate seat in the door bore.

Key Features

• Full overlay straight arm positions the door to cover nearly the entire cabinet side, leaving a narrow reveal.
• Self-close spring draws the door shut over the final degrees of travel without a damper.
• 110 degree opening delivers standard everyday swing for kitchen, bath, and casework doors.
• Dowel mount cup presses into matching bored holes in the door for a screw-free, production-ready seat.
• Nickel finish on steel suits interiors where hardware coordinates across pulls, knobs, and hinges.
• Side adjustment of +/- 2mm dials in the reveal after the cabinet is assembled.

Where This Hinge Earns Its Place

Full overlay is the most common door configuration in modern cabinetry: one door covers most of the cabinet side, and the hinge geometry sets how much edge remains visible. This Intermat carries the straight arm that produces that relationship, and it works on both frameless boxes and face-frame cabinets, so a single SKU covers either construction type on a mixed job. The 35mm cup bores into the back of the door at 45mm hole spacing, and the arm connects to a Hettich base plate on the cabinet. That plate is a separate purchase, matched to your cabinet construction and overlay target. Hettich plates are not interchangeable with other brands.

Steel, Nickel, and a Coordinated Interior

The hinge body is steel with a nickel finish. On a full overlay door the hinge is hidden when closed, so the finish is mostly a practical call rather than a decorative one, but it matters when the hinge is visible during install or when a door is open. Nickel coordinates quietly with satin nickel pulls and knobs, keeping the interior consistent from one cabinet to the next. The door thickness window runs from 15 to 25mm, wider than the standard 16 to 22mm range, so it accommodates both thinner and modestly thicker door stock without stepping up to a dedicated thick-door hinge.

Who This Hinge Fits Best

Cabinet shops running production on frameless boxes, contractors fitting face-frame kitchens, and remodelers replacing hinges on an existing run will all find this a workable choice. The Intermat sits in Hettich's standard line, priced for volume work where the job does not call for the premium Silent System soft-close of the Sensys. If a damped, quiet close matters on this project, the Sensys with integrated soft-close is the upgrade path within the Hettich range. For this application, the self-close spring is what moves doors reliably and consistently on everyday cabinetry without added complexity.

Common Questions

A Consistent Result Across Every Door on the Job

Specify this Intermat when the project calls for full overlay doors that close on their own, hardware that coordinates in nickel, and a hinge that works equally on frameless and face-frame construction.