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first you need to know what is jamming it-- is it swollen wood?-- is one of the guides loose and causing the drawer to veer sideways? is one of the utensils sticking upward and not allowing the drawer to open correctly? Is one of the utensils stuck within the guide-rail and not allowing for easy opening?

This situation takes something of a mechanical eyeball to spot the exact problem--- so....look under with a flashlight and try to spot the problem as you try to slide the drawer little- by- little..... to figure out if you can fix it yourself

If it is a wooden guide-on rail; you may need to know someone with some carpentry equipment such as a table saw and a router who can make a guide-on rail from a scrap piece of wood. Otherwise hire a handyman like me with the tools and know-how who has cabinetry experience.

A drawer that has been jammed is difficult to remove without damaging it even more. It's necessary to work out the thin blade of a putty knife between the drawer and runner and then gently tapping the drawer back in line. If you're succeed, the drawer slide will pop into place and you can remove the drawer and correct the problem that made it slip its track in the first place. The drawers that are overloaded-either too heavy or with contents piled too high-are often the cause, so be sure to alleviate this situation. Also it is necessary to check that the runners haven't worked loose or been forced out of alignment.

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