Typical Cabinet Face Frame Dimensions

This makes room for adjustments when installing them next to one another.

Typical cabinet face frame dimensions.

Typical vertical stiles for face frames are all 3 inches wide. Assembled face frames are only grain and color matched on the faces. There s nothing dainty about that 2 door frame size clint. Begin with the right cabinet dimensions.

Individual face frame rails vary in width from the top of the cabinet to the bottom. The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups. I might use a 1 1 2 stile where the cabinet butts up to the wall then 3 4 stiles where i have a single vertical stile in the center of a cabinet and perhaps 1 or 1 1 4 rails. Please note that assembled face frames will have a size tolerance of 1mm on the overall sizes and 1mm within each opening.

Common wall cabinet heights are 12 36 and 42 inches. I do not use edge tape because i believe it is strictly cheap junk. All solid face frame edging 3 4 thick mortise tenon joinery even on the 3 4 wide face frames. Question in the past i have been building exclusively overlay face frame cabinets but lately i have been getting some inset door jobs.

For the overlay doors i have been making all perimeter rails and stiles 1 3 4 inches and all middle stile and rails at 2 1 4 inches so i end up with 1 1 4 inch of all of the stiles and rails exposed with my 1 2 inch overlay doors. Typical horizontal rails are 1 4 inch wide at the bottom of the face frame with 2 inch wide rails between drawers and door openings. Merillat favors 2 wide door frames because they use valuable hardwood. Above the bottom shelf of the cabinet.

All natural wood characteristics are acceptable on the inside edges. The basic structure of shaker cabinets is no different than any other cabinet using hardwood face frames which is almost always 3 4 inch thick. The illustrations below represent typical cabinet layouts for the number of openings. A 12 inch or 15 inch tall cabinet fits neatly over a refrigerator.

Face frames cover plywood edges. On the outside edge. Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation. You may submit any layout with 1 to 8 openings not limited to the configurations shown below.

Build the face frame so that the bottom rail rails are horizontal boards and stiles are vertical boards projects 1 16 in. Center or divider rails typically measure 2. Face frames on sides of kitchen cabinets should overlap 1 4 in. Where the cabinets run all the way to the ceiling 48 inch cabinets are the logical choice.

Merillat the largest maker of cabinets installed in new construction long ago settled on 2 wide cabinet face frames and door frames even though it tried other door frame widths such as 1 1 8. Your front face frame price will be calculated based on option selections and size. Submit a drawing with the following information to receive your quote. The sample base and wall cabinets shown below have these features to make building them as simple as possible.