Face Frame Cabinet Doors

The hinges on framed cabinets are installed on the frame and the cabinet door sits on the outside of the face frame.

Face frame cabinet doors.

Inset standard and full. The door and drawer faces are slightly smaller than the openings and recessed to align with the face frame. Framed cabinets offer three types of overlays. In this type of cabinet construction the rails and stiles form a 1 1 2 inch face frame at the front of the cabinet box.

Face frames on sides of kitchen cabinets should overlap 1 4 in. American cabinet manufacturers have traditionally built cabinets using a framed construction. The amount of cabinet face frame or box visible when the doors and drawers are closed is called the reveal. A face frame does a better job of this if it overlaps the box edges a bit.

Framed cabinets are the more traditional style of american built cabinets. Available gap options include. Walzcraft welcomes orders in either millimeters or inches and asks that you note the gap desired between the face frame and your doors the face frame and drawer fronts and also between any two doors that will cover one opening. Custom face frames allow the customer to do the following.

On the outside edge. They feature a frame around the face of the cabinet similar to a picture frame or you can imagine a front panel with a space cut out of it.