Face Frame Cabinet Doors

A face frame does a better job of this if it overlaps the box edges a bit.

Face frame cabinet doors.

The amount of cabinet face frame or box visible when the doors and drawers are closed is called the reveal. The door and drawer faces are slightly smaller than the openings and recessed to align with the face frame. American cabinet manufacturers have traditionally built cabinets using a framed construction. 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.

Available gap options include. Face frames on sides of kitchen cabinets should overlap 1 4 in. Framed cabinets are the more traditional style of american built cabinets. Custom face frames allow the customer to do the following.

This frame resembles a flat picture frame that is attached to the door front giving added dimension to the door front. Order custom configured frames sizes for cabinet they construct create unique cabinets within our rta cabinet program by deleting the standard frame doors drawer fronts and then ordering a custom configured face frame which snaps right on the cabinet. 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. 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.

Making the face frame run past all the plywood edges provides a little wiggle room and hides not so perfect saw cuts on the plywood. On the outside edge.