Standard Cabinet Face Frame Dimensions

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.

Standard cabinet face frame dimensions.

Assembled face frames are only grain and color matched on the faces. 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 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. 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.

The illustrations below represent typical cabinet layouts for the number of openings. Typical vertical stiles for face frames are all 3 inches wide. For the overlay doors i have been making all perimeter rails and. It s standard for all cabinets and doors due to the fact that most cabinet grade lumber of.

All solid face frame edging 3 4 thick mortise tenon joinery even on the 3 4 wide face frames. Please note that assembled face frames will have a size tolerance of 1mm on the overall sizes and 1mm within each opening. I do not use edge tape because i believe it is strictly cheap junk. Question in the past i have been building exclusively overlay face frame cabinets but lately i have been getting some inset door jobs.

Unfinished custom wood cabinet front face frames design your own cabinet fronts and have them shipped direct to ready to finish your front face frame price will be calculated based on option selections and size. Standard stile rail dimensions for face frames is 1 1 2. Merillat favors 2 wide door frames because they use valuable hardwood. There s nothing dainty about that 2 door frame size clint.