The amount of cabinet face frame or box visible when the doors and drawers are closed is called the reveal.
Face frame cabinet doors.
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.
Framed cabinets offer three types of overlays.
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.
Face frames on sides of kitchen cabinets should overlap 1 4 in.
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.
Available gap options include.
The door and drawer faces are slightly smaller than the openings and recessed to align with the face frame.
On the outside edge.
American cabinet manufacturers have traditionally built cabinets using a framed construction.
Inset standard and full.
A face frame does a better job of this if it overlaps the box edges a bit.
The hinges on framed cabinets are installed on the frame and the cabinet door sits on the outside of the face frame.
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.