Typical Cabinet Face Frame Dimensions

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.

Typical cabinet face frame dimensions.

On the outside edge. The bottom rail is almost always 1 1 4 to 1 1 2 inches in width. Merillat favors 2 wide door frames because they use valuable hardwood. Question in the past i have been building exclusively overlay face frame cabinets but lately i have been getting some inset door jobs.

This makes room for adjustments when installing them next to one another. Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation. Where the cabinets run all the way to the ceiling 48 inch cabinets are the logical choice. 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.

All solid face frame edging 3 4 thick mortise tenon joinery even on the 3 4 wide face frames. The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups. Face frames cover plywood edges. The sample base and wall cabinets shown below have these features to make building them as simple as possible.

You may submit any layout with 1 to 8 openings not limited to the configurations shown below. Please note that assembled face frames will have a size tolerance of 1mm on the overall sizes and 1mm within each opening. Standard stile rail dimensions for face frames is 1 1 2. Common wall cabinet heights are 12 36 and 42 inches.

Above the bottom shelf of the cabinet. A 12 inch or 15 inch tall cabinet fits neatly over a refrigerator. Your front face frame price will be calculated based on option selections and size. Assembled face frames are only grain and color matched on the faces.

Typical vertical stiles for face frames are all 3 inches wide. In standard kitchens the wall cabinets are typically 30 or 36 inches tall with the space above enclosed by soffits. Individual face frame rails vary in width from the top of the cabinet to the bottom. I do not use edge tape because i believe it is strictly cheap junk.

The illustrations below represent typical cabinet layouts for the number of openings. All natural wood characteristics are acceptable on the inside edges. There s nothing dainty about that 2 door frame size clint. 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.

Build the face frame so that the bottom rail rails are horizontal boards and stiles are vertical boards projects 1 16 in. Face frames on sides of kitchen cabinets should overlap 1 4 in. Submit a drawing with the following information to receive your quote. 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.