Typical 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.

Typical cabinet face frame dimensions.

All solid face frame edging 3 4 thick mortise tenon joinery even on the 3 4 wide face frames. This makes room for adjustments when installing them next to one another. Face frames on sides of kitchen cabinets should overlap 1 4 in. Typical vertical stiles for face frames are all 3 inches wide.

Merillat favors 2 wide door frames because they use valuable hardwood. Standard stile rail dimensions for face frames is 1 1 2. The bottom rail is almost always 1 1 4 to 1 1 2 inches in width. 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.

In standard kitchens the wall cabinets are typically 30 or 36 inches tall with the space above enclosed by soffits. 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. You may submit any layout with 1 to 8 openings not limited to the configurations shown below. Above the bottom shelf of the cabinet.

Please note that assembled face frames will have a size tolerance of 1mm on the overall sizes and 1mm within each opening. Question in the past i have been building exclusively overlay face frame cabinets but lately i have been getting some inset door jobs. The illustrations below represent typical cabinet layouts for the number of openings. Where the cabinets run all the way to the ceiling 48 inch cabinets are the logical choice.

Common wall cabinet heights are 12 36 and 42 inches. Overlaps on the sides let you fine tune the cabinet width during installation. The 3 4 plywood case eliminates panel jointing planing and glue ups. On the outside edge.

Assembled face frames are only grain and color matched on the faces. Build the face frame so that the bottom rail rails are horizontal boards and stiles are vertical boards projects 1 16 in. The sample base and wall cabinets shown below have these features to make building them as simple as possible. Face frames cover plywood edges.

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 do not use edge tape because i believe it is strictly cheap junk. There s nothing dainty about that 2 door frame size clint. Submit a drawing with the following information to receive your quote.

Center or divider rails typically measure 2. Your front face frame price will be calculated based on option selections and size. 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. A 12 inch or 15 inch tall cabinet fits neatly over a refrigerator.