Chris Redmond
02-08-2022, 10:14 AM
I'm about the purchase cabinet doors and drawer fronts for kitchen cabinets and drawer boxes that I made. The cabinets are frameless and full overlay. After reading up on reveals, I was hoping to have 1/8 total reveal between adjacent doors, flush on the bottoms and 3/16 reveal at top where the carcass meets the countertop. The doors I will be purchasing are cope and stick with a floating raised panel in cherry, and they will have a rounded outer edge. I plan to finish the cherry with Bartley's clear coat.
The question I'm struggling with is do I need to take into account the time of year when measuring and how do I do that? If I'm measuring doors to have a 1/8 reveal in the winter when the weather is dry, will I run into issues in the wetter summer months? My house has central AC and I live in the Midwest. I asked the mill I'm purchasing the doors from and they wouldn't offer any advice. Is there any general rule of thumb when making/purchasing doors in the dryer months, especially when the reveal is small and there is little room for error?
Any thoughts or advice are appreciated.
The question I'm struggling with is do I need to take into account the time of year when measuring and how do I do that? If I'm measuring doors to have a 1/8 reveal in the winter when the weather is dry, will I run into issues in the wetter summer months? My house has central AC and I live in the Midwest. I asked the mill I'm purchasing the doors from and they wouldn't offer any advice. Is there any general rule of thumb when making/purchasing doors in the dryer months, especially when the reveal is small and there is little room for error?
Any thoughts or advice are appreciated.