Building Overlay Cabinet Doors

Lets update an old cabinet and make it look new again.

Building overlay cabinet doors.

Sizing cabinet doors the size of the cabinet doors will depend on several factors including. The resulting smooth profile enhances a transitional or contemporary style. They are actually a little bit bigger. For this example i ll be using blum 3 4 overlay hinges.

Simple techniques and tips make the process easy. Of the frame between cabinet units. Using this tutorial we will give you a simple roadmap to. The reason you ll want an overlay is so the doors are all uniform and flush with one another.

To figure the length of the rails measure the total width of two stiles placed side by side. I am confused as to what the gap or reveal should be between the door and frame. Overlay type single door vs paired doors and the hinge type. When people ask how to measure cabinet doors understanding the overlay is the one area where things get tricky.

I am building a jelly cabinet which is half of a pie safe using red oak. The amount they cover beyond the opening is the size of the overlay. Your cabinet opening is 17 x 37 so you would want your shaker cabinet door to be 18 x 38. Most cabinet doors are not the same size as the cabinet opening they cover.

How to build a shaker cabinet door step 1. I also have paired doors which means one side of one of the doors does not overlay the frame. Full overlay cabinet door tutorial. Most existing face frame cabinets will have large reveals gaps between the doors and drawer fronts.

Subtract this number from the desired width of the door. Most people opt for 1 2 inch. In this video i am copying the dimensions of an old cabinet door in order to replace one that is missing in the kitchen. They lay over the edge of the opening and cover part or more of the cabinet s face frame.

This is pretty simple. Determine the cabinet size. Full overlays affect the cost of cabinet manufacturing since the larger doors use more material. In the illustration below the grey represents the overlay of the new cabinet door.

Start by taking a survey of your existing cabinets. Choosing the right replacement hinge for you kitchen or vanity door ca. All you have to do is measure the opening of the cabinet and then add the desired overlap. It s a good idea to make your doors an extra 1 8 inch tall so you can trim their ends after gluing.

It reveals as little as 1 4. Full door overlay cabinet styles the doors and drawer fronts almost completely cover the cabinet face. To figure the length of the stiles take the height of the door and add 1 8 inch. These reveals may as large as 1 to 2 in some cases.

A full overlay door will overlay as much of the cabinet face frame as possible to ensure a nice updated style for your new cabinets. This creates a continuous look and minimizes the visible gaps between each cabinet door.